31: The Right Season to Write | A Conversation with Miranda Trudeau

What does it really look like to write a book while running businesses, raising children, and managing everyday life?

In this episode, Mikaela sits down with author, marketer, and entrepreneur Miranda Trudeau to talk about the honest realities of writing and launching a book. Miranda shares how she knew it was finally the right season to write her second book, No Place I'd Rather Be, the systems that helped her make progress in small pockets of time, and what it took to successfully launch the book to bestseller status.

Together, they discuss balancing motherhood and creativity, overcoming imposter syndrome, building a launch strategy that feels authentic, and why defining success before you write can change everything.

Whether you're still dreaming about writing your first book or preparing to launch your next one, this conversation will encourage you to stop waiting for perfect conditions and start taking the next step.

In this episode, you'll learn:

•  How to know if it's the right season to write a book 
•  The difference between "sprint" writers and "marathon" writers 
•  How to create time for writing in a busy life 
•  What a successful book launch actually looks like 
•  Why marketing starts long before launch day 
•  How to define success for your book beyond sales 
•  Why your unique perspective matters—even in a crowded market 

If you've been waiting for a sign to write the book, this might be it.

Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:01

Welcome to For Women Who Write Podcast. I'm Mikayla, a certified writing coach, editor, and self-publishing expert with over a decade of experience, helping women turn their ideas into powerful, best selling books. If you felt the call to write, share your story, share your experiences, and how you can help other people, then you are in the right place. Here we talk about the real competence of writing and publishing. From finding your voice to structuring a book, from overcoming resistance and imposter syndrome to launching into the world with company. My mission is to show you that becoming a published and best-selling author is indispensable. It's absolutely your story matters, and chances are you're closer to holding your finished book in your hand. Okay, you guys, welcome to another episode of For Women Who Write. I have the wonderful, the beautiful, the brilliant Miranda on the podcast today. Miranda is a dear friend. She was on my team for a while. I handed off publishing, the publishing side of my business to her. And I am just so excited to have her on the podcast. She's a marketing genius. And you guys, she also wrote a book. And today she's going to tell us a little bit more about that whole process. So this conversation is really for you if you have wanted to write a book, but you're not entirely sure how the process is, like the good, the bad, the ugly. We're gonna talk about all of that today with Miranda and you know how she wrote her book, why she wrote her book, what it has been like since she launched, and all of that good stuff. So Miranda, yay! Welcome.

SPEAKER_01 1:38

So glad you're here. Hi, thank you so much. I'm so glad to be here. It's an honor.

SPEAKER_00 1:42

Yes. Okay, tell us a little bit more about yourself with you know what you do, because I know you do many a thing. So tell us a little bit more about what you do and all the good stuff.

SPEAKER_01 1:54

Many a things. I was talking to my sister last week and she's like, when people ask me what you do, I just really don't know what to say. I was like, you neither, honestly. Um, so here I am saying what I do. You know, I run multiple businesses. I'm a mom of three beautiful children, and uh I live in the Midwest. I just serve companies in their marketing. And my husband and I, we have our hands in a lot of things, but specifically publishing, marketing. Um, he does IT and runs a company for IT support. And I am an author. I speak, I travel a little bit, do things like that, do podcasts, and yeah, it's a fun, crazy wild life.

SPEAKER_00 2:30

I love it. I love it so much. And you're doing it with your kids, and I just think that's just the coolest thing that uh we get to do this work with our babies right right alongside of us, like with us in it. There's something really special and unique that we get to do this creative work and teach them so much, like as we do all of this. And so I love that they get to see their mama starting businesses and writing books and serving people and growing and creating, even as you are like nurturing and taking care of them too at the same time. And it's not easy, like it's let's be real, like this is not an easy gig at all, any of it. But I just think it's really cool that we get to do this with our babies. And I just love that.

SPEAKER_01 3:14

Yeah, it's fun and same for your kids, like them getting to watch you have all the success that you have. I think it's easy, especially in motherhood, to compare your journey to other people's and to be like, oh, I should be this, or I should be more of a stay-at-home mom, or I should be more of a working mom. And I'm, you know, in this in between and doing a lot of things. And um, it's fun to remember that it is really impactful for my kids to watch us have kind of an unconventional lifestyle, but it's gonna serve them really well as they get older.

