I’m so excited about
what happened to me in 2017. I published my first book. Yes, really! It’s for
sale right now on Amazon. Not only that, but I also published 3 more books in
those 12 months.
It wasn’t easy. There
were a lot of years of writing and learning and more learning and writing
before I published. I wrote a few novels and some outlines for nonfiction books
and a children’s story. But none of them were published before 2017.
I did a lot of research
when I decided to get serious about publishing all those stories on my
computer. As I acquired information from a huge variety of sources, one course caught
my attention more than the others.
You can read about
how to publish on this helpful blog.
The course I took was
free and motivating. It explained the steps very clearly. I was finally able to
envision myself as a published author. It was so exciting. If you want to learn
more about becoming a published author, you can take this free course bit.ly/2mC2oOS today.
Then I signed up (not
free) as a student in a publishing school where I kept learning and interacting
with other students until I learned enough from the course work and the
experience of others in the course’s community to actually succeed in publishing
a book.
For many unpublished
writers, becoming a published author seems impossible. In Matthew 19:26, we
find, “Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With man this is impossible, but with
God all things are possible.’” Jesus was answering the question “Who can be
saved?” However, when God says that all things are possible, he means exactly
that.
While raising kids, I
paused my writing. I wrote when I could, but always after everything else was
done. Later, I started writing again in the hope that I would push past all the
barriers that held me back from publishing for the last two decades.
Through it all, I
held steadfastly to the belief that I could put a product in the marketplace
and earn some money. The plan was to produce a book that would be beneficial to
my readers. So in 2016, I wrote Heroine: Rising to the Challenge,
a nonfiction book for women. In a few short months, I edited and formatted it,
and I bought a book cover.
I published that book
in January of 2017.
The struggle of
self-publishing taught me a lot. The book in my hands was proof that I could
actually create a book that other people would pay me real money for. So I
continued the struggle to produce a novel.
I picked one of the
novels I had almost completed, worked on structure and setting, and completed
it. In an effort to make sure my novel was the best it could be, I hired a
writing coach to steer me around the possible problems and help me avoid big
mistakes. I hired an editor and a formatter to make the product look
professional and to improve the book’s readability.
Only eleven short
months after my first book was published, I released my debut novel, The Promotion, as an ebook.
God was the one who
gave me the gift of writing, the stubbornness to keep at it, and the
encouragement and support along the way. I knew God wanted me to keep writing,
so I kept the giver of my gift in mind as I wrote. I wanted him to be proud of
my work.
Now I can celebrate
my victory with joy and thanksgiving because I know the reason behind my
accomplishment is God.
Are you using your
gift?
It’s important to
remember what God wants you to do. He designed you and gave you gifts and
abilities. He’s the one who makes all things possible for us.
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