Starting Your Book
A Guide to Navigating the Blank Page by Attending to What’s Inside You
By Naomi Rose
Book Developer & Creative Midwife / Creator, Writing from the Deeper Self
Starting a Book
Is Not a Formula You Need to Learn.
It's an organic growth that can only come from you.
With Starting Your Book, you’ll discover how to start writing a book
through your own natural creative process.
you are the secret ingredient
Unlike most writing guides that focus solely on craft, Starting Your Book illuminates what truly enables inspired writing: the connection with your inner being. An organic book-writing guide, it shows you how to overcome the fear of the blank page by connecting with the presence inside you.
How? This intimate companion highlights the person doing the writing, rather than just the product. It doesn't teach you how to become a good writer — it shows you how to look inward and invite out the treasure that's already there.
When you align with your authentic creative nature, beautiful, true, and fulfilling writing naturally flows. Writing your book isn't an assignment. It's a living relationship that will bless you in ways extending far beyond completing a manuscript.
If you've longed to write a book but haven't fully believed you had it in you, this is your guide to accessing your Inner Guide.
Starting Your Book offers a path to navigate the blank page by attending to what's inside you — where all trustworthy writing begins.
READ THIS BOOK IF YOU:
Are writing a book or even considering writing one
Need inspiration, connection, insight, and encouragement
Struggle with writing resistance and need to find your authentic writing voice
Want to recognize that you — exactly who you are, with your unique creative constellation — have what it takes to write the book that's calling from within
"Reading your book was like receiving a comforting hug of encouragement. The connection of writing and the heart — of the practice of writing as a way to get in touch with our divinity —how could this elude us, ever? Once you have this treasure in your being, you realize how clear it all is — why we write, why it matters." — Jane Majkiewicz, writer, editor, literary agency associate emeritus
here’s a taste:
A brief text excerpt from chapter 1, "Answering the Call":
"It's one thing to begin writing your book, and another to know how. And that, of course, is why you are reading this book—because you don't currently know how. (Or perhaps you do know how, and you don't know that you know.)
"At this point, you might be expecting to read, here, a list of "how-to's," or given a template to follow. But as common a practice as this often is, it really only works if your intent is merely to set out factual information... As soon as you want to engage the heart, soul, and deep mind of your readers—to bring them inside the experience with you—something else is called for. Something that lies not so much in the material you are putting forth as in you.
"And isn't that what we secretly are wanting? A way to see what is true and precious in ourselves, sluiced through the vein of our writing but not limited to the written product? A way to bring out our best gift, with the underlying realization that nothing that comes out of us can fully define the goldmine in us? To look into the mirror of our true being and know who resides within?
"...The Writing from the Deeper Self approach says that you are every bit as important as what comes out of you. Indeed, the two are inextricably interwoven. And so, in order to write the book of your heart, it's essential to give attention—loving attention—to who you are and what's inside you.
"Therefore, the first question isn't so much how to start writing your book. It's when."
And here is an audio excerpt:
“Engaging the Linear and Artistic Brain,”
read by the author:
what you’ll discover in starting your book:
How to recognize and trust the inner call to write your book
Ways to transform fear and resistance into creative fuel
Simple practices for listening to your authentic voice and wisdom
How to identify your unique creative pathways (are you "top down" or "bottom up"?)
Techniques for creating sacred time and space that invite inspiration
How to embrace uncertainty and "not knowing" as creative doorways
Ways to integrate both your logical and artistic intelligence
How to tell when you're writing from your true self versus trying too hard
The magic of desire as your book's growth hormone •
How to ease into your heart and access what's already there
Plus: An intimate look at how this very book was written, showing the process in action.
about the author
NAOMI ROSE is a Book Developer & Creative Midwife, the creator of the Writing from the Deeper Self approach. With over 30 years in the book publishing as an editor, writer, and consultant, being born into a family of writers, and a lifelong passion for healing (she’s a Healing Conductor in the Inayatiyya tradition of Hazrat Inayat Khan), she knows first-hand both the traps that many writers fall into and gentle, healing ways out. She wrote Starting Your Book to help anyone with a book in their heart to bring it out in a way that heals them and their readers.
about this book
In this deeply compassionate guide to book writing, Naomi Rose offers an alternative to conventional writing approaches that often leave aspiring authors paralyzed by blank pages and rigid outlines. Drawing from her "Writing from the Deeper Self" methodology developed over two decades as a Book Developer & Creative Midwife, Rose presents writing as a sacred, transformative process rather than mere product creation.
