Birth Your Book
Let’s write, edit & publish your book so you can impact lives. Once it’s finished — let’s multiply your message.
A 12-month guided writing and message-multiplication experience powered by the Writing Midwife.
Admission is by application. Enrollment is limited so every writer gets real attention.
Is Birth Your Book right for you?
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You have carried this message long enough.
It may be a fresh idea taking shape in your heart, a half-written manuscript waiting on your computer, or a book you have tried to finish more times than you can count.
You know there is something inside you that needs to be written.
But knowing you are called to write a book and knowing how to complete one are two very different things.
You may need someone who understands both the heart of your message and the practical process of turning it into a finished manuscript.
Most of all, you may need people who will help you keep going when writing becomes difficult.
Birth Your Book is a 12-month writing, coaching, and community experience designed to help you develop your idea, write with purpose, complete your manuscript, publish your book & multiply your message.
You will not have to carry your book alone.
APPLY TO BIRTH YOUR BOOK →Inspiration may begin a book, but it rarely finishes one.
Finishing requires a clear purpose, a specific reader, an organized plan, consistent writing, meaningful feedback, and the courage to keep revising until the book communicates what you truly want to say. Without that support, writers often find themselves:
- ×Starting over repeatedly
- ×Writing without a clear direction
- ×Questioning whether their message matters
- ×Struggling to organize their ideas
- ×Feeling unsure about what belongs in the book
- ×Using AI without preserving their authentic voice
- ×Getting lost in editing before the manuscript is complete
- ×Trying to build a platform before they understand their message
- ×Sitting on a manuscript because they do not know the next step
- ×Spending money on publishing before the book is ready
Your book deserves a thoughtful process.And you deserve experienced guidance as you bring it to life.
Proven instruction, live coaching, and a committed community.
Birth Your Book combines proven writing instruction, live group coaching, manuscript workshopping, practical application, and a committed writing community. During this 12-month experience, you will be guided through the process of:
Writing your book
Clarify the heart of your message, identify your reader, create a strong structure, and develop the message your reader truly needs.
Finishing your manuscript
Move from scattered ideas and unfinished chapters to a complete, cohesive manuscript—with accountability and support to help you stay on track.
Multiplying your message
Begin thinking beyond the manuscript so your book can reach the people it was written to serve through speaking, teaching, content, community, and other opportunities.
First, we help you write a book worth publishing.Then, when your manuscript is ready, you’ll have the opportunity to apply to publish with Behold Books or Dove Publishing House — or we’ll help you choose the path that’s best for your book.
Bring forth the book already growing within you.
A midwife does not create the life being carried.She helps bring it forth.
In the same way, the Writing Midwife Method is designed to help you bring forth the book that has already begun growing within you.
Your voice will not be replaced.
Your story will not be turned into someone else’s formula.
Your message will not be manufactured for you.
Instead, you will receive the teaching, tools, coaching, feedback, and encouragement you need to write the book only you can write. The Writing Midwife Method guides you through four essential movements:
Clarify the message
Understand why this book needs to exist, who needs it, and what transformation you want it to create.
Build the book
Develop your title, mission, audience, overview, structure, chapters, stories, teaching, and central throughline.
Finish the manuscript
Create a realistic writing plan, strengthen your material, apply meaningful feedback, and continue writing until your manuscript is complete.
Multiply the impact
Learn how to communicate your message beyond the book and prepare for the opportunities your finished manuscript can create.
Courses, coaching, and community — for twelve months.
The complete Let’s Write course
Let’s Write gives you the foundational process for taking the book in your heart and putting it on the page. You will learn how to:
- Clarify your why
- Identify the reader you are called to serve
- Define the mission of your book
- Develop a compelling title and subtitle
- Create a clear book overview
- Organize your ideas into a workable structure
- Build chapters that serve the reader
- Write with authenticity, clarity, and purpose
- Establish a realistic writing rhythm
- Pursue excellence without becoming trapped by perfection
You will also receive the Essential Let’s Write Workbook, Book Builder, proposal resources, and practical tools to guide your work.
