About Me — August Birch
Helping writers & creators gain freedom through their best work
Hello, I’m August Birch
AKA the Book Mechanic. I’m a ‘Top 1,000’ Medium writer (and a regular writer), artist, designer, pro-marketer, fourth-generation woodworker, tattooer, reader of things, Eagle Scout, one-time marathon runner, holder of two black belts, husband, father, brother, son, friend, tinkerer, thinker-er, scatterbrain, and creator.
My business card should come on a roll.
I’ve been a Medium writer since 2018 (1,045-plus stories) and I’m proud to be a part of such a vibrant community of creative people.
Like my many hats, I wear these coveralls to promote the life of a blue-collar creator. Where the ritual of the daily work— the ‘infinite game’—is the goal. Where service to the tribe is the endgame, not some singular finish line. Where we don’t work to please everyone, only the chosen few. I work to be a little better today than the work I did yesterday.
My primary marketing vehicle of choice, is email.
If you’re a writer-creator and you’ve had it with ad-gambling and trusting all your traffic to social media—now, more than ever, it’s time to take charge of your own future. I hand-crafted a 7-day email masterclass for…
