Anointed Scribe: Christian Author Business — God's Way

Urcelia Teixeira | Christian Fiction Author | Author Coach & Mentor

A weekly podcast for Christian writers and authors who want to write, publish, and build their author business without losing sight of what matters most — their relationship with God. Can I be honest? I built an award-winning author business — twenty-plus books, bestseller lists, the whole thing — and it left me exhausted, empty, and far from God. I was building for Him but not with Him. The metrics consumed me. The comparison crushed me. And the hustle nearly cost me everything. Then I had a Holy Spirit revelation — and everything changed. I'm Urcelia Teixeira, a multi-published Christian fiction author, and this podcast exists because I learned the hard way that no amount of book marketing, platform growth, or self-publishing strategy will bear lasting fruit if it’s not centered in God. Each week on the Anointed Scribe podcast, I'll equip, teach, encourage, and yes — sometimes lovingly correct — because that's what we need as Christian authors navigating a world that measures success by sales rankings and follower counts. We'll talk about the real stuff: Why comparison and striving are stealing your joy — and what Scripture actually says about your identity as a writer.How to approach book marketing, self-publishing, and platform building without losing yourself in the process.What it looks like to run your author business with integrity, peace, and clarity instead of anxiety and hustle.The difference between chasing results and bearing fruit. This is the how-to show that starts with the root, not the fruit. Whether you're just starting out or twenty books in — if you write Christian books and want to write, publish, and build an author life with God, you're home. ❤️‍🔥 Ready to take the next step? Start here (free): Download Discover Your Christian Author Brand ™— a 5-step Scripture-based guide to find your voice, clarify your calling, and define your brand. 👉 Get the FREE guide Go deeper: The Revive to Thrive™ program walks you through the spiritual and practical shifts that changed everything in my own author business — from striving and burnout to building and thriving with Christ at the center. If you're ready to build your author business God's way, this is your next step. 👉 Join The Revive to Thrive™ program 💌 5-Minute Manna Newsletter™️ 🌐 Show Website: https://www.AnointedScribe.com🌐 Author Website: https://www.Urcelia.com 🅾️  Instagram: @AnointedScribePodcast ⓕ  Facebook: @AnointedScribePodcast ☺︎  Facebook Group: @AnointedScribeTribe 🤩 Rate & Review ✆   Send me a message! 🎗️ Support the show

  1. 6D AGO

    78 | Why Your Books Aren't Selling: The Real Problem May Be Deeper Than Book Marketing

    If your books aren't selling the way you hoped, it's easy to assume the problem is your writing, your marketing, your platform, or even you. But what if low book sales are only the symptom? In this episode, we're looking at five deeper reasons your author business may feel like it's standing still—from unclear positioning and scattered marketing to reader confusion, shaky business foundations, and the pressure Christian authors often carry behind the scenes. This isn't about blaming yourself or chasing another random strategy. It's about learning how to pause, identify what may really need attention, and take your next faithful step with clarity. 🔗 Grab your free Why Aren't My Books Selling? checklist. Send me a message! Support the show _____________________________________ 🙋‍♀️ Wondering why your books aren’t selling? Start here: grab my free Why Aren’t My Books Selling? checklist and uncover what might be keeping readers from buying — so you can stop wasting time on random strategies and finally know where to focus first.        👉 Get the FREE checklist ✝️ Ready to go deeper? If you’re tired of second-guessing every business decision, chasing strategies that don’t feel right, and trying to build your author business from pressure, fear, or comparison, The Revive to Thrive Way™ was created for you. It’s my self-paced, Scripture-rooted program that helps Christian authors surrender the pressure, rebuild their God-given identity, and get clear direction for what to build next.        👉 Join The Revive to Thrive Way™ _____________________________________ ❇️  Resource Library 💌  Friday Manna Newsletter™️  for more tools & tips! 🤩 Rate & Review this Podcast ...