SPEAKER_00 3:40

So I feel like there needs to be a new term because there's stay-at-home mom and working mom. And I just feel like there's this new blend between where it's like we are staying at home and we're working. Like there's just not an explicit, like hard line, you know, where we're going into an office 40 plus hours a week or we're staying at home with the kids 40 hours a week, or like not 40 hours, many hours, all the hours of the week, you know? And so there we need to create like a new in-between.

SPEAKER_01 4:08

I feel like I like to tell myself to try to be as present as possible in anything I'm doing. So, like if I'm working, I'm really present, but um, I'm a present mom with my kids, and that means pausing what I'm doing and getting snacks for them and you know, trying to carve time as much as I can, but also keeping the family the main thing and the priority. But yeah, it's uh it's interesting when people are like, what do you do? Or do you do you have childcare that watches your kid like while you work? I'm like, no, we like really work it out, and we're blessed. My husband works from home too, and we both have very flexible positions, and so it works out for us, but yeah, we're just we're on the ride, we're on the train.

SPEAKER_00 4:42

Yes, 100%. Okay, so you write a book while you're also with your kids. That feels like a lot. So talk to us a little bit more about kind of this process for you. And actually, first before we start with all of that, tell us more about your book. What is it called and what is it about?

SPEAKER_01 4:59

Yes, it's called No Place I'd Rather Be. And it really is inviting women into a deeper relationship with the Lord. So faith is a huge thing for me, a huge motivator. It's something I grew up in and that I've really grown and developed, but I reached a point, as many do, where it has to kind of become your own. And you have to go on a journey of my faith is real to me, not just I was raised in faith and I have these values. And so I went through, I went through that journey same as everybody else, and really found the deep reward of intimacy with the Lord and what that looks like. And so um, this is the second book that I've written and released in the last 10 years, and this one is really, really focused on like going deeper in faith with him. The first one was really focused on identity and kind of learning about yourself and who the Lord says that you are. But yes, no place I'd rather be.

SPEAKER_00 5:47

I love it. It's right here, right next to me. It's so beautiful. So beautiful. I just love it. You did such a great job. So talk to me about like the process of writing that book in between running a business, having kids, you know, young kids.

SPEAKER_01 6:00

So many kids. So many kids. It feels like a hundred. When you have three, it feels like a hundred. And then, like, when I joked with my husband the other day because we took one out, and I was like, okay, when you have one kid, one kid feels like five. Yes. But when you have three kids, one kid feels like no kids.

SPEAKER_00 6:15

So true. So true. You just your like definition of math gets so skewed when it comes to kids because you're like, How many kids? It's I don't know. It's just yes, 100%. So, anyway, you have these beautiful, wonderful children and businesses, married life. How do you also find the time to write in between all of that?

SPEAKER_01 6:36

Yeah, it all comes down in any season to what priority is for me in that moment and try not to overextend myself with my commitments, which can be so difficult. So many things, but all of us, no matter what kind of lifestyle you lead, or if you run businesses or you work a job or you're at home with your kids, um, there's nothing short of things to pull our attention and to pull our focus. And so I like to try to have one to two focuses um beyond parenting and being with my kids that I kind of allow myself to pour into in a season. And so it means tabling things at times, which has been so hard and refining this last year because I've tabled a lot of things so that I can be the most present in the things that I'm saying yes to. And so writing became a thing I started saying yes to about um a year ago. So I always have loved writing. I grew up writing short stories, writing music actually. I was really musical as a kid, and uh I always just love to like get what was in my head out on paper.

