The Children's Book Publishing Blueprint

You've got the story.
You've got the child in mind.

So… now what?

We've taken the guesswork and overwhelm out of the equation. Ready to go from draft to published?

Introducing The Children's Book Blueprint.
From Manuscript to Published.

As Co-Founder and Publisher at Seven Seas Press, I've helped authors take their books from inspiration to published — through editing, illustration, and publishing. The Children's Book Blueprint? This is your shortcut to doing the same.

Yes — I'm Ready to Publish My Book$595 $495 · Launch price, this round only · Lifetime access

This course is for you if…

  • You have a story inspired by your culture, heritage, or lived experience and want to share it with the world
  • You wrote a book so a child could finally see themselves in the pages — their hair, their family, their world
  • You wrote a character who looks, speaks, or loves the way your family does
  • You're telling a story that your community deserves to see but mainstream publishing has overlooked
  • You're a first-generation American who wants to pass down language, tradition, or memory through story
  • You created a story around a holiday or tradition that rarely gets represented on bookstore shelves
  • You're a parent or grandparent who wrote a story for your kids and want to hold it as a real book
  • You're an educator or therapist who created a story to help children navigate growth or life challenges
  • You're a first-time author who finished a manuscript but has no idea what comes next
  • You've taken a writing course and still feel stuck between written and published
  • You're a serial idea-starter who finally finished something and refuses to let it collect dust
  • You Googled how to publish a children's book and ended up more confused than when you started

You wrote the book.
So why does published still feel like some day?

You've started and stopped at least ten thousand times.

You've made three different this is the way forward lists and somehow never moved forward.

You've had the if not now, probably never thought more than once.

Your excuses list is longer than a CVS receipt.

You've built a beautiful little once I do this other thing mechanism that keeps serving up one more thing to do before you publish.

And what the fart IS a KDP anyway?

Sound familiar? You are not stuck because you are not capable. You're stuck because no one's handed you a clear path.

Introducing The Blueprint.

What's Inside

8 Modules. From manuscript to published on Amazon KDP.

Modules 1-2 available immediately. Modules 3-8 drip weekly.

  • Module 1 — Welcome and Your Publishing RoadmapThe orientation module. Reduces overwhelm by naming the whole journey before diving in. Why KDP, what to expect, your toolkit, and how to use AI in your publishing journey.
  • Module 2 — Editing for Children's BooksThe five types of editing with picture-book-specific guidance. What to spend money on, how to find an editor, and the critical rule: finish editing before you hire an illustrator.
  • Module 3 — Storyboarding Your BookThe bridge between manuscript and illustration. Standard page counts, mapping text to pages, visualising spreads, and common mistakes that cost money later.
  • Module 4 — Finding and Working with an IllustratorWhere to find illustrators, how to evaluate portfolios, pricing ranges, writing a brief, the illustrator agreement, and the full picture on AI-generated illustrations.
  • Module 5 — Sizing & Formatting for KDPChoosing your format and trim size, formatting in Canva, KDP's own formatting tools, cover design, bleed and margins made simple, plus a pre-built Canva template.
  • Module 6 — Publishing Essentials: ISBN, Metadata and PositioningISBNs explained, genre and category selection, writing a book description that sells, keywords, metadata, and KDP's AI content disclosure requirements.
  • Module 7 — Uploading to KDP and Going LiveStep-by-step: setting up your account, uploading manuscript and cover, previewing, ordering your proof copy, and hitting publish. You become a published author here.
  • Module 8 — After Published: Royalties, Reports and LaunchUnderstanding KDP royalties, reading your reports dashboard, launch strategy for the first 30 days, how to ask for reviews, and planning book two.

The Children's Book Blueprint teaches self-publishing exclusively through Amazon KDP — the world's largest self-publishing platform. You'll leave with a book live on Amazon and the skills to do it again.

Your story deserves to be in the world.

Now you've got the map.

$595 $495 · Launch price, this round only · One-time payment · Lifetime access
Modules 1-2 available immediately. Modules 3-8 drip weekly.

Yes — I'm Publishing My BookWrite it. Publish it. Own it.
Launch Bonus This Round Only

A private 30-minute 1:1 call with Erika

Your chance to get personalised guidance on your specific book — whether you're stuck on editing, the illustrator search, or your launch strategy.

Book anytime within 90 days of enrolling. Ask me anything about your book.

Value: $300. Yours free with enrollment during this launch.

Hi, I'm Erika Romer.

I've been an avid reader for as long as I can remember, and somewhere along the way I became convinced that stories are the easiest way to teach, connect, and share what matters.

As Co-Founder and Publisher at Seven Seas Press, I've helped authors take their books from inspiration to published, through editing, illustration, and publishing. The Children's Book Blueprint? This is your shortcut to doing the same.

I believe every child deserves to see themselves in a book, and to step into worlds that don't look like their own. And in a world busy dividing itself, I believe stories still bring us back together, one book at a time.

I built this course because I kept seeing the same thing: authors with powerful stories getting stuck, not for lack of talent, but from the overwhelm of too many options and no clear path forward. That's what The Children's Book Blueprint fixes.

Your story deserves to be in the world. Let's get it there.