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...
by Judith Briles | Nov 18, 2025 | Author Success, Book Publishing
How to Dump CoPilot Most of you have had Microsoft’s Copilot thrown at you—literally, it showed up within Word and became a default add to Word 365. Is it a friend or foe … and actually, what is it? Per Microsoft, it is a low-code platform used to build and customize...
by Judith Briles | Nov 11, 2025 | Author Success, Book Publishing
How to Avoid Being a Limp Author The color purple has been a personal favorite of mine for seven decades … seventy plus years! The visual has always been both calming and exiting to me. It’s meaning conjures up a buffet of adjectives: creativity, wisdom, spirituality,...
by Judith Briles | Sep 30, 2025 | Author Success, Book Publishing, Copyright
Discover 5 Copyright Office Resources You May Not Know Existed Did you know that the U.S. Copyright Office provides a wide range of resources to support creators, educators, and other copyright users, but some of the most valuable tools can fly under the radar? And of...
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 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...