SELF-PUBLISHING HAS A LOT OF MOVING PIECES.

LET'S PUT THEM IN ORDER.

A clear roadmap to help you understand the self-publishing process, find the stage you're in, and know what to focus on next.

Editing. Cover design. Formatting. ISBNs. Publishing platforms. Email. Marketing. Launch planning...

You don't need to tackle everything at once.

This free Starter Kit will help you see how the major pieces fit together so you can stop wondering what you're forgetting and start focusing on what actually matters right now.

Let’s Go!!

If writing the book was the easy part…

this guide is for you.

You've written the book—or you're getting close—and suddenly you're trying to figure out:

  • What actually needs to happen before I can publish?

  • What order am I supposed to do everything in?

  • When should I start thinking about readers and marketing?

  • Which things matter now...and which things can wait?

  • How do I know I'm not forgetting something important?

The problem isn't that there's no information available.

There's too much of it.

Everyone has a checklist, tutorial, timeline, or opinion about what authors “should” be doing.

What you need first is a way to see the whole process—and understand where you are inside it.

A woman sitting at a desk in a grassy field outdoors, with a laptop, a mug, a small lamp, and a vase of colorful flowers, looking to the side with a thoughtful expression.

This isn’t a checklist.
It’s a roadmap.

The Starter Kit shows you the major stages between “I'm writing a book” and “I'm building an author career”—so you can understand what happens when, how the pieces connect, and what deserves your attention at your current stage.

Inside, you'll see how to think about:

  1. Your author goals
    What are you actually trying to build—and how should that shape the decisions that follow?

  2. The publishing roadmap
    Understand the major stages from manuscript preparation through book production and publication.

  3. Your author foundation
    See which pieces help readers find and stay connected with you—and what can grow over time.

  4. Pre-launch marketing
    Understand why reader-building starts before release day without feeling like you need to become a full-time marketer.

You won't leave with 27 new things to do.

THIS STARTER KIT IS FOR YOU IF...

  • You're planning to self-publish your first fiction book and aren't sure what happens between finished manuscript → published book.

  • Every time you research self-publishing, you discover three more things you're apparently “supposed” to do.

  • You're not sure what you should be working on now versus what can wait until later.

  • You want to start building readers before launch, but don't want marketing to take over your writing life.

  • You want to understand how publishing, reader-building, marketing, and your long-term author goals fit together.

  • You want a plan you can actually follow—not another giant list of tools, tactics, and opinions.

If you're looking for hype, hacks, or overnight-success promises—this isn't it.

BY THE END, YOU'LL HAVE:

A clear view of the self-publishing process

Understand the major stages between preparing your manuscript and releasing your book.

A sense of where YOU are

Identify your current stage instead of trying to work on publishing, marketing, email, social media, and launch prep all at once.

One clear next priority

Know what deserves your attention now—and what you have permission to ignore until later.

A bigger-picture view of your author business

See how publishing the book, building readers, and creating your marketing foundation support the career you're trying to build.

Plus: a short video from me showing you exactly how to use the Starter Kit without turning it into another overwhelming checklist.

YOU DON'T NEED TO FIGURE OUT EVERYTHING TODAY.

You just need to know what comes next.