by Judith Briles | Aug 5, 2025 | Author Success, Books
It’s Books Fall in Time with End of Summer Reading Here in Colorado our summers seem to be getting shorter. Last Friday, I felt the first “cold snap” at 6 am when I stepped out on my back deck. My thoughts, Oh-Oh … this is too soon! My fingers and toes are crossed …...
by Judith Briles | Jul 29, 2025 | Author Success, Book Publishing, Publishing Predators
Don’t Become a Cash Cow for a Predator! Starting down the publishing path takes money—don’t let anyone … anyone … tell you that it doesn’t. Sure, there are ways to create a book and publish it for minimal dollars. And, it usually looks like it. And there are multiple...
by Judith Briles | Jul 22, 2025 | Author Success, Colorado Author’s Hall of Fame
What do Fantasy authors Rebecca Yarros and Jim Butcher have in common with Western storyteller Kent Haruf and Screenwriting expert Linda Seger have in common? They will all be honored at the same time this September. And they will join already honored authors like...
by Judith Briles | Jul 8, 2025 | Author Power, Author Success, Book Marketing, Book Publishing
Are You Feeling Author Fatigue Syndrome? Summertime Is Here. It’s midway in the year. For authors, it’s time to take a look back so you can breathe and go forward. How has it been for you? What have you accomplished in your book marketing? How is the writing going for...
by bs_admin | Jul 1, 2025 | Author Success, Book Marketing, Book Success
9 Lessons for Authors from the Shark Tank I confess, I watch ABC’s Shark Tank from the night it debuted. It gives a variety—and I mean HUGE variety of entrepreneurs at every stage the opportunity to pitch their company to five entrepreneurs—the Sharks—who have been...
by Judith Briles | Jul 1, 2025 | Author Success, Book Publishing, Book Success, self publishing
Publishing Fraud is Alive, Well … and Growing! Is the publishing siren calling to you? Has it already called. Oh-oh … have you ever been caught in something that sounds too good to be true? Did you know that self-publishing has grown into a Bait and...