The Multiply Your Message course
A finished book is not the end of your message. It is the beginning of what your message can do. Multiply Your Message will help you consider how your book can become the foundation for:
- Speaking
- Teaching
- Podcast interviews
- Workshops
- Bible studies
- Courses
- Coaching
- Social content
- Email and Substack content
- Ministry resources
- Community impact
- Future books and related offers
You will learn how to communicate the same core message through multiple channels without constantly creating disconnected content from scratch.
Twelve months of coaching with the Writing Midwife
Jennifer Strickland will lead one live Writer’s Circle call each month.
These calls will include focused training, live questions and answers, practical application, Book Builder guidance, and coaching to help you make wise decisions about your manuscript.
You will learn from an eight-time author, developmental editor, writing coach, publisher, TEDx speaker, and ministry leader with more than a decade of experience helping writers develop books that carry meaningful messages.
Twelve months of coaching with the Writing Doula
Jennifer Weiss will lead a second Writer’s Circle call each month, giving participants opportunities to workshop their books and receive practical group coaching. These sessions may include:
- Book Builder feedback
- Manuscript problem-solving
- Chapter and structure discussions
- Live application
- Writing accountability
- Questions about the writing and publishing process
- Coaching to help participants continue making measurable progress
The Writer’s Circle community
Writing can be solitary. Bringing a book to life should not be. You will receive access to a private community where you can:
- Connect with other committed writers
- Celebrate meaningful progress
- Ask questions between coaching calls
- Share challenges and breakthroughs
- Receive encouragement
- Stay accountable to your writing goals
- Grow alongside people who understand the calling and courage required to write a book
The community will initially be hosted inside our private online platform.
Book-to-business group coaching
Your book can become the foundation for a ministry or business that keeps serving readers long after the last page. In live group coaching, we’ll help you turn your message into courses, coaching, curriculum, and speaking — so you can create greater impact and income from the book God put on your heart.
- Shape your book into a signature course or program
- Build a simple offer that grows from your message
- Develop curriculum, study guides, and speaking topics
- Break through limiting beliefs about money and ministry
- Get live feedback on your ideas from the team
When a writer has someone walking beside her.
As a licensed counselor and women’s ministry leader, I felt overwhelmed by the publishing process. Jennifer’s insightful feedback significantly improved my book’s flow and coherence. She will elevate your manuscript to its fullest potential.
Jennifer is anointed to teach and guide you through the writing and publishing phases. Her wisdom and experience are priceless!
Jennifer is amazing! She helped me birth my first book. She is a wonderful teacher!
This isn’t simply another writing course.
You do not need more information sitting unwatched in an online portal. You need a process that helps you apply what you learn to your actual book. Birth Your Book combines self-paced curriculum with two live coaching opportunities each month:
Training and Q&A call
Group-coaching and book-workshopping call
You will have opportunities to bring your Book Builder, manuscript questions, structural challenges, and writing decisions into the Writer’s Circle.
Individual hot-seat feedback of this kind is typically valued at $200 per hour. Inside the program, participants may receive this personalized guidance during the group-coaching experience while also learning from the questions and manuscripts of other writers.
You will not only learn what to do. You will have a place to apply it.
What you can walk away with.
- ✓A clearly defined book mission
- ✓A deep understanding of your ideal reader
- ✓A completed step-by-step Book Builder
- ✓A strong book structure
- ✓A realistic manuscript-completion plan
- ✓Greater confidence in your authentic writing voice
- ✓Consistent writing habits
- ✓Professional guidance on difficult manuscript decisions
- ✓A community that helps you continue moving forward
- ✓A completed or substantially developed manuscript
- ✓A plan for multiplying your message beyond the book
- ✓Greater clarity about your publishing options
Your exact progress will depend on your starting point, the scope of your book, and your willingness to complete the work. We cannot write the book for you—but we can teach you, guide you, encourage you, and help you stay accountable while you write it.
Two guides who will help you bring it forth.
