#463 The 5-Step Self-Publishing Roadmap for Christian Writers

Welcome to Kingdom Writers, where we help equip and empower Christian writers of all genres to share your unique gifts with the world. We're your hosts, C.J. and Shelli Hitz.

This podcast is filled with spiritual encouragement as well as prayers to help you overcome the resistance you face as a writer. Your story matters.

Self publishing doesn't have to be complicated if you're feeling overwhelmed by all the steps and all of the options to get your book into the world, you're not alone. And you know it doesn't take a tech degree to do this. Hi, I'm Shelley Hitz, the founder of Christian Book Academy, and over the last decade we've helped over a thousand writers to finish their books, self publish with confidence, and reach their readers without tech, overwhelm or hustle.

And how?

By simplifying the entire journey in just five steps. Most readers never finish their book, let alone publish it, because the process feels like a tangled mess of editing, formatting, ISBNs, printing, launch plans, marketing. You get it right and when you start googling what to do, let me tell you, you can easily get 27 conflicting answers and a to do list that could bury your calling even before it begins. But here's the truth. You don't need to do everything at once. Take a deep breath. You don't need to be techie. And you don't need to do it alone. Inside Christian Book Academy, we walk you through what we call the Kingdom Writer's Path. A simple five step roadmap to help you finish and publish your book with peace, clarity and confidence. So let me walk you through these five steps. Step number one is writing your first draft. You get your ideas out of your head and onto the page. The messy, ugly first draft. And we'll help you build that writing momentum even if you just have 15 minutes a day to write. Step two is the final draft. This is when you'll use our seven step editing process to polish your draft. This is the self editing stage. And then you move on to professional editing. And that's where we we will share with you who you can hire, when and what to avoid in the editing process. Step three is self publish. We guide you step by step to self publish your book in print, ebook and more without the tech, confusion and overwhelm. Step four is your book launch. This is where it gets really exciting, right? You learn how to launch your book and make your first initial book sales even if you don't have a big audience. And then step number five is Impact Lives.

We'll help you Build a long term.

Strategy to reach your first 100 readers and beyond because your words are meant to make a difference. So if you're ready for a clear path, that's simple, spirit led and tailored for Christian writers. Join us inside Christian Book Academy. You'll get the roadmap, the support and the accountability to finally finish and publish your book. So just click on the link ChristianBookAcademy.com and let's finish what God started together. If you're ready to take a step.

Of faith and finally finish your book, we have a few ways we can help you. First of all, you can join our Free Writing Week challenge to create a writing habit in just 15 minutes a day. Thousands of writers have taken this over the years and it is incredible the progress that you'll see. So join us@writingweek.com and again, this is completely free Inside our Book Writing Lab workshop. You can choose your book topic, write an outline and create a writing plan in just 90 minutes so you'll finally feel confident that you'll actually finish your book. Get started@bookwritinglab.com and finally you can get more support and personalized feedback from myself and our team by joining Christian Book Academy. Because the honest truth is most writers stay stuck and never finish their first draft. But inside Christian Book Academy, we help you partner with God to write your book so you can become a published author.

So finally ditch your self doubt and.

Take a step of faith so you can finish your book. Join Christian book academy@christianbookacademy.com and get 50% off your first month by using the Coupon Code Podcast at checkout There's a special coupon code for our podcast listeners.

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Thank you for listening to this episode of Kingdom Writers. We believe that you as a Christian writer have a specific role to play in the Kingdom of Heaven to impact lives for eternity.

And because of this, we choose to pour out our lives into encouraging writers like you to not only tell your stories, but to take the courageous step of self publishing your stories in books that will outlive you and leave behind a powerful legacy. This podcast is sponsored by Christian Book Academy where we help you give birth to your books. We invite you to join our community of Kingdom writers.