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The Anointed Scribe Podcast | Grow Your Christian Author Business, God’s Way
Hosted by Urcelia Teixeira | Christian Author & Author Business Mentor · EN
Have you tried every author strategy, followed all the advice, and still wonder why your books aren’t selling or your author business isn’t growing?
The Anointed Scribe Podcast™ is for self-published Christian authors who want to grow a profitable author business without compromising their faith.
I’m Urcelia Teixeira, a bestselling, award-winning Christian fiction author and founder of Anointed Scribe™. I know what it feels like to chase book sales, rankings, marketing strategies and the next thing the author world says you need, only to end up tired, discouraged and unsure whether you are still building the business God asked you to build.
Each week, we look at the real business of being an indie author using Scripture and applying biblical principles. We talk about book sales, marketing discernment, author income, email lists, advertising, social media, author platforms, productivity, burnout, comparison, ambition, calling, and success.
This is not a writing craft podcast or a step-by-step guide to setting up a KDP account. It is a place for Christian authors who need help deciding which strategies to follow, how to pursue profit without letting money lead them, how to keep going when results are slow, and how to build a business that serves readers and keeps Christ at the center.
You’ll find honest conversations, practical author business guidance, biblical teaching and encouragement for the days when you feel weary, doubtful or stuck.
Follow the show, and let’s grow your faith and build a profitable author business, God’s way.
👉Take the free Author Growth Quiz™ at AnointedScribe.com/quiz to discover what God may be growing in your author life right now.
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90 | If God Called Me To Write Books, Why Isn’t He Blessing My Sales?
6d ago00:14:56Tap to summarizeWalk away from today's episode knowing that God isn't absent from your author business, and He isn't withholding book sales from you either. The reason you're not seeing the growth you want in your writing life is something else entirely.If you're a self-published Christian author with a solid book catalogue behind you, and you've tried every indie author strategy the publishing industry teaches and still find yourself asking why your books aren't selling the way they should, this episode will give you the real answer to this question.Urcelia sits down with you as a fellow indie author of nearly thirty Christian fiction books, and offers a very different way to understand the silence you've been hearing from God about your author business. Christian writers will walk away with one new question to sit with this week, and the exhale of finally being able to see what God is asking you to do next in your author business.This is The Anointed Scribe Podcast™, the home for self-published Christian authors who are ready for real growth in their relationship with God and in their author business.Follow The Anointed Scribe Podcast so you don't miss next week's conversation.© 2026 Urcelia Teixeira. All rights reserved. This episode and its accompanying materials may not be reproduced, republished, transcribed, or adapted without written permission.Send me a messageSupport the show🌱Ready to grow your author business?Step 1 — Take the free Author Growth Quiz™ Discover what God is growing in your author life right now, and what that means for the season you're in. anointedscribe.com/quizStep 2 — Join the Author Growth Bootcamp™ Dive deeper into your quiz result with seven days of personalized daily teaching emails to help you walk out what God is growing in you, one small step at a time. $12.Step 3 — Step inside The Revive to Thrive Way™ A Scripture-rooted, self-paced program where you meet with God about your books, your brand, and your author business, and take the first three steps with Him toward growing your author business, God's way. anointedscribe.com/revivetothrive_____________________________________💌 Friday Manna Newsletter™️ 🤩 Rate & Review this PodcastYour support in sharing this show and leaving a review is greatly appreciated.
