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Have a children’s-book idea sitting in your Notes app?

That’s where Aw Shucks started. Your first step can be a simple story plan.

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A few jumbled lines became a published book.

I started with an idea on my phone. Then came the writing, editing, illustrations, formatting and learning Amazon KDP—mistakes and fixes included.

That process became Aw Shucks, and the lessons became the publishing guide I wish I’d had.

From idea to published book: Aw Shucks children book

Get that book idea out of your head - free 4-page planning pages

Your first task: Who is your story about? What happens to them? How does it end?

Use the free pages to capture your idea, sketch a beginning, middle and end, and see the publishing roadmap.

Give your idea somewhere to go.

Open the PDF, then print the worksheet or jot your answers in a notebook. Start with the idea you already have — it’s the same first step that became Aw Shucks.

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Ready for more? The full step-by-step guide — $4.99 walks you from this idea all the way to a published book.