SPEAKER_00 7:35

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 7:35

And especially with words, I think there's so much power in words, and um I love reading, and so books were just naturally kind of where I was gonna walk to. And so I had had an idea um probably like two or three years ago for this book, and I just knew it wasn't the right season for me to write it. So my kids are five, almost three in eight months. And so a couple years ago, I was like deep in it with um an under one-year-old who, you know, every baby's so different and came with that was like a rough postpartum period for me. My son was two. I was like, I had I know that I have this kind of dream or goal on my heart to write this book, but it's just not the right season. I think some of the wisdom in writing is knowing if it's a right now thing or if it's a later thing. And then being okay with saying yes when it is a right now thing, because as time passed, I started to feel like the nudge again to write. And I was like, oh, excuse, excuse, excuse, busy, busy, busy, busy, not the right season, not the right season. And then a year ago, I hosted a women's retreat. It was like this wild out of left field idea I had. I actually posted it on Instagram and was like, I'm gonna host this retreat in Michigan if anybody wants to come. And my spots filled up within like a month. That's all. Or actually, I think it was within like two weeks. I had deposits for all the spots. Everything was like fully paid within a month. And these women, none of which knew each other, none of them knew each other. We had um, I think like six or seven of us total. I only knew one of them, and I had connected on social media with the other one, so I knew of them. And later, now looking back, I'm like, I should probably have had like a safety like net to pull them through. Like, maybe I should have done like a survey or like a background check. Yeah, one of the girls was like, Are we sure? I'm like, Yeah, I think we're good. Like, I mostly know these girls, like, we'll be fine. Um it's okay. But I hosted this women's retreat and it was just like, I just wanted a space where people could come and just be like, we're not a conference, it wasn't an agenda. There, it wasn't just for business owners. It actually wasn't just for faith-based people. I was just like, if you like are a woman and you just want to get away and have a breathing room, come to this four-day retreat. And it was kind of an all uh all expenses paid, inclusive type deal. That's awesome. Um thing for them. And so uh absolutely nuts, like stumbled my way into it. I've hosted events a lot before I was an event coordinator for a while, and so I like had kind of the background, but I didn't know what I was doing. And I got to the retreat and um I actually knew two women there. One was from my prior publishing journey. She is an author, coach, and editor, and then the other one was a friend of mine. And I was sitting down those four days trying to force myself to relax too, because you know, I have kids and I was like getting away a little bit as well, even though I was hosting and coordinating this experience. And there was uh, I think the first day that I really kind of let myself get quiet, I felt like the Lord said to me, It's time to start to write again. And I had like had this kind of dream and bubbling of this book, and I was like, Oh, there's a lot going on right now. Like, I don't know. And um, I was sitting down with my friend and she was like, Are you gonna write another book soon? And I was like, Oh, you're the second person today to tell me that. Like, okay, good. And then I was kind of like, Yeah, I have an idea. And then her and I started really chatting and diving in on the retreat about the book, and I almost felt this. I came home to my husband and I was like, I feel this like insatiable need to write this. And I, it's so weird. My first book was not like this, it was very much like I'm writing, I had a plan, I set aside hours every day. I like made myself go through the process for my very first one to get the words out and then hired editors to help hash it out. But um, with this one, it was like bubbling up inside of me, and I I couldn't not write it out. It was really strange and a unique experience that I had. And so I um wrote the book fully in like six months. That's awesome. But I sat down and really started getting drafts out immediately as soon as I got home from this retreat. And so I just sat down and started typing and writing my thoughts, organizing them. I created like sort of an outline to start um and started filling in from there. And uh, and yeah, that's kind of how the writing process went. But I just had to make time for it. I found the moments of inspiration. I made sure weekly I was committed to it. But then if I woke up in the morning and I had my coffee and my kids were good, I'm like, all right, I have a half hour. I'm gonna sit down and try to get some thoughts out. Or I'm feeling really inspired right now, and so I'm gonna sit down and like write for this night. And so I didn't space it out a lot. I wasn't like three hours a week. I'm gonna sit and write. I more did like burst writing because that's just how it, especially with kids, I can't function when I'm interrupted every five minutes, you know. It's kind of a scan, it's all a little overstimulating. And so um I found moments where I could have time to sit down and just like get it out, but then I had to make the time sometimes, especially towards the end, to really sift through the editing, the organization of it, that kind of thing.

