Worried You're Picking the Wrong Book Idea?

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 Shelley 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.

What if your breakthrough isn't about picking the perfect book idea, but simply saying yes to what God has already given you? Hi, my name is Shelly Hitz. I'm a writing mentor and coach to writers all over the world Inside Christian Book Academy, our membership where we help you to finally take a step of faith to finish your book. And if you've been stuck in overthinking mode, which I I've been working with writers for over a decade, and I know that's one of the things that happens if you're trying to figure out what's the best idea. Which book should I start with first? This shift that I'll share in the next few minutes might just be the thing you need to finally get your book moving forward. So here's what I want to tell you today as gently, but also as boldly as I can as your writing coach and mentor be God cannot multiply. What you don't move on. I know it's hard to hear that sometimes, but so many Christian writers say they're waiting on God. They're praying. They're praying about the perfect topic. But honestly, deep down, more often, God's waiting on you. My friend Shay Vines says God can't direct a parked car. And I love that because. Because once we get moving, God can direct us and show us and make it more clear. But sometimes he's just waiting on our obedience, waiting on us to take that first step of faith, right? Like the Israelites when they put their foot into the Jordan River. And the beautiful part is if your heart is surrendered to Him. Honestly, Kingdom writers, I don't believe that you can choose the wrong topic. He's gonna lead you. He's gonna guide you. We teach you to partner with God every step of the way. And we also recommend that you start with a short book. So something like a devotional book, tiny testimony book, prayer books, journals, a mini message book. But we see it all the time inside our membership Christian Book Academy. Once someone starts with a short, simple book, everything shifts. They finish faster, they publish with confidence, and they start to see how God uses their message to reach people in powerful ways. But we've got to take that first step, right? So you don't have to get it perfect. You just have to start. Let all the people in the back say Amen, right? Repeat after me. You don't have to get it perfect, you just have to start. So if you've been paralyzed with the fear of picking the wrong book topic, here's your permission to stop overthinking and to start obeying. We encourage you to join us inside Christian Book Academy where you can take a step of faith and finally finish your book. I'll be your coach inside the academy and I can really help you to make those decisions. Let's get moving. Let's get started and see what God will do with this, that obedience. Join us@christianbookacademy.com and let's do this 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. My 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. We love you. So come on over to ChristianBookAcademy.com use the coupon code podcast and we look forward to working closely with you.

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.