Transcribe →89 | Christian Author Life: How to Balance Your Faith, Family, and Writing Career
2w ago00:19:11Tap to summarize🎁 Not sure what needs your attention most in your author business right now? Take the free two-minute Author Growth Quiz™ and receive your personalized starting point.How do you balance writing, family, faith, and rest when self-publishing never seems to stop?When you're doing all the work yourself, writing, book marketing, ads, author newsletters, and social media, it's easy to feel overworked, behind, and burned out, and your time with God is usually the first thing to go.In this episode, you'll get a simple approach to author life balance for Christian writers who are tired and running on empty. You'll learn how to manage the workload, avoid author burnout, and build your author business without letting your writing career take over your whole life.Because growing your author business should not cost you your peace, joy, or family.Follow for faith, encouragement and practical author business help for Christian writers.© 2026 Urcelia Teixeira. All rights reserved. This episode and its accompanying materials may not be reproduced, republished, transcribed, or adapted without written permission.Send me a messageSupport the show🌱Ready to grow your author business?Step 1 — Take the free Author Growth Quiz™ Discover what God is growing in your author life right now, and what that means for the season you're in. anointedscribe.com/quizStep 2 — Join the Author Growth Bootcamp™ Dive deeper into your quiz result with seven days of personalized daily teaching emails to help you walk out what God is growing in you, one small step at a time. $12.Step 3 — Step inside The Revive to Thrive Way™ A Scripture-rooted, self-paced program where you meet with God about your books, your brand, and your author business, and take the first three steps with Him toward growing your author business, God's way. anointedscribe.com/revivetothrive_____________________________________💌 Friday Manna Newsletter™️ 🤩 Rate & Review this PodcastYour support in sharing this show and leaving a review is greatly appreciated.
Transcribe →88 | Christian Author Success: Can You Want More and Still Be Content?
3w ago00:18:47Tap to summarize🎁 Not sure what needs your attention most right now? Take the free two-minute Growth Quiz™ and receive your personalized starting point: AnointedScribe.com/quizCan you want a profitable, successful author business and still be content in Christ?Many Christian authors feel spiritually conflicted about wanting more readers, stronger book sales, greater opportunities, and a healthy return on everything they have invested in their writing career. We may minimize those desires because we fear they reveal pride or discontentment. Or we chase growth through hustle and pressure while wondering whether our ambition still honors God.In this episode, Urcelia shares honestly from her own author journey as she explores the difference between caring about your results and depending on them. You'll discover what biblical contentment actually means, how godly ambition can become tangled with identity and approval, and why your KDP dashboard should inform your author business decisions without determining your worth.You'll also learn: • Why wanting profit and impact can be part of faithful stewardship • How to recognize when your author success is carrying emotional or spiritual weight • The difference between contentment and complacency • What it means to build a Christian author business for God's glory • How to set an author business goal without sacrificing your peace, integrity, health, or relationshipsStay until the end for three reflection questions designed to help you examine what you genuinely want from your author business, what may be driving that desire, and how you want to pursue your author success moving forward.This is an episode you may want to save, revisit with your notebook, and share with another Christian writer who has ever felt guilty for wanting more.Supporting Scriptures: Proverbs 27:23–24, Matthew 25:14–30, Philippians 4:11–13, Proverbs 16:2, and 1 Corinthians 10:31.👉 Take the free Growth Quiz™ to discover what God may be growing in your author business this season. © 2026 Urcelia Teixeira. All rights reserved. This episode and its accompanying materials may not be reproduced, republished, transcribed, or adapted without written permission.Send me a messageSupport the show🌱Ready to grow your author business?Step 1 — Take the free Author Growth Quiz™ Discover what God is growing in your author life right now, and what that means for the season you're in. anointedscribe.com/quizStep 2 — Join the Author Growth Bootcamp™ Dive deeper into your quiz result with seven days of personalized daily teaching emails to help you walk out what God is growing in you, one small step at a time. $12.Step 3 — Step inside The Revive to Thrive Way™ A Scripture-rooted, self-paced program where you meet with God about your books, your brand, and your author business, and take the first three steps with Him toward growing your author business, God's way. anointedscribe.com/revivetothrive_____________________________________💌 Friday Manna Newsletter™️ 🤩 Rate & Review this PodcastYour support in sharing this show and leaving a review is greatly appreciated.
