by bookshepherd_admin | Jun 30, 2014 | Author Success, Writing Success
Your writing, your book, or about-to-be-book, should be planning its next step. Completion, publishing, marketing … Summer is here. Is your writing HOT, or are you stalled? Your writing, your book, or about-to-be-book can’t be created, or survive, if the...
by bookshepherd_admin | Jun 27, 2014 | How to Publish
Who’s in Your Village? … Who Are You Going to Thank? Everyone … That’s Who! One of the last items on the book publishing “to do” list before you go to print is to create the Acknowledgement Page … the Thank Yous to the team that assisted you in creating your baby....
by bookshepherd_admin | Jun 23, 2014 | Author Success, Book Marketing, How to Publish
Publishing Blunders aren’t fun … they can knock down your confidence, sabotage your bank account, and diminish your credibility. The savvy author can side-step many of them by not rushing to publish and getting educated to the publishing process. And, by...
by bookshepherd_admin | Jun 20, 2014 | Author Success, Editing, How to Publish
Why so many authors think that their friend who teaches literature at the local college, or their sister who loves everything they write and do is the perfect editor for their work is beyond me. Your editor can make or break your work—she can shape and shore it up …...
by bookshepherd_admin | Jun 16, 2014 | Author Success, Book Industry News, Book Marketing
Authors: You Don’t Have to Answer Every Question When Doing Media Ha! You’ve landed an interview on your book; you’ve prepped, only to discover that they person interviewing you is clueless. The odds are that they have not read your book–the...