Jennifer Strickland
Jennifer Strickland is the author of eight books, seven of them with major publishing houses, and her books have grown into courses, curriculum, and Bible studies translated into seven languages. A TEDx speaker with an MA in Writing & Literature, she has taught creative writing at the university level and is the founder of Behold Books and U R More.
Jennifer is the creator of Let’s Write, a course that helps authors write their books from start to finish so they can impact lives. Her writers call her the Writing Midwife because if you have a book in you, she can draw it out of you.
Jennifer believes a book can go where you cannot. She knows your story may be where the book begins, but your reader’s transformation is where it is going, and she won’t let you give up along the way.
As your Writing Midwife, Jennifer will help you mine your story for gold so you can impact your ideal reader with your life message. She’ll teach you to be fearlessly real and write the book you once needed at a difficult time in your life.
Jennifer Weiss
Jennifer Weiss is an author, speaker, teacher, book coach, host of the Grace Grit Glory Show, an award-nominated screenwriter, and founder of Dove Publishing House, a Christ-centered boutique publishing and coaching company. Based in Fort Worth, Texas, she is a Jesus-lover, a mom, and “Lovey” to her granddaughter Gracie.
Jennifer has a heart for helping writers discover their voice, develop meaningful stories, and bring the God-given messages in their hearts to life with clarity, confidence, and purpose.
Jennifer understands that birthing a book takes more than inspiration. It requires faith, courage, perseverance, practical guidance, and someone who believes in the message you carry, even when you struggle to see it yourself.
As your Writing Doula, Jennifer will walk alongside you from first inspiration to finished book, providing encouragement, clarity, and support to help you bring forth the book God has placed in your heart while preserving your unique voice and vision.
The publishing path that’s best for your book.
You’ll have two publishing homes available to you — and the freedom to choose any path.
Our goal is to help you develop the strongest manuscript possible and understand the publishing path that best fits your book, goals, timeline, and budget.
When your manuscript is ready, you may:
- 1Pursue traditional publishing
- 2Independently publish
- 3Apply for a premium publishing package through Behold Books
- 4Explore an accessible publishing package through Dove Publishing
- 5Choose another reputable publishing path
Participation in this program does not obligate you to publish with Behold Books or Dove Publishing, and acceptance into the program does not guarantee acceptance for publication. We want you to make an informed publishing decision based on what is best for your book.
This program may be right for you if:
- You believe you have a meaningful message to share
- You are ready to take responsibility for writing your book
- You want a clear process rather than scattered advice
- You are willing to receive constructive feedback
- You want professional guidance without losing your voice
- You have started a manuscript but struggle to finish
- You need help organizing your ideas
- You want accountability and a serious writing community
- You are prepared to invest time, energy, and resources into your book
- You want to build something beyond the manuscript and multiply your message
This program is not right for you if:
- ×You are looking for someone else to write your book
- ×You want guaranteed publishing or sales results
- ×You are unwilling to revise your work
- ×You do not have time to participate or apply the training
- ×You want instant results without completing the writing process
- ×You are not open to thoughtful, honest feedback
An intimate, high-touch coaching experience.
We want to protect the quality of the Writer’s Circle and ensure that each participant is prepared to engage with the curriculum, coaching, community, and writing process. The application helps us understand:
- Your book idea or current manuscript
- Where you are in the writing process
- What has kept you from finishing
- What kind of support you need
- Whether the program is the right fit for your goals
- Whether you are prepared to participate fully
Apply to Birth Your Book
Submitting an application does not obligate you to enroll. If we believe the program may be a strong fit, you will be invited to the next step in the enrollment process.
Start My Application →It only takes a few minutes.
It’s timeYour book will not come to life by accident.
There will always be another demand on your time. Another reason to wait. Another moment when you question whether you are ready. But the message inside you was not given to remain unfinished.
You do not need to know everything before you begin. You need a clear process, wise guidance, meaningful accountability, and the willingness to take the next step.
It is time to Birth Your Book.
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