Just thinking about writing a book can feel overwhelming, much less self-publishing one!!
(yes, thank you ISBNs, Amazon, distribution, marketing, editing, formatting, targeting readers and a bazillion other things for making us new authors feel completely out of our league!!)
Sometimes it’s hard to know where to begin with it all.
I’m going to be honest. Publishing a book isn’t rocket science. It’s not even as hard as that physics course I struggled with in college. But it’s tedious and if you don’t know what you’re doing, you can end up wasting time and money, or worse, just getting overwhelmed and not finishing your book at all.
That’s what this program is all about.
I support you through the process.
You see, I used to feel overwhelmed like you too. When I decided to turn my Masters anthropological thesis on Singlehood in the Muslim Community into a published book, I had NO clue what to do! All I knew was that people were asking for my results and I wanted to provide the easiest way for them to learn more. I knew a book was the way to do it but I didn’t have any authors or publishers in my network. I wasn’t even sure of the differences between publishing with an outside publisher or self-publishing.
So what did I do? I bought and read every book I could on publishing. I hit the internet and spent months scouring publishing and writing blogs. I joined publishers’ associations and took publishing courses.
In the end, I was able to publish my book, Jihad of the Soul: Singlehood and the Search for Love in Muslim America. And boy did I feel accomplished! The book debuted at a conference in Philadelphia and was a hit. Organically word grew and that led to my book being selected as a University textbook for comparative religion and anthropology courses.
Success! But boy oh boy was it hard! My piece-meal approach to publishing caused me to waste a lot of time, and a lot of money. I was completely overwhelmed with trying to figure it all out on my own. I would read one article and implement that strategy, and then read another and follow that. It was a crazy and overwhelming process.
After that I said no more! So for my next book and publishing projects, I sat out to streamline the process. Now with the addition of children I couldn’t afford to waste time.
After this long-winded journey, I’ve figured out the essential steps any author can follow to quickly write and self-publish their book.
And I’ve distilled my 7 years of publishing experience down to a simple, easy to follow system so that you can publish your book in a matter of months, not years.
Before I show you how, let me tell you a little bit about myself and why I’m confident I can help you achieve your writing dreams.
