These suggestions can be adapted as needed.

1. Describe your purposes (Why are you writing this?)

2. Describe your audience(s) (Who are the intended readers?)

3. Choose the Bible verses.

4. Read and reread each verse slowly – meditate on them.

5. Write down thoughts, feelings, insights, inspirations, understandings, etc.

6. Study each passage carefully in the context.
7. List questions to ask God, yourself and others.

8. Seek inputs from various trusted sources like books, tapes, videos, DVDs, web
sites, etc. This blog has dozens of links to online Bible study aids http://biblestudyhub.blogspot.com/

9. Outline and write the rough draft.

10. Share rough draft with few trusted readers and editors for feedback.

11. Incorporate their input as appropriate.

12. Put the initial draft on a free blog like http://www.blogger.com/

13. Send out the link of the blog to wide variety of readers. The website Writing dot com http://www.writing.com/ is an amazing online community for writers of all kinds. And they have ways to request feed back.

14. Include a short and long feed back form.

15. Use their feed back for improvements and refinements. Central Desktop http://www.centraldesktop.com/ offers ways to save previous versions for comparing later. And there is a forum feature along with many other tools.

16. Request prayer all along the way http://prayerhub.blogspot.com/

17. Keep a journal (of events, challenges, victories) all along about the process to help document and recall how God is guiding.

18. Share testimonies of answered prayer during this internal and external journey.

19. Note that Writer’s Digest has great resources for you http://www.writersdigest.com/

20. When the work is complete you may wish to use one of these services.(There are no fees or minimum quantities for their print on demand operation.)
http://www.createspace.com/Special/Help/OverviewVideo.jsp
http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/sell/products/books
http://www.lulu.com/author/create.php

21. There are various eBook publishing options that you can find from a search engine. (Put the terms “eBook publishing” in Google http://www.google.com/ or other search engine. And here are some samples
http://www.lulu.com/author/
http://www.godefy.com/category/ebook_publishing
http://www.publishingexchange.org/
http://www.book-publishers-compared.com/
http://www.web-source.net/ebook_publishing1.htm
http://www.ebook-publishing-tools.com/


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22. You may wish to use Pleasant Word http://www.pleasantword.com/ to print hundreds of books.

23. You do not need to wait until the final product is complete before sharing. Maybe separate chapters could be articles in newsletters or magazines.

24. Copyright matters are addressed effectively at Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/license/meet-the-licenses



Along this complex journey prayerfully consider how the Lord Jesus Christ is using you and others to bless and transform the end users. It is not about you, your craft, the technology, money, fame, set backs, delays, creativity or other matters. It is about how the love of God and truth from His Word will change lives for the glory of God. Amen?


Kindly pray for Jesus Christ to use this blog post mightily for His glory.

THANKS

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