by Judith Briles | Jan 31, 2023 | Author Success, Book Marketing, Book Publicity, Book Publishing
Smart Authors Welcome the Hemingway app in the Writer Closet The Hemingway App becomes the author’s secret sauce for writing pop and pizazz. It can easily become the author’s best friend. It’s the one many editors use (along with Grammarly) to fine-tune writing. And...
by Judith Briles | Jan 7, 2023 | Author Success, Book Publicity, Book Success
Don’t do well what you have no business doing. So many times, saying, “I will” or “I can” is said too, too quickly. Sometimes generated from emotion; sometimes from just being caught up in the moment—whatever the moment is; or sometimes because...
by Judith Briles | Dec 6, 2022 | Author Success, Book Marketing, Book Publicity, Book Publishing, Book Selling
Do You Hear What I Hear? Books Are Calling … Throughout December, grab my Book Bundle Discounts—combos all my current books—award-winning and Amazon bestsellers. Update your publishing reference library with the 2022 editions. Add my memoir (an ideal gift for...
by Judith Briles | Oct 18, 2022 | Book Marketing, Book Publicity, Book Sales, Holiday Book Marketing
12 Tips for Authors to Sell More Books as Gifts If there is one item where there is “something for everyone”—it’s a book. Of many of my favorite things, books top my gift-giving list … and receiving list. If you are stymied about what to give to a favorite person, a...
by Judith Briles | Nov 23, 2021 | Author Success, Book Marketing, Book Publicity, Book Publishing, Judith Briles - The Book Shepherd
Gratefulness … Giving … Caring … Thanksgiving … This week is a personal favorite of mine, as it is for many. A time for reflection and a time for thinking forward. A time for family—whether it’s in the bloodline or the heartline. A time for “downtime.”...
by bookshepherd_admin | Oct 20, 2020 | Author Success, Book Publicity, Book Success, Writing Success, Writing Tip
It’s Fall time … Are You Feeling a Bit of Author Fatigue Syndrome? Yep, I get it. You want to chill out. Me too. This year has been a year that none of us had envisioned. The never-ending political wars. The COVID wars. You name “it” wars. You want a break...