    23 min
  2. MAY 1

    77 | What Breakthrough Really Means for Christian Authors

    Most Christian authors are praying for the wrong breakthrough — and it's keeping them stuck. In this episode of the Anointed Scribe podcast — the writing podcast for Christian authors who want to build their author business God's way — we go deep into what biblical breakthrough actually looks like versus what the online Christian space has sold us. Because breakthrough isn't hype, it isn't a prosperity formula, and it isn't God handing you everything you want exactly when you want it. Whether you're a Christian fiction writer, an indie author navigating self-publishing, or a Kingdom writer trying to make sense of book marketing and faith — this one is for you. Because sometimes breakthrough is clarity. Sometimes it's surrender. And sometimes it's God breaking through in you before He breaks something open around you. We also talk about why you might be misdiagnosing the real problem in your author business — and why that means every strategy you try lands on the wrong foundation. Plus — there's a brand new tool mentioned in this episode that will help you identify exactly what's been holding your author business back, so you can stop guessing and take your next clear, faithful step. 🔗 The Christian Author Breakthrough Stack™ 👉 Listen now to uncover how to build your author business, God's way! Send me a message! Support the show _____________________________________ 🙋‍♀️ Wondering why your books aren’t selling? Start here: grab my free Why Aren’t My Books Selling? checklist and uncover what might be keeping readers from buying — so you can stop wasting time on random strategies and finally know where to focus first.        👉 Get the FREE checklist ✝️ Ready to go deeper? If you’re tired of second-guessing every business decision, chasing strategies that don’t feel right, and trying to build your author business from pressure, fear, or comparison, The Revive to Thrive Way™ was created for you. It’s my self-paced, Scripture-rooted program that helps Christian authors surrender the pressure, rebuild their God-given identity, and get clear direction for what to build next.        👉 Join The Revive to Thrive Way™ _____________________________________ ❇️  Resource Library 💌  Friday Manna Newsletter™️  for more tools & tips! 🤩 Rate & Review this Podcast ...

    37 min
  3. APR 24

    76 | How Christian Authors Turn a Divine Calling Into a Defined Brand

    Grab the free Discover Your Christian Author Brand guide in the show notes — it's the practical companion to today's episode and it's going to help you put everything you hear into action. You heard from God. You know you're called to write. But how do you turn a divine prompting into a clear author identity, a defined message, and a brand that actually reaches the people He had in mind? That's exactly what today's episode tackles. Most Christian authors don't struggle with the calling. They struggle with translating it into a clear brand. Bridging the gap between "God told me to write" and knowing what to write, who to write it for, and how to talk about it in a way that connects — that gap is where momentum dies and confusion sets in. In this episode we unpack why defining your author brand is not a worldly vanity project but an act of faithful stewardship. Using Jeremiah 33:3 and Habakkuk 2:2, we look at what it actually means to write the vision and make it plain — and what happens when you don't. 🎁 Discover Your Christian Author Brand Send me a message! Support the show _____________________________________ 🙋‍♀️ Wondering why your books aren’t selling? Start here: grab my free Why Aren’t My Books Selling? checklist and uncover what might be keeping readers from buying — so you can stop wasting time on random strategies and finally know where to focus first.        👉 Get the FREE checklist ✝️ Ready to go deeper? If you’re tired of second-guessing every business decision, chasing strategies that don’t feel right, and trying to build your author business from pressure, fear, or comparison, The Revive to Thrive Way™ was created for you. It’s my self-paced, Scripture-rooted program that helps Christian authors surrender the pressure, rebuild their God-given identity, and get clear direction for what to build next.        👉 Join The Revive to Thrive Way™ _____________________________________ ❇️  Resource Library 💌  Friday Manna Newsletter™️  for more tools & tips! 🤩 Rate & Review this Podcast ...

    16 min
  4. APR 17

    75 | God Has Things to Tell You That Can't Be Googled Or Found On ChatGPT

    You are surrounded by more Christian author advice, book marketing courses, writing coaches, and self-publishing advice than ever before. And yet somehow, God's voice has never felt harder to hear. In this episode, I open up Jeremiah 33:3 and pull out one word that reframes everything — a word that reveals why the direction you've been searching for cannot be found in anyone's blog post, Facebook group post, or proven method. It can only come from one source. This is a conversation about discernment. About testing the voices you've been building your author business and writing life on. About the difference between consuming faith-adjacent content and actually hearing from God. And about why the most important thing you can do for your writing life right now might be to stop. Be still. And call to Him first. "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know." — Jeremiah 33:3 (NIV) 🎁 Free guide mentioned in this episode: Discover Your Christian Author Brand™ Send me a message! Support the show _____________________________________ 🙋‍♀️ Wondering why your books aren’t selling? Start here: grab my free Why Aren’t My Books Selling? checklist and uncover what might be keeping readers from buying — so you can stop wasting time on random strategies and finally know where to focus first.        👉 Get the FREE checklist ✝️ Ready to go deeper? If you’re tired of second-guessing every business decision, chasing strategies that don’t feel right, and trying to build your author business from pressure, fear, or comparison, The Revive to Thrive Way™ was created for you. It’s my self-paced, Scripture-rooted program that helps Christian authors surrender the pressure, rebuild their God-given identity, and get clear direction for what to build next.        👉 Join The Revive to Thrive Way™ _____________________________________ ❇️  Resource Library 💌  Friday Manna Newsletter™️  for more tools & tips! 🤩 Rate & Review this Podcast ...

