Kevin Seney

09/18/2026

09/15/2026

NEW RELEASE on Amazon https://a.co/d/0dI9TfMJ

The Ancient Art of Publishing

Why We Tell Stories, How We Learned to Preserve Them, and Why the Storyteller Still Matters

What if the story you've been meaning to write is the one thing your grandchildren will never get to ask you?

In this short, cinematic history of publishing — from the first fire to the phone in your pocket — Kevin Seney, CEO of Wake Up Publishing, traces five thousand years of storytelling to a simple truth: the tools changed, the reason never did. Cave walls, clay tablets, Gutenberg's press, a basement full of lead type in a small Wyoming newspaper office — every one of them existed to solve exactly one problem: someone has something worth telling, and someone else needs to hear it.

Kevin knows the harder side of that truth firsthand. It took him thirteen years — no coaching, no map, just a blog nobody with power ever saw and a refusal to quit — to finish his first book. Forty-plus books later, he's spent his career helping others close that same gap in a fraction of the time.

Part history, part memoir, part invitation, this book is for anyone who has ever thought I should really write that down — and then didn't.

It is possible. It is worth the effort. And it starts with a single question: what would you want your grandchildren to know, that they'll never be able to ask you once you're gone?

www.wakeuplive.com

09/01/2026

Just Released! FREE Today on Amazon.

LINK: https://a.co/d/0fOrMFIl

What does a stand-up comedian who once opened for Robin Williams have in common with a biohacking coach helping clients recover from chronic pain?

More than you'd think.

Jeff Zaret has spent over three decades on stage, in boardrooms, and in the cockpit of his own plane, learning one lesson over and over: people don't remember the pitch, they remember how you made them feel. In this candid, funny, and surprisingly moving Pocket Authority Book, Jeff shares the real story behind the résumé — the accidental first stand-up set that launched a career, the family who shaped who he became, the loss that changed how he sees every milestone since, and the philosophy that's carried him from touring comedy clubs to building two thriving businesses.

Inside, you'll discover:

—How a heckler-fueled dare turned into a 35-year comedy career spanning The Comedy Store, The Improv, Caroline's, and corporate stages for Disney, Aflac, and Budweiser

—The real reason "straight commission" built more resilience — and more success — than any guaranteed salary ever could

—Why Jeff believes biohacking and stand-up comedy are the same work in different clothes: both are about changing how someone feels before they walk out the door

—The unexpected lessons an Eagle Scout badge, a father-son campout tradition, and a flight over Sedona taught him about character, pride, and connection

—How Jeff built Biohacking Blue Zone around one simple idea — treat the person, not just the symptom

This isn't a business book. It's not a comedy memoir either. It's something more useful than both: a real, human introduction to a guy who's spent his whole life trying to help people feel a little better than they did five minutes ago — whether that's through a punchline, a flight, or a personalized recovery plan.

Read it in one sitting. Then reach out. Jeff would genuinely love to hear from you.

09/01/2026

New Release. FREE today On Amazon LINK: https://a.co/d/0cvxh89y

FOREWORD

I've watched a lot of people want to write a book. Wanting one and actually finishing one are two very different things, and in over thirty years of doing this, I've learned to spot the difference fast.

I met Kevin the way I've met a lot of people over the years — I asked him for a chapter. Just one. Ten, fifteen pages, alongside some names he clearly admired more than he expected to ever stand next to. Most people in that position write something careful. Kevin didn't. I don't remember every chapter from that book, but I remember his.

Then I lost track of him for a while. That happens. People come through a project, and life pulls them somewhere else. What doesn't usually happen is what happened next: years later, I started seeing his name again. A book. Then another. Then another, not long after that. I want to be honest about what that actually means to someone who's spent a career watching people start things they don't finish — it's rare. Genuinely rare. Most people get the one chapter and never write the next thing on their own. Kevin kept going, on his own, with nobody asking him to.

That's when I reached out. Not to congratulate him, though I did that too. I reached out because I needed him. I'd built Wake Up around the stage, the story, the relationships — the part I've always been good at. What I hadn't built, and honestly didn't know how to build myself, was the structure underneath it. Kevin had spent thirty years running operations in rooms a lot less forgiving than publishing. He knew exactly how to build the machine I'd never gotten around to building.

We call it Yin and Yang between us, half joking, and it's the truest thing either of us has ever said about how this actually works. I'm the front of the room. Kevin is everything that has to be true for the front of the room to mean anything at all.

This book is his story, and I'd trust him to tell it better than I ever could. But I'll tell you what I know from the other side of it: the man who wrote this book is the same one who wrote that first chapter, all those years ago. He just finally stopped waiting for permission to say so.

Read it. Then go write your own.

— Steven E. Schmitt�Founder, Wake Up Publishing

09/01/2026

Just Released: HOME, ON HER OWN TERMS
A Life of Courage, Service, and Refusing to Wait for Permission

Before she was one of Coronado's most decorated real estate brokers, Gerri-Lynn Fives was a young Army officer standing on a hospital carpet in labor, ordered into uniform for her own graduation because showing up wasn't optional.

Before the seven-figure listings and the twenty-six-year career, there was a single mother turned away by landlord after landlord at Fort Huachuca — until she stopped waiting for anyone's permission and bought her own home with her VA loan instead.

Home, On Her Own Terms is the story behind the résumé: the military service, the institutions that failed her, and the discipline that turned every setback into the next credential, the next committee seat, the next reason a client could trust her with the biggest decision of their life.

This isn't a real estate guide. It's the story of a woman who kept getting up — on the water, in uniform, and at the negotiating table — long before anyone handed her a reason to.

For clients, colleagues, and anyone who's ever been told no by the system they served: this is what happens next.

Gerri-Lynn Fives is an associate broker with Pacific Sotheby's International Realty in Coronado, California, a two-time REALTOR of the Year, and a former commissioned officer in both the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy. Most mornings before her first showing, she's still out on Mission Bay, rope in hand. FREE on Amazon today only LINK: https://a.co/d/00SAkqyA

09/01/2026

JUST RELEASED: Your Turn to Glow: A Master Esthetician's Guide to Caring for Your Skin—and the Person Beneath It

by Carrie Seney, Licensed Master Esthetician

What if your skin has been trying to tell you something all along?

In this warm, honest, and deeply practical guide, Master Esthetician Carrie Seney shares what over a decade in the treatment room has taught her: that skin isn't just something we look at — it's something that remembers. It holds our stress, our joy, our history, and the stories we don't always say out loud.

Your Turn to Glow is part memoir, part expert skincare guide. Carrie takes you into her treatment room to explain not just what she does, but why — from the real science behind product order and ingredient safety, to the emotional truth behind why a facial can feel like so much more than skin-deep. Along the way, she shares the client stories that shaped her — a woman turned away elsewhere until she found a place that finally said yes, a classroom moment that redirected her entire career, a skeptical husband who left her table a believer.

Inside, you'll learn:

The correct order to apply skincare products — and the simple kitchen-counter trick that shows you why it matters
How to spot (and avoid) trendy skincare advice that isn't right for your skin
A complete, professional-grade routine you can simplify and follow at home
Why "holistic" skincare doesn't mean skipping science — and how Carrie blends both
How to build a real relationship with a skincare professional who actually sees you
Whether you're a longtime client, brand new to skincare, or simply someone who's ever felt uneasy in your own skin, this book is an invitation — not a sales pitch — to find someone who treats your skin, and the person underneath it, with the care both deserve.

Part of the Wake Up Pocket Authority Series™.
Amazon LINK: https://a.co/d/0i1MWrmX

08/30/2026

James Reece returns in STATE OF EXILE.

2027

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