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What do Authors and “The Gambler” have in common? Lots.

What do Authors and “The Gambler” have in common? Lots.

by Judith Briles | Dec 2, 2025 | Author Success, Book Marketing, Book Publishing

What do Authors and “The Gambler” have in common? Sunday morning, I was prepping for a two-hour writing session with a client. In the background was the country voice of Kenny Rogers and his timeless country classic that became his signature song, “The Gambler.” My...
Create a Kick Butt Author Update on Amazon’s Author Central

Create a Kick Butt Author Update on Amazon’s Author Central

by Judith Briles | Sep 2, 2025 | Author Success, Book Marketing

Create a Kick Butt Author Update on Amazon’s Author Central Typically, Amazon’s Author Central is a “set it and forget it experience for authors. Don’t let it be. With TWO BILLION reader hits a year on the Amazon site checking into various author profiles … updating...
Who’s Your Book For … Are YOU Marketing to Them?

Who’s Your Book For … Are YOU Marketing to Them?

by Judith Briles | Aug 26, 2025 | Author Success, Book Marketing, Writing Success

Your Book For … Are YOU Marketing to Them? And are you writing with words, phrases, jargon, examples, stories that are connectible and easily related to? Are you? Over the 20 plus years I’ve worked with authors … the 40 years I’ve been writing and encourage...
Tips for authors in dealing with the Author Fatigue Syndrome

Tips for authors in dealing with the Author Fatigue Syndrome

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...
9 Lessons for Authors from the Shark Tank

9 Lessons for Authors from the Shark Tank

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...
Let the Force of the #Hashtag Be with You!

Let the Force of the #Hashtag Be with You!

by Judith Briles | May 6, 2025 | Author Success, Book Marketing, Tips for Authors

Today’s author needs social media marketing. Hashtags create the ideal portal to bring attention to who and what you are doing. Hello Cyber Marketing World. By this time, you’ve noticed hashtag happiness on social media on posters, social media postings, even...
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