    21 min
  5. APR 10

    74 | The Kingdom Author Wake-Up Call I Didn't See Coming

    What does it actually mean to call yourself a Kingdom author? Not as a label. Not as a niche. As a real, daily, costly accountability to the God whose name you're putting on your work. Because there's a growing gap between the Christian author identity most of us claim — and the sacred standard that identity actually requires. And in this episode we're closing that gap with a conversation that's long overdue. From borrowed God-language on social media to AI-generated faith content, to the quiet drift from calling into performance — this episode names what's really happening in Christian publishing right now and asks the question every Kingdom author needs to sit with: Is God in your books — or just on them? Hit play. This one's worth your full attention. Send me a message! Support the show _____________________________________ 🙋‍♀️ Wondering why your books aren’t selling? Start here: grab my free Why Aren’t My Books Selling? checklist and uncover what might be keeping readers from buying — so you can stop wasting time on random strategies and finally know where to focus first.        👉 Get the FREE checklist ✝️ Ready to go deeper? If you’re tired of second-guessing every business decision, chasing strategies that don’t feel right, and trying to build your author business from pressure, fear, or comparison, The Revive to Thrive Way™ was created for you. It’s my self-paced, Scripture-rooted program that helps Christian authors surrender the pressure, rebuild their God-given identity, and get clear direction for what to build next.        👉 Join The Revive to Thrive Way™ _____________________________________ ❇️  Resource Library 💌  Friday Manna Newsletter™️  for more tools & tips! 🤩 Rate & Review this Podcast ...

    16 min
  6. APR 3

    73 | The Hardest Word in a Kingdom Writer's Vocabulary

    There's a word most Christian authors say they believe in. They underline it in their Bibles. They nod at it in sermons. And then they go home and hold on to their author lives with both hands. Surrender. In this Good Friday episode, I'm taking you to the garden of Gethsemane — to the night before everything fell apart — and to the five words Jesus prayed that changed everything. Not just for the world, but for what it means to be a Kingdom writer trying to be faithful with something they can't fully control. Because surrender at a writing desk doesn't look like giving up. It doesn't look like passivity. And it's not a one-time event. Today we talk about what it actually looks like — practically, honestly, daily — to say "not my will, but yours" over your author life. "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done." — Luke 22:42 👉 Listen now to uncover the secret to becoming an anointed scribe! Send me a message! Support the show _____________________________________ 🙋‍♀️ Wondering why your books aren’t selling? Start here: grab my free Why Aren’t My Books Selling? checklist and uncover what might be keeping readers from buying — so you can stop wasting time on random strategies and finally know where to focus first.        👉 Get the FREE checklist ✝️ Ready to go deeper? If you’re tired of second-guessing every business decision, chasing strategies that don’t feel right, and trying to build your author business from pressure, fear, or comparison, The Revive to Thrive Way™ was created for you. It’s my self-paced, Scripture-rooted program that helps Christian authors surrender the pressure, rebuild their God-given identity, and get clear direction for what to build next.        👉 Join The Revive to Thrive Way™ _____________________________________ ❇️  Resource Library 💌  Friday Manna Newsletter™️  for more tools & tips! 🤩 Rate & Review this Podcast ...

    17 min
  7. MAR 27

    72 | Fruit or Flesh? How to Know What's Really Driving Your Author Business

    Most of us have read Galatians 5 dozens of times and applied it to our personal lives. In this episode, we bring it straight into your author business. If you've ever wondered whether God is in your work or whether the flesh has been running it in His name, this is the diagnostic you've been missing. Because the works of the flesh don't only show up in the obvious places. They show up even at your writing desk. Paul named them all. And every single one has an author version. But Galatians 5 also reveals the evidence that tells you if your author business is connected to the right source. And in this episode, we look at exactly what each one looks like in practice, from how you write, to how you market your books, to how you respond to your Amazon sales numbers. Grab your free Kingdom Author Breakthrough Audit™ and answer ten questions that tell you exactly which root is driving your author life right now — so you can stop guessing and stop fixing the wrong things, and start getting real results. Send me a message! Support the show _____________________________________ 🙋‍♀️ Wondering why your books aren’t selling? Start here: grab my free Why Aren’t My Books Selling? checklist and uncover what might be keeping readers from buying — so you can stop wasting time on random strategies and finally know where to focus first.        👉 Get the FREE checklist ✝️ Ready to go deeper? If you’re tired of second-guessing every business decision, chasing strategies that don’t feel right, and trying to build your author business from pressure, fear, or comparison, The Revive to Thrive Way™ was created for you. It’s my self-paced, Scripture-rooted program that helps Christian authors surrender the pressure, rebuild their God-given identity, and get clear direction for what to build next.        👉 Join The Revive to Thrive Way™ _____________________________________ ❇️  Resource Library 💌  Friday Manna Newsletter™️  for more tools & tips! 🤩 Rate & Review this Podcast ...