SPEAKER_00 12:26

I found a lot of people, they they're either sprinters or they're marathoners when it comes to writing. And some people are like, give me a cabin in the woods for like three days, and I'm gonna just like not talk to anybody and just like get it all out and just like boom, like sprint it out. And then there's other people who like are marathoners, and so they find pockets of time, just like you did of like, you know what, I'm gonna sit down, I'm gonna write. I've got some inspiration, like I'm just gonna get some things out on the page. And then it's kind of like a marathon, you know, like they're just pacing themselves through it. And I think once you find what works best for you, that can really help you actually find, you know, the time to do it. And what's interesting to me too about as you're talking, it's like you weren't sure that it was ready, it wasn't ready. And then it was like the Lord was like, no, it's time. And it was just like this, this like feeling of like, I can't not write this. Would you say that there's anything else that like I know a lot of people are like, is this the right time? Is it not the right time? And so you've written two books. What would you say like you knew it was the right time for both of those books?

SPEAKER_01 13:28

I think it's a mix of does your current like upcoming season support you writing and launching? Yeah because it takes a lot of time and effort and energy to do that. And so sometimes we have a really great idea, but there's actually just not space in that season for us to launch. Like if you're about to have a baby in two months, like maybe pause and hold before you like dive into it all because you don't want to spend all this time writing and then not be able to launch it or put it out there. But if you're like, no, my next 12 months are fairly open, like as far as commitments go, I definitely think that I can like give this a shot. I think you have to step into it with commitment because especially when you start to buck like against the insecurities that can come with writing and the vulnerability that it takes to really get a message out of your heart and into the world and let people judge it and read it. And it still was nerve-wracking for me in anything that I do when I release it. And so I think making sure that you are committed to the process and committed to the journey. And hey, I'm gonna give this a real shot. And with my first one, that was my goal. I was like, I'm I'm just gonna do it. And if I accomplish this goal on my heart to write and publish a book, it's a win for me. And that was the goal with the first one. And with this one, it was okay, now I want to get really good at marketing it and being confident in the message so I can sell it. And that was my goal with this one. And so I think defining that and understanding it. But if you're listening and you have a dream to write a book and you're like, I think I want to write a book, but I don't know the details. I would honestly encourage you. This may not be possible for everybody. Go get a hotel for like a night. Yeah, like just go somewhere for a night, get away from your kids, your family, give yourself space to breathe because you need space to process this and just journal. Like, what do I want to write about? Who do I want to serve? Maybe you already know some of those things and you can start working on an outline. It really helped me with my writing this time to have the outline because when I had spurts of time, I could pick a chapter and write the chapter and do it really well versus thinking about like, oh my goodness, I have a whole message I'm trying to communicate with this entire book, and I have to like insert myself for 10 minutes that I have or an hour that I have right now and like somehow speak to this big message versus no, I have a defined kind of outline I'm working towards. And Michaela, I know you help authors with that too, like getting that outline on paper so that your book is can be read really well, but also so it can be written really well. And so I think go get a night, get yourself like a little local hotel. Sometimes they're like a hundred dollars. Invest in yourself a little bit if you can. Go stay to family's house if you want to, like just get yourself time and space away for a night and and treat it as like your prep. And just tell your husband or your whatever, like I'm I'm investing in this dream for myself. I really, really want to like hash this out and see if this is something that I can do. I need a little bit of time to just go pour into this for a minute so that I can set myself up well for this journey and not, you know, start off on kind of a rocky foot with it.

SPEAKER_00 16:18

100%. And yes, with the outline, like the outline, yes, is helpful for the content, but even just like, hey, I'm doing this in spurts between the rest of my life. Like I when I sit down, I know exactly what I need to write. And so I'm not thinking about like the structure of it or what should I write. I know exactly what to write. And so I can just sit down, hammer it out, and then go get snacks for the toddler, you know, like when in the middle of or get on a client call or whatever it is, you can, you know, you've got that margin. I really like to tell people too exactly what you're saying of to write a letter to your reader. And sometimes, like when you pretend that you are sitting across from the person you really want to write to, like all of these ideas start coming up. And you may even discover that you're talking to yourself 10 years ago and what you needed to hear 10 years ago, and how you can encourage and help and give practical frameworks or things like that for yourself 10 years ago. A lot of my clients cry when they do these exercises because it's like they're they're feeling the emotion, they're feeling the need for what they're writing on. And a lot of times, too, it can become like the intro or like even a chapter as well. And so if you like, yes, get away and go write a couple of letters to that reader and just see what comes up. And if you're able to talk about something for roughly two, two and a half-ish hours, then you likely have like what you need for a book. You've got the passion and you've got the content, boom, like you're ready to go with all of that. So you kind of mentioned a little bit more too about like your big goal for this book was the marketing and the selling of it. So tell us first how your launch day went. I know we went for bestseller and you got it, which was so exciting. So tell us a little bit more about launch day.

