The Classroom Wing
WELCOME TO THE CLASSROOM
Learn to build your book from idea to published, guided by someone who has done every step herself.
A.R. Pullins Creative House
Ashley R. Pullins is the author of four books and the founder of AR Pullins Creative House. She built her publishing house from her living room with no team and no prior publishing experience, learning every step by doing it: writing, editing, cover design, formatting, publishing, and marketing. Now she teaches aspiring authors the full self publishing path, in plain language, at your own pace.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
The full path, in plain language, at your own pace.
- Developing your book idea from a spark into a concept
- Outlining and writing your first draft
- Revising and editing like a professional
- Cover design that makes readers stop scrolling
- Formatting your interior for print and digital
- Publishing paths: traditional, self, and hybrid compared side by side
- ISBNs and copyright basics every author should know
- Pricing and distribution without the confusion
- Building an author brand people remember
- Launching your book and marketing it with confidence
THE GOLDEN TICKET TRACK
This is not just lessons. This is starting your business.
The Golden Ticket classroom walks you through everything: your EIN, how to structure your business, the forms you will need once you start writing, and every step after. 20 lessons across 4 parts. This is a separate class from the Blueprint classroom. You pick one.
PART ONE
Start the Company
1. The Owner Mindset
2. Naming Your Company
3. Choosing Your Business Structure
4. Your EIN and State Registration
5. Business Banking from Day One
6. Branding Your Publishing House
PART TWO
The Publishing Machine
7. ISBNs: Your Book's Fingerprint
8. Copyright: Protecting Your Work
9. Hiring Help and Building Your Team
10. Distribution Channels
11. Record Keeping Systems
PART THREE
Money In, Money Out
12. Startup Costs on a Real Budget
13. Pricing Your Books
14. Royalties: How You Get Paid
15. Bookkeeping Without Tears
16. Taxes for the Self Published Author
17. The Quarterly Review
PART FOUR
Fund It and Run It
18. Grants and Funding
19. Smart Borrowing and Crowdfunding
20. Printing, Fulfillment, and Your Launch
CHOOSE YOUR PATH
One door in. Pick the room that fits.
STARTER
Free
$0
Start where you are. A free sample chapter of The Book Builder Blueprint, plus a seat on the Classroom email list for lessons, updates, and new releases.
Join the free listFLAGSHIP
The Blueprint
$10
The Book Builder Blueprint, enhanced classroom edition. Twenty modules from idea to launch, with lessons, worksheets, and real world guidance.
Enhanced edition in progress. Join the waitlist and be first in when it releases.
Join the waitlistMEMBERS
The Community
$4.99/month
You do not have to build alone. A private members only community for writers building their books. Ask questions, share progress, and learn beside authors on the same road.
Join the communityCLASSROOM ONE
The Blueprint Classroom
$10/month
20 lessons. Write your book from idea to published book: Dream It, Plan It, Write It, Publish It, Profit From It. A teacher letter every week, homework, and a Certificate of Completion.
Join this classCLASSROOM TWO
The Golden Ticket Classroom
$10/month
20 lessons. Start your publishing business: your EIN, your business structure, every form you will need, and everything after. A teacher letter every week, homework, and a Certificate of Completion.
Join this classSERVICES
Editing Services
Priced per project
An editor who gets your voice. Proofreading, line editing, and manuscript review from an editor who understands urban fiction and Black authors. Your story stays yours, only sharper.
Contact for a quoteWHERE YOUR MONEY GOES
No mystery. Here is exactly what you are paying for.
THE BOOK
$10, one time
The complete hardcover. Every chapter, every lesson, every form explained. Yours to keep forever, on your shelf, marked up and worn in.
THE LESSONS
$10/month
A personal teacher letter in your inbox every single week. Homework that moves you forward. A teacher walking the road with you, not just a book on a shelf.
THE FINISH LINE
Included
A certificate for every class you complete, and a graduate spotlight on this website. Your photo, your book, your story, in front of my whole audience.
TRY MODULE 1 FREE
A taste of Week 1: Discovering Your Reason for Writing
Before you write a single chapter, we find the reason underneath your book. The fuel that carries you through the hard days. Because there will be hard days, and on those days, talent will not save you. Your reason will.
- Your author why. The personal reason underneath the whole project, written in one or two sentences and placed where you will see it daily.
- Your goals, not theirs. Hand back anyone else's timeline or definition of success. This book is yours.
- Your definition of finished. Name what success looks like so you will recognize it when you arrive.
That is one week. There are nineteen more waiting.
WHEN YOU FINISH, WE CELEBRATE YOU
Graduation comes with more than a feeling. It comes with proof and a platform.
PROOF
Your Certificate
A certificate for every class you complete, with my name on it. Frame it. Post it. You earned every letter.
PLATFORM
Your Spotlight
A dedicated graduate showcase right here on this website. Your photo, your book, your story, what you do and the work you are building, in front of my audience.
This is how you start getting seen. Readers finding your name. Future subscribers discovering your work. People picking up your book because they met you here first. You do the work. I make sure the world sees it.
CLASSROOM MATERIALS
The books behind the Classroom. Your complete guides to writing, publishing, and building your author career.
WORKBOOK
The Book Builder Blueprint
$10
Your step-by-step guided workbook for turning your idea into a written, published, and marketed book. 20 modules, 327 pages, worksheets, checklists, and templates. Enhanced Classroom Edition, hardcover.
Learn moreGUIDE
The Golden Ticket
$10
Your golden ticket to becoming an independent self-publishing author and starting your own publishing company. 25 chapters, 275 pages, hardcover.
Learn moreQUESTIONS
Do I need any experience to start?
No. The Classroom meets you at the beginning. If you have an idea, or even just the feeling that a book is in you, you are ready.
Is this live video?
No. Everything is written and self paced, so you can learn on your own schedule, in your own quiet.
When does the enhanced Blueprint release?
The enhanced classroom edition is in progress now. Join the waitlist and you will be the first to know when it is ready.
Create. Build. Publish. Grow.