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Your Ideal Schedule and Energy Management

May 22, 2020 By Shelley Hitz Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Energy Management

Last week, I, Shelley, realized that something needed to change in my schedule. On Wednesday I had an interview that lasted for 1 hour 15 minutes, a group coaching Zoom call for my Book Marketing Momentum group for 1 hour 30 minutes, and a live Zoom call with Christian Book Academy for an hour. I […]

Filed Under: Writing, Productivity

Mini Habits and Habit Stacking

December 19, 2019 By Training Authors Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

This episode is part of the Overcomer series. We originally recorded these teachings inside our Christian Book Academy Facebook group as live videos. However, we wanted to also encourage you in the writing, publishing and marketing of your books. Today’s topic is: Mini Habits and Habit Stacking Scripture: “Then Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up. […]

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Consuming vs. Creating Challenge

December 13, 2019 By Training Authors 6 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

This episode is part of the Overcomer series. We originally recorded these teachings inside our Christian Book Academy Facebook group as live videos. However, we wanted to also encourage you in the writing, publishing and marketing of your books. Today’s topic is: Consuming vs. Creating Challenge Scriptures: “If you know these things, you are blessed […]

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Regain Control of Your Time

August 14, 2019 By Training Authors 2 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Regain Control of Your Time

If you’ve ever felt like there is no time to write, this training is for you. In this episode of our Breakthrough series, CJ and I are going to help you as Kingdom Writers overcome this obstacle of a lack of boundaries. What makes this series different than most training for writers is that we […]

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Putting an End to Procrastination

August 12, 2019 By Training Authors Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Putting an End to Procrastination

Have you ever procrastinated in your writing? Maybe you thought, “I need to learn more. I’m not ready yet.” In this episode of our Breakthrough series, CJ and I are going to help you as Kingdom Writers overcome this obstacle of procrastination. What makes this series different than most training for writers is that we […]

Filed Under: Writing, Productivity, Writing Tips

[Focus2Finish Session] Chris Warnky’s Plan to Finish His First Book in 26 Weeks

May 25, 2017 By Shelley Hitz Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

finish book in 26 weeks

Do you have plans of writing a new book? What are the steps that you’re taking to finish it? Join me today as we discuss how one of my author audience academy members, Chris Warnky, plans on finishing his first book.

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How to Find the Motivation to Finish Your Book

April 7, 2017 By Shelley Hitz Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

motivation to finish your book

Do you feel distracted or stuck while writing your book? I want to give this quick tip on how to get unstuck and to find the motivation to finish your book.

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How to Be Fruitful in Your Writing

March 3, 2017 By Shelley Hitz Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

fruitful in writing

I accomplished two of my 90-day goals in just two days! Do you want to know how I did that? On this training, I am going to share with you how I was able to accomplish two of my goals in just a short period of time.

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Oh My! I Ate Half of a Pumpkin Roll in One Day

October 3, 2016 By Shelley Hitz Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

writing productivity

It’s true, I ate half of a pumpkin roll in one day! Recently, I was craving a pumpkin roll. But not any pumpkin roll. I wanted a pumpkin roll with cream cheese filling. Mmmmmm…

Filed Under: Productivity, Writing

How Scheduling a Power Hour Will Help You Publish Your Next Book

September 27, 2016 By Shelley Hitz Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

power hour

Do you know what a “Power Hour” is? Implementing this one thing can make a huge difference in helping you finish your book. In today’s training I share how to maximize your power hour to achieve your publishing goals.

Filed Under: Writing, Productivity

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