SPEAKER_01 17:59

Yeah, so you know, writing the book is a whole piece, but launching the book is a whole piece as well. And so that can feel like another like, I don't even know after I write it how I would do it. And so having a plan and having, you know, Michaela using your podcast and resources for marketing suggestions and things like that, just to know, like, okay, now that I have this book and this resource, how do I get it into the hands of the people that really want it? And so for me, it was a mix of my social media audience, email list and email marketing, um, local connections, like being vulnerable and saying, hey guys, I wrote a book. It's coming out this day or this month, and this is you know what it's on and this is who it's gonna serve, and just getting really excited about it. Um, I think people will perceive you as confident as you express yourself. So even if it feels fake, like my husband likes to remind me often that everyone feels imposter syndrome and it's just who can beat each other at the imposter syndrome game. And so he's like, if we can out imposter syndrome then, like outbeat them, then like we're all gonna win. Um so I think just knowing that if you express yourself as really confident in this message, like almost like channel and pretend that you're that person sometimes if it feels hard for you. Or maybe you're like you know that your message is gonna serve people and you know right where to go and right who to talk to. And so it play making that plan. So I had set my um launch day, which I set it after I got through editing, because that's like a whole piece you edit, then you format, then you have to design your cover, and then you choose your launch and you really walk out your launch strategy. And I had like a small launch team collated on an email list that was like I think my team was like 150 people total. And so those are just people who like said, Hey, I want to know about the book. They got added to the email list, they got emails leading up to it, and then they were the ones that got the email that was like, Hey, it's live order today, as we pushed for bestseller, and then also obviously posted on like larger social media, texted friends and family, reminders, that kind of stuff, like hey, it's out today, it's it's on sale for this day only. Um, we had a strategy to go lower on that's often a strategy to go lower on launch day so that people have incentives to order in that first 24 hours because your bestseller, which was just really fun to get. That is not like the point of it all, but it's so fun to have that badge to say, okay, I hit bestseller, I hit number when you release on Amazon. Like so fun to grab those screenshots and use them and just be like, you know, it's it just helps encourage you too that what you did is worth it and people are being blessed by it. And so, so yeah, those sales in that 24-hour period of launch day matter, which is which means you have to prepare ahead of time because as we all know, Rome was not built in a day. So we have to plan and make plans ahead of time as if we're like an architect, and uh which I know nothing about, but we'll keep using this imagery. Uh-huh.

SPEAKER_00 20:40

It works.

SPEAKER_01 20:40

Um, so making that plan, setting the calendar, setting the day, and then having some plans. They don't have to be crazy, like you don't have to send four emails a week to people, but just like, hey, I'm launching a book if you want to know about it, get on this email list or um submit this form or join me, follow along on social media, or like my Facebook page or wherever you're kind of at from that point. And so um after I wrote, it was deep in editing, formatting, cover designing, all the pieces of that. I set my actual launch day about a month ahead of time. Um, and so I knew I was launching in spring. I just kept saying spring launch um until I had the day. Yeah. And then once I had the day, um, which was March 31st, which is a month ago now, and I uh yeah, started communicating that to people and really preparing and repeating the message, pulling content from my book, sharing that on social media, sharing that in the email so that people could get a taste of what they were gonna get with the book so they would be excited to order it um after that. And then even farther than that, I went to reaching out for speaking and podcast opportunities, which is how I ended up here. Thank you for having me on. But I um really just knew that starting to talk to people who had audiences that would be served by what I was talking about in my book or the journey that I went on with it would prove to be really helpful in spreading the message. And so um I actually traveled and did like a women. Conference at a church, which was the perfect audience, and it was such an amazing and fulfilling opportunity to be able to do that. And um, yeah, it reached out to more podcasts, more speaking, and I'm really just filling my calendar this year with that because success of your book is past your launch day as well. It really is a long-term thing that you can invest into. And so I know that as fun and as rewarding and exciting as bestseller was on the day, I want this book to keep reaching people. And so there's a continual strategy, you know, that you walk out after you launch.