Transcribe →87 | Author Social Media Without Oversharing: Protect Your Privacy and Connect With Readers
4w ago00:25:19Tap to summarizeAuthors are expected to show up on social media, build a personal brand, and let readers see the person behind the books. But how much of your life do you need to share to connect with readers without compromising your privacy or online safety?In this episode, Urcelia shares seven practical ways authors can create a warm, genuine social media presence without oversharing. You will learn how to decide what belongs in your public, protected, and private circles, recognize identifying details hidden in posts and photos, avoid exposing your location in real time, and create safe content categories that still allow readers to know you.You will also learn how to audit the information already available about you online, protect your social media accounts, and set wise boundaries that help you show up with greater confidence.Because your readers can recognize your voice, values, personality, and work without having unrestricted access to your home, family, movements, or private life.In this episode:• How to set social media boundaries before you post• The difference between personal and identifying information• Why you should delay location-based posts• What to share when you want to keep your life private• How to audit your existing online presence• Practical ways to strengthen your account security• A four-question check to use before your next postScripture: Proverbs 27:12 👉 Take the free Growth Quiz™ to discover what God may be growing in your author business right now.© 2026 Urcelia Teixeira. All rights reserved. This episode and its accompanying materials may not be reproduced, republished, transcribed, or adapted without written permission.Send me a messageSupport the show🌱Ready to grow your author business?Step 1 — Take the free Author Growth Quiz™ Discover what God is growing in your author life right now, and what that means for the season you're in. anointedscribe.com/quizStep 2 — Join the Author Growth Bootcamp™ Dive deeper into your quiz result with seven days of personalized daily teaching emails to help you walk out what God is growing in you, one small step at a time. $12.Step 3 — Step inside The Revive to Thrive Way™ A Scripture-rooted, self-paced program where you meet with God about your books, your brand, and your author business, and take the first three steps with Him toward growing your author business, God's way. anointedscribe.com/revivetothrive_____________________________________💌 Friday Manna Newsletter™️ 🤩 Rate & Review this PodcastYour support in sharing this show and leaving a review is greatly appreciated.
Transcribe →86 | How to Choose the Right Author Business Strategy: 5 Biblical Filters | Wisdom for Christian Writers
Jul 1000:19:18Tap to summarizeOverwhelmed by conflicting self-publishing, book marketing and author business advice? In this episode, you’ll learn five biblical filters for choosing the right publishing or marketing strategy, making wise author business decisions and avoiding costly mistakes.Whether you’re deciding where to publish, whether to invest in a course, when to run book ads or what to focus on next, these biblical principles will help you filter the advice around you and seek God’s wisdom for your author business so you can make the right decisions as a Christian writer.You already have more author advice available to you than any writer in history. What you need is the wisdom to know which piece of it is yours. That's what this episode gives you.Scriptures: James 1:5-6, James 3:17, Psalm 1:1-2, Proverbs 9:10, Proverbs 2:3-5, Proverbs 3:13Want to know which areas of your writing life are making your decisions harder than they need to be? Take the free Growth Quiz™👉 Hit follow for weekly faith, encouragement, and author business wisdom for Christian writers who write, publish, and grow, God's way.Send me a messageSupport the show🌱Ready to grow your author business?Step 1 — Take the free Author Growth Quiz™ Discover what God is growing in your author life right now, and what that means for the season you're in. anointedscribe.com/quizStep 2 — Join the Author Growth Bootcamp™ Dive deeper into your quiz result with seven days of personalized daily teaching emails to help you walk out what God is growing in you, one small step at a time. $12.Step 3 — Step inside The Revive to Thrive Way™ A Scripture-rooted, self-paced program where you meet with God about your books, your brand, and your author business, and take the first three steps with Him toward growing your author business, God's way. anointedscribe.com/revivetothrive_____________________________________💌 Friday Manna Newsletter™️ 🤩 Rate & Review this PodcastYour support in sharing this show and leaving a review is greatly appreciated.