The book is structured in four progressive parts:
Part I, "Answering the Call," explores the spiritual dimension of the writing impulse
Part II, "Preparing the Ground," teaches essential practices through chapters such as "Slowing Down and Listening Inside," "Why We Fear the Book-Writing Process," and "Making Sacred Time and Space for Writing"
Part III, "Knowing Your Equipment," helps writers understand their unique creative pathways in chapters such as "Engaging the Linear and Artistic Brains" and "The Magic of Desire, the Growth Hormone of Attention"
Part IV, "Writing It Down," provides practical guidance for "Easing into Your Heart" and "Accessing What Your Heart Holds in Store"
Rose writes with the same lyrical, heart-centered voice she advocates for her readers. Her prose seamlessly weaves together practical guidance with poetic insight, creating passages that are both instructive and deeply moving. She demonstrates a masterful ability to articulate the often ineffable aspects of the creative process, using evocative metaphors and gentle wisdom that make complex inner work accessible.
Rose's approach emphasizes that writers are essential to their books—not incidental to the process. She addresses common writing fears rooted in early conditioning and offers gentle practices for reconnecting with one's authentic voice. Rather than prescriptive formulas, the book teaches readers to trust their inner guidance, work with their natural creative rhythms, and write from a place of connection rather than forcing.
Throughout, Rose includes practical exercises that help readers discover whether they're "top-down" or "bottom-up" writers, learn to listen with all their senses, and access the deeper Self that knows what wants to be written. The book concludes with a vulnerable account of how Rose herself wrote this very book, demonstrating the organic, non-linear process she advocates.
This is not a typical how-to writing manual but a soulful invitation to approach book writing as a path of self-discovery and healing. Rose's warm, encouraging voice and practical wisdom make this an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to write from the heart rather than the head, creating books that transform both writer and reader.
WHAT WRITERS ARE SAYING:
“I am floating, I am beaming. I am halfway through your book and simply love it. I love your writing style, and the information is worth the gold medal.”
— Petra Meinke
“This book was very helpful to get over myself and find the confidence to just start writing. Rose gets it right about what freezes up the imagination and passion, and she offers good insights to help one get over the challenge of the blank page. Her book is the nurturing teacher you always dreamed of that would coax and praise you to reveal your heart.”
—Amadeus
“I have been very comforted by your words. I feel a blessed permission to regroup and connect within again.”
—Shelley Klammer
“I so appreciate the slow-down process that I will take up these wonderful listening practices into my daily routine — training for an Olympic event, or in this case writing my book!”
— Mary Ann Plansky
“The Deeper Self approach [as experienced through Starting Your Book] absolutely works! It's an artistic way of writing.”
—Erik Carlberg
“I felt that you were speaking from the heart, seeking to be of service from the sincere desire to assist, not to indoctrinate or impress. And I felt that you and I were having a conversation.”
—Sarah Beaber (This “conversation” appears at the end of the book)
THE JOURNEY AWAITS YOU
Starting Your Book offers a unique path to writing a book, inviting you into a relationship with your deepest creative self so the blank page becomes a doorway to discovery.
If you've been feeling the call to write but find yourself hesitating at the threshold, this guide will help bring forth your Inner Guide.
begin your book-writing journey today
with
STARTING YOUR BOOK:
navigating the blank page by attending to what’s inside you
PRINT: $17.95 USD / E-BOOK: $10.99 USD
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