by Judith Briles | May 12, 2026 | Author Success, Platforms
The Author’s Walk is Your Roadmap to Success Success in publishing rarely happens overnight. The Author’s Walk reframes the journey as steady steps—each one purposeful, practical, and powerful. Writing has an emotional landscape. The nosedives—loss of confidence,...
by Judith Briles | May 5, 2026 | Author Success, Writing
Author Smarts: Getting Comfortable with Discomfort Wouldn’t it be the cat’s meow if your authoring, publishing and writing worlds were cozy and comfortable? Wouldn’t it be? But rarely is it. For many authors—we excel at create discomfort. Yup, sometimes for ourselves...
by Judith Briles | Apr 28, 2026 | Author Success, Book Marketing
Author SOS for VA Support Having a VA is part of the successful author‘s MO. Early on, they learn that social media and influence building is work—they can’t do it all. Enter the Virtual Assistant … the VA … who has and uses the tools to create imagery, posts, and...
by Judith Briles | Apr 14, 2026 | Author Success
Author Planning Forward by Looking Back … 6 Points of Wisdom I’ve said for years that authors must embraced the 2Ps and 1 C: Persistency, Patience, and Constituency. I still firmly believe it and practice it. One of the visionaries I follow is Thomas Frey, a futurist...
by Judith Briles | Apr 7, 2026 | Author Success, Book Marketing
Are you ready to SELL your books with a hunger twist? Last month, I did a special webinar on how authors can work with grocery stores and do a signing event within the Kroger chain with Ray Depew and the Authors in Grocery Stores program. I gave everyone a special...
by Judith Briles | Mar 31, 2026 | Author Success, Guest blog, Publishing
Celebrate 2 Months for Authors with 3 HUGE Themes … National Reading Month Women’s History Month Drop Everything and Read Month Hello everyone. First , let’s start with a Guest post from author Mara Purl … Think of today as Authors Support Authors. ~~~ First, my...