Transcribe →85 | How Good Days Shake Your Author Life | Christian Writers Encouragement
Jul 300:20:37Tap to summarizeTake the Growth Quiz™Your book finally starts selling, the good reviews land, and instead of celebrating, you feel unsettled. Good days can shake your author life more than the hard ones, and Scripture is plain about why.We spend so much of our writing life bracing for the slow months and the book launches that fall flat. Almost nobody prepares us for when the good days come. So when success arrives, we grip it too tightly or start taking the credit for it, and either way our eyes drift off God.I share the win that caught me off guard and walk through three passages that show Christian writers how to receive a good thing without losing themselves in it.You'll come away with four simple ways to receive the good things God brings while keeping your eyes on Him, plus a gentle heart check for whatever season your author business is in right now.Take the Growth Quiz™ to see the one thing God may be growing in your writing life today: anointedscribe.com/quizCome find your people also in the Anointed Scribe Tribe on Facebook, a community of Christian writers who understand the hard days and the good ones.The Anointed Scribe Podcast brings faith, encouragement, and practical help for Christian writers who want to build a profitable author business, God's way.Send me a messageSupport the show🌱Ready to grow your author business?Step 1 — Take the free Author Growth Quiz™ Discover what God is growing in your author life right now, and what that means for the season you're in. anointedscribe.com/quizStep 2 — Join the Author Growth Bootcamp™ Dive deeper into your quiz result with seven days of personalized daily teaching emails to help you walk out what God is growing in you, one small step at a time. $12.Step 3 — Step inside The Revive to Thrive Way™ A Scripture-rooted, self-paced program where you meet with God about your books, your brand, and your author business, and take the first three steps with Him toward growing your author business, God's way. anointedscribe.com/revivetothrive_____________________________________💌 Friday Manna Newsletter™️ 🤩 Rate & Review this PodcastYour support in sharing this show and leaving a review is greatly appreciated.
Transcribe →84 | What's God Growing in Your Author Life?: Direction for Christian Writers
Jun 2600:19:35Tap to summarizeEver feel like you have no idea what you're doing in your author business or what you should be doing? In this episode I want to offer you some direction, and a different way of seeing your author journey.When I first started out, I tried to do exactly what the successful writers around me were doing. It sent me in circles for longer than I'd like to admit. What I learned is that God has a specific way He's growing each of us, and our author life will never look quite like anyone else's.We look at why following someone else's publishing road so often leads to a dead end, what David and Gideon teach us about being chosen and used by God, and six honest reasons we reach for someone else's methods instead of our own.Then I share something close to my heart: how to recognize what God may be growing in your own writing life right now, so you can stop measuring yourself against everyone else and start tending the calling that's actually yours.If you've been feeling stuck, unseen, or unsure whether you're even on the right track, this episode is for you. You'll walk away lighter, freer, and more confident in the author journey God has you on.🎁 What's God Growing in Your Writing Life Right Now? 👉 Take the free GROWTH quizSend me a messageSupport the show🌱Ready to grow your author business?Step 1 — Take the free Author Growth Quiz™ Discover what God is growing in your author life right now, and what that means for the season you're in. anointedscribe.com/quizStep 2 — Join the Author Growth Bootcamp™ Dive deeper into your quiz result with seven days of personalized daily teaching emails to help you walk out what God is growing in you, one small step at a time. $12.Step 3 — Step inside The Revive to Thrive Way™ A Scripture-rooted, self-paced program where you meet with God about your books, your brand, and your author business, and take the first three steps with Him toward growing your author business, God's way. anointedscribe.com/revivetothrive_____________________________________💌 Friday Manna Newsletter™️ 🤩 Rate & Review this PodcastYour support in sharing this show and leaving a review is greatly appreciated.
Transcribe →83 | Author Time Management: Faith-Centered Productivity Tips for Christian Writers
Jun 1900:18:40Tap to summarizeIf you reach the end of most weeks feeling scattered, behind, and vaguely guilty that you didn't do enough, this episode is for you. I share why our striving is rarely just a scheduling problem, what Scripture says about numbering our days (Psalm 90:12), and the weekly planning rhythm that changed everything for me.And by the end of today's episode, you'll not only have a way of increasing your productivity, you'll also know how to manage your time in a way that guards your peace, protects your time with God, and quiets the striving for good.We'll talk about protecting your quiet time before the noise of the day takes it, planning your week in a way you actually enjoy, a few practical tools that will help, and the real difference between striving and stewarding your time.Whether you're drowning in too many hats or just tired of working hard with little to show for it, you'll walk away with a faith-centered way to manage your time that guards your peace and keeps God at the centre.👉 Listen now if you're a Christian writer wanting to grow your author business and keep God first.✨Start The Revive to Thrive Way™ - $97 Limited Time! ✨Send me a messageSupport the show🌱Ready to grow your author business?Step 1 — Take the free Author Growth Quiz™ Discover what God is growing in your author life right now, and what that means for the season you're in. anointedscribe.com/quizStep 2 — Join the Author Growth Bootcamp™ Dive deeper into your quiz result with seven days of personalized daily teaching emails to help you walk out what God is growing in you, one small step at a time. $12.Step 3 — Step inside The Revive to Thrive Way™ A Scripture-rooted, self-paced program where you meet with God about your books, your brand, and your author business, and take the first three steps with Him toward growing your author business, God's way. anointedscribe.com/revivetothrive_____________________________________💌 Friday Manna Newsletter™️ 🤩 Rate & Review this PodcastYour support in sharing this show and leaving a review is greatly appreciated.