    27 min
  8. MAR 20

    71 | A Time to Tear Down — What God Is Really Doing in Your Author Life

    Sometimes you have to delete a few chapters and rewrite them to write a bestseller. And sometimes God has to do the same in your author life. In today's episode I'm taking you deep into one of the most misunderstood seasons a Kingdom writer can find herself in — the one where nothing is working, nothing is growing, and no strategy seems to hold. Using Ecclesiastes 3:3 as our anchor, and the story of Nehemiah — a man who rebuilt an entire city from rubble in fifty-two days — I want to completely reframe the season you might be sitting in right now. Because the tearing down is not the opposite of the building up. It is the prerequisite for it. "A time to tear down, and a time to build up." — Ecclesiastes 3:3 🔥 The Revive to Thrive Way™ early bird price closes midnight 31st March: anointedscribe.com/revivetothrive 👉 Listen now to uncover the secret to becoming an anointed scribe! Send me a message! Support the show _____________________________________ 🙋‍♀️ Wondering why your books aren’t selling? Start here: grab my free Why Aren’t My Books Selling? checklist and uncover what might be keeping readers from buying — so you can stop wasting time on random strategies and finally know where to focus first.        👉 Get the FREE checklist ✝️ Ready to go deeper? If you’re tired of second-guessing every business decision, chasing strategies that don’t feel right, and trying to build your author business from pressure, fear, or comparison, The Revive to Thrive Way™ was created for you. It’s my self-paced, Scripture-rooted program that helps Christian authors surrender the pressure, rebuild their God-given identity, and get clear direction for what to build next.        👉 Join The Revive to Thrive Way™ _____________________________________ ❇️  Resource Library 💌  Friday Manna Newsletter™️  for more tools & tips! 🤩 Rate & Review this Podcast ...

    21 min

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A weekly podcast for Christian writers and authors who want to write, publish, and build their author business without losing sight of what matters most — their relationship with God. Can I be honest? I built an award-winning author business — twenty-plus books, bestseller lists, the whole thing — and it left me exhausted, empty, and far from God. I was building for Him but not with Him. The metrics consumed me. The comparison crushed me. And the hustle nearly cost me everything. Then I had a Holy Spirit revelation — and everything changed. I'm Urcelia Teixeira, a multi-published Christian fiction author, and this podcast exists because I learned the hard way that no amount of book marketing, platform growth, or self-publishing strategy will bear lasting fruit if it’s not centered in God. Each week on the Anointed Scribe podcast, I'll equip, teach, encourage, and yes — sometimes lovingly correct — because that's what we need as Christian authors navigating a world that measures success by sales rankings and follower counts. We'll talk about the real stuff: Why comparison and striving are stealing your joy — and what Scripture actually says about your identity as a writer.How to approach book marketing, self-publishing, and platform building without losing yourself in the process.What it looks like to run your author business with integrity, peace, and clarity instead of anxiety and hustle.The difference between chasing results and bearing fruit. This is the how-to show that starts with the root, not the fruit. Whether you're just starting out or twenty books in — if you write Christian books and want to write, publish, and build an author life with God, you're home. ❤️‍🔥 Ready to take the next step? Start here (free): Download Discover Your Christian Author Brand ™— a 5-step Scripture-based guide to find your voice, clarify your calling, and define your brand. 👉 Get the FREE guide Go deeper: The Revive to Thrive™ program walks you through the spiritual and practical shifts that changed everything in my own author business — from striving and burnout to building and thriving with Christ at the center. If you're ready to build your author business God's way, this is your next step. 👉 Join The Revive to Thrive™ program 💌 5-Minute Manna Newsletter™️ 🌐 Show Website: https://www.AnointedScribe.com🌐 Author Website: https://www.Urcelia.com 🅾️  Instagram: @AnointedScribePodcast ⓕ  Facebook: @AnointedScribePodcast ☺︎  Facebook Group: @AnointedScribeTribe 🤩 Rate & Review ✆   Send me a message! 🎗️ Support the show

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