by Judith Briles | Mar 24, 2026 | Author Success, scams
Anthropic AI Settlement Ends March 30 … Is Yours One of Them? Tick Tick …Tock! Anthropic AI theft settlement claims must be submitted by this Monday, March 30. The class action lawsuit against Anthropic, specifically known as Bartz v. Anthropic, involved approximately...
by Judith Briles | Mar 17, 2026 | Author Success, Book Marketing, Book Publishing, Book Success
What Should Authors Have in Common with Bees? Spring officially starts this week. The one thing I like about winter is that I don’t have much outdoor maintenance in my home … unless it’s an emergency of some sort. My attention is on indoor needs: writing, getting...
by Judith Briles | Mar 3, 2026 | Author Success, Book Publicity, Book Sales, Book Signings, Book Success
Strategies for Authors to Create Successful Book Signings Forty years ago, when I had my first book signing, I just showed up at the bookstore. All I knew was that there would be a table that I would sit at and books to sign. Oh, I invited friends to come … but it was...
by Judith Briles | Feb 24, 2026 | Author Success, Writing Success
Finding Your Sweet Spot to Write—Find it. Go to It. Write. This past week, I was away, The location was Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas and the annual Publishing at Sea. Besides delivering three days of workshops, the possibility of going off ship and visiting...
by Judith Briles | Feb 17, 2026 | Author Alert, Author Success, Book Publishing
Yes Virginia … There Are Publishing Predators in Your Midst The author, publishing, writing world may have reached Peak Scam. Pitching you that their “service” is essential … and it is not. Authors must be on alert. I am a HUGE fan and supporter of the must-read blog...
by Judith Briles | Feb 10, 2026 | Author Mistakes, Author Success, Publishing Predators
New Scams … Literary Agent Impersonators! With the permission of Victoria Strauss and the Writer Beware® blog, I’m re-printing a recent blog and warning that Victoria put out about the continuing Scams that many of you are getting hit by within not only Texts, but...
