A lot of business owners carry around a quiet dream of writing a book someday. Somewhere between the idea and the actual manuscript, though, most of those dreams stall out — usually blocked by the exact things I want to talk about in this post.
I have been involved in several collaborative book projects and it can be a great first step to being a published author. Last month I co-authored the book Perfectly Positioned to Soar along with 9 other authors, but the first collaborative book that I was the visionary author of was the 90-Day Activate Your Faith Journal: Strengthen Your Faith by Overcoming Your Blessing Blockers.
This week I am revisiting the podcast episode where I sat down with two of my co-authors, Carol J. Dunlop and Patricia Hopkins, to talk about our collaborative book project,— and about why a collaborative book can be such a powerful first step toward becoming a published author, especially if the idea of writing an entire book solo feels overwhelming.
The 9 Blessing Blockers
Overcoming Is a Daily Activity
Here’s something we talk about directly in the episode: overcoming your blessing blockers isn’t a one-time breakthrough. It’s a daily activity. Fear doesn’t get defeated once and stay defeated. Perfectionism doesn’t disappear the day you decide to “just start.” These blockers show up again and again, which means overcoming them has to be a practice, not a single decision.
That’s exactly why the format of the 90-Day Activate Your Faith Journal matters. It’s built around anchor scriptures and affirmations — specific pieces of God’s word to lean on repeatedly, day after day, as you actually work through what’s blocking you. And there’s real power in journaling as part of that process: putting words to what’s on your heart, in writing, in conversation with God, tends to surface things a purely mental “thinking it through” never quite reaches.
Why a Collaborative Book Is Such a Strong First Step
Here’s the part I really want to highlight for anyone who’s been sitting on a book idea: writing this book as a collaboration — as the visionary and lead author, alongside the other co-authors — made becoming a published author dramatically more achievable than trying to write an entire solo book from scratch.
A few reasons this matters:
- Shared workload. You’re not solely responsible for every chapter, every
deadline, every piece of the manuscript. The weight is distributed across
co-authors who are equally invested in seeing the project through. - Built-in accountability. When other people are counting on you to deliver your
section, it’s much harder to let perfectionism or distraction quietly
stall the whole project indefinitely. - A real credential, faster. You walk away as a genuinely published author
— with your name on a real book, available on Amazon — without needing to
have solved every unknown of solo authorship first. - A lower-risk way to test the waters. If you’ve never published before, a
collaborative project lets you learn the process — publishing, marketing,
launch — inside a shared effort before you decide whether a full solo book
is your next move.
If you have a message you feel called to share but the thought of writing an entire book alone feels like too big a blocker in itself, a collaborative book project might be exactly the on-ramp you need.
Learn More and Get the Journal
You can hear the full conversation with Carol, Patricia, and me on the podcast, where we go much deeper into each of the 9 blessing blockers and how this project came together: [Listen to the episode]
And if you want to work through your own blessing blockers using the anchor scriptures and journaling framework we built, you can find the 90-Day Activate Your Faith Journal on Amazon: Purchase the 90-Day Activate Your Faith Journal
Thinking about your own book? If a collaborative project sounds like the right first step for you, I’d love to talk — and if you want help marketing whatever you create, download my Aligned Marketing Plan guide