SPEAKER_00 22:27

100%. How do you feel like you had a speaking engagement shortly after you launched the book? How do you feel like launching the book beforehand was helpful for your speaking engagement?

SPEAKER_01 22:38

Yeah, I think because I was within two weeks of the launch, that was like a little strategic um to make people order the book on launch day, but give them enough time to start reading it. And so they got to know me. The people that I went and saw don't have context for who I am and didn't know me. I was invited by a friend who had connection with that group and was like, I really think your book would serve these people that I know. And so it was a like a women's, like quarterly women's event at a church. And so we were able to share the book and the link ahead of time with launch so that they could get it. And a lot of them did get it. And then when I showed up, I was able to speak out of the book. That was kind of the way I positioned it. Is now when I travel or speak or do podcasts, I'm gonna speak from the content of the book so I can then promote the book and say, hey, if you really liked the tidbit that I gave you today, get the whole book because it'll take you on this journey, or this is my story, get the whole book and it'll take you deeper into this part of my journey. And so yeah, I think doing it within a couple weeks or a month, honestly, of the launch was probably kept that sweet spot of it's still new and exciting, but you still kind of have enough time to grab it versus trying to do it the day of my launch or the week of my launch, would have not left enough time for them to get the book, read the book, really know who I was. If it was a group of people that knew me really well, then I probably would have approached it and pushed them closer together because it's local or they know or they're gonna order it anyway. But because this group of people didn't know me, I was a little more strategic with that timing.

SPEAKER_00 24:02

Yeah. And I love that that it like again, like it's relationship. Like you launched it early so that they would have enough time to read it so that then when you all got together, it was like your friends are all coming together, you know, and just like how that marketing for you two felt very relational and that you wanted to use this as a way to connect with people and to help people. It's not just to make your name awesome or to have all these big speaking engagements, which are super fun and great, but it's really about connecting with those people. And that's when it feels authentic and alive and you know, really worth worth your time and worth all this effort that you put towards. And the fact that like you have, I mean, like you are never gonna be hurting for content. I I know you also like you're never ever going to be hurting for content, but you put all of this into a book, you know, and so for I know you have a couple of brands, and so for your faith-based brand, like this is gonna be constantly feeding it. And I know you've got more in you. And so, like, you know, this is gonna be part of, you know, what people can come to and like get that encouragement and get that help that they need here and and then continue that relationship with you, whether it's speaking engagements or, you know, other things that you do. And so it's just cool because it's just like it's just like decoration, and maybe not decoration, it's it's just like a very sturdy, beautiful like couch in a living room, you know. Like your brand is the living room and the book speaking of my interior design love.

SPEAKER_01 25:29

Yes, yes, the other West Elm couch in the corner.

SPEAKER_00 25:33

Please, girl, yes, pottery barn. We're decorating our living room right now, and so I think that's why I have living room on the brain. But it's like your book is like this gorgeous couch, you know, if your brand is a living room and and it's a place for people to sit, it's people place for people to learn and to, you know, have that relationship with each other. And your book gets to be like that beautiful, gorgeous couch, and you want it to be comfortable and you want it to be nice at the same time. So I just I love that. You've done such a great job. I read your emails when you sent them, and they were so good, so authentic, and led people to purchasing the book so that you could get bestseller and do really incredible things. So I love it. Anything else about writing a book or you know, the publishing launching that you would want to talk about?

