by bookshepherd_admin | Jun 23, 2020 | Author Success
Caring … the Ultimate Solution that Authors can Deliver This past month has been a visual and verbal overwhelm from every type of media. Hate and violence spewed forth … and caring, loving, concern flowed like lava, burying the shouters, revealing the outrage and...
by bookshepherd_admin | Jun 16, 2020 | Author Alert, Author Success, Book Success
Woot … you’ve published a book—congrats! You are now a “published” author; sales are coming in; you are promoting it in every channel you can think of, and then an online OMG moment hits. Your book has walked someone’s plank! It may be a not-so “Yo-Ho-Ho” time...
by bookshepherd_admin | Jun 2, 2020 | Author Mistakes, Author Success, Websites
One of the most common questions I get is: should I do a blog. The answer for over 10 years: yes, Yes, YES! Author smarts start with creating a blog located on your author website. It is delivered on a consistent basis and becomes a magnet for followers and potential...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 26, 2020 | Author Success
One for the money, two for the show … two for the show … two for the show … doesn’t get stuff done. Okay … what’s that all about. Have you ever told yourself that you were going to get something done … and it lingers like a stinky cheese that should have been tossed...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 19, 2020 | Author Success, Publishing, self publishing
All Authors Need a Platform … What’s in Yours? How’s your Author Platform? Do you have one? Are you building on it? How about expanding it? Contrary to what most say, the Platform IS NOT all about your following, your crowd. You can’t have a...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 12, 2020 | Author Success, Book Awards
It’s Time to Claim Your Book Fame … Awards Are in Your Reach! Dear Authors … it’s pat on the back time. Many of the book award deadlines have passed … or are about to. One of the ones that I recommend that you participate in the International Book Awards sponsored by...