Transcribe →82 | Author Branding Strategy: What Jesus Teaches Christian Writers
Jun 1200:19:56Tap to summarize🎁Free: Discover Your Christian Author Brand guideWhat can the most-read book in human history teach Christian writers about building an author brand? More than you'd think — and almost none of it is what the marketing world tells you.In this episode of the Anointed Scribe podcast, we look at branding through a completely different lens — starting with a truth most Christian authors easily forget: you are already branded. Long before you ever thought about logos, covers, or platforms, God marked you as His own.We trace where branding actually began, what Scripture says about being God's workmanship (Ephesians 2:10) and called by name (Isaiah 43:1), and what the life of Jesus — the clearest example of identity, mission, and audience the world has ever seen — can teach us about reaching readers without losing ourselves to hustle, comparison, or pressure.Whether you're just starting to build your Christian author brand or you're rethinking the whole thing, this episode will help you build it on the one foundation that actually lasts.Send me a messageSupport the show🌱Ready to grow your author business?Step 1 — Take the free Author Growth Quiz™ Discover what God is growing in your author life right now, and what that means for the season you're in. anointedscribe.com/quizStep 2 — Join the Author Growth Bootcamp™ Dive deeper into your quiz result with seven days of personalized daily teaching emails to help you walk out what God is growing in you, one small step at a time. $12.Step 3 — Step inside The Revive to Thrive Way™ A Scripture-rooted, self-paced program where you meet with God about your books, your brand, and your author business, and take the first three steps with Him toward growing your author business, God's way. anointedscribe.com/revivetothrive_____________________________________💌 Friday Manna Newsletter™️ 🤩 Rate & Review this PodcastYour support in sharing this show and leaving a review is greatly appreciated.
Transcribe →81 | What I'd Do Differently If I Were Starting My Author Brand Today
Jun 500:22:33Tap to summarize📗 FREE Discover Your Christian Author Brand guideWhat would I do differently if I could start my author journey over? After eight years, twenty novels, and a long list of hard-earned lessons, I have some honest answers.In this personal episode I'm taking you back to where it all began for me — an impulsive first novel in 2018, several failed book covers, money poured into ads and promotions that never worked, and the financial pressure I was silently trying to build under at the time. I share what I'd do differently if I were starting my Christian author brand today, and the point at which God called me to pivot my entire career…contrary to popular authorpreneur advice.We'll talk about the three Ws every author needs to know and why getting clear on these changes everything about how you write, publish, and grow your author business.Whether you're writing your first book and just starting out or several books in and sensing it's time to make some real changes as a Christian writer, this episode will give you a clear, honest place to begin.🎁 Visit the Anointed Scribe Academy Store to view all the resources mentioned in this episode.Send me a messageSupport the show🌱Ready to grow your author business?Step 1 — Take the free Author Growth Quiz™ Discover what God is growing in your author life right now, and what that means for the season you're in. anointedscribe.com/quizStep 2 — Join the Author Growth Bootcamp™ Dive deeper into your quiz result with seven days of personalized daily teaching emails to help you walk out what God is growing in you, one small step at a time. $12.Step 3 — Step inside The Revive to Thrive Way™ A Scripture-rooted, self-paced program where you meet with God about your books, your brand, and your author business, and take the first three steps with Him toward growing your author business, God's way. anointedscribe.com/revivetothrive_____________________________________💌 Friday Manna Newsletter™️ 🤩 Rate & Review this PodcastYour support in sharing this show and leaving a review is greatly appreciated.
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