SPEAKER_01 26:20

Yeah, I think don't be afraid to do it, even if you don't feel like you have all the pieces together of it, but also be really intentional. Like I have a high value on excellence and intentionality. I don't want to do things like halfway. Yep. And so I think stepping into it, do your research, talk to the experts, reach out to Michaela, like reach out to me, whatever, and start to ask people like, okay, what is this gonna take for me to do this well? Because it's important that you know kind of what you're stepping into. But I also think defining like what is success for you, what does that look like? Are you just doing the book because you want to release the book? Because that's a huge feat. Like, if you just write and release the book and you get 10 sales, who the heck cares? You you wrote a whole book and you can now say that. And there's hundreds of people who can't say that because they couldn't get up and actually do the work for it. So I think that there's so much value in that. But knowing what success is for you, is it because you want more leads? Is it a lead magnet for your business? Is it because you want sales? Do you want to hit best seller? Do you want speaking engagements? Like, what do you want this to turn into? Because, you know, for me, it's like the Lord can only bless what I'm like intentional with. If I'm like, I don't know, I have this whole pot of something, I don't know if there's seeds in it. Maybe can you make it grow? He's like, No, like if I pour water on this, there's nothing in there, like it's not gonna grow anything. And so you have to like plant the seeds, you have to be intentional, you have to take the steps so that the thing can grow, it can blossom, you know. I'm heavy in my gardening stage because um we just redid my garden. So there's my little illustration for you as I'm just you know a green thumb over here. Um, but I think being intentional, walking it out and don't be afraid to consult people in the process. It can feel hard on a money side because you're like, am I gonna make any money from this? And you might not make a lot of money from the book, but that's why knowing the bigger purpose of what you're wanting to do is important. And, you know, in an excellence side, get experts. You don't have to be the expert at everything, you don't have to be the expert formatter, cover designer, book mapper, you know, coach, person. Like you're gonna write, and that's amazing. And so if you can own that space and set aside some money, create a budget for um really launching, then it's gonna feel like a way smoother process, even if it means you save up for 12 months. Like, how rewarding will that be when you get to the end and you can invest money and publish a book well and know that it's gonna bless people and reach people and hit bestseller and do all these things that you really want out of what you're sewing into.

SPEAKER_00 28:39

100%. There's only 3% of people actually write and publish a book. And when you write and publish a book, you become part of the 3% of people. That means 97% of people don't actually do it. And that is a huge feat in and of itself to do that. And so a lot of people don't do it because they're afraid they won't hit the bestseller or they won't make any sales, or it'll be a quote unquote flop. But the fact that you just did the book in the first place is a really big deal. And then, of course, seeking after and being intentional with the results and success afterwards is just a beautiful, incredible thing.

SPEAKER_01 29:12

Yeah, and I think if you're listening to this podcast, you want to write a book or you've written a book and you want to write another one. So take this as your sign from like two besties here sitting and chatting. Like, write the book. You guys write the book. Like it's inside of you. There's so much value. Just because somebody else did it doesn't mean that your message can't be meaningful. You're gonna reach people that that other person that you're thinking about that, oh, they have the same kind of platform or same kind of audience, they're already speaking to this topic. No, there's gonna be somebody that listens to you and resonates with you in your story, not with theirs. And so there's so much value and impact to be had in writing and releasing your message. And don't be afraid of saturation or whatever lies you're kind of believing about the process. Just write and then message me and Michaela once you write your book and publish it because we're gonna celebrate and be so proud with you.

SPEAKER_00 30:00

Yes, I love it. I love it. So, so good. And Miranda, thank you so much for coming and being on here and sharing all of your wonderful wisdom. Where can we find you? Where can we purchase your beautiful book and get all the encouragement?

SPEAKER_01 30:14

Yes, you can find me on Instagram at Miranda Trudeau or Miranda Trudeau.com. You can find a link to buy the book. It's on Amazon. There's links on the website. And if you are part of a local church women's group and you want some encouragement or you have a podcast or any kind of network and you just want encouragement on how to go deeper in your faith more intentionally, I would literally love to talk to you. So um, please reach out and say hi. But yeah, Instagram, website, all the places.

SPEAKER_00 30:39

Love it. So so good. Y'all reach out. She's amazing. Thank you so much, Miranda. This is so fun.