by bs_admin | Apr 19, 2022 | Book Marketing, Book Publishing, Book Success, Publishing
Author Smarts: Create and Offer Pre-Publication and Post-Publication Flyers Pre-selling six months prior to having your book in hand is not too early. TIMING IS ESSENTIAL Give yourself a little flexibility—saying that a book will be shipped on February 1st might sound...
by bs_admin | Dec 28, 2021 | Author Success, Book Success, Judith Briles - The Book Shepherd, Publishing
No author plans to fail; what he or she does is fail to plan. -Judith Briles Snappy Sassy Salty-Wise Words for Authors and Writers Goals—identify them—they are your friends … a good thing to have and do for any author who wants to be seriously successful! A few...
by Judith Briles | Oct 12, 2021 | Author Success, Book Marketing, Publishing
Author Smarts: Creating Your Copyright Page Not a week goes by when I don’t get an email from an author asking: What should I have on my copyright page? It’s an essential question, and the answer is your publishing essentials including copyright year, who owns the...
by bookshepherd_admin | Mar 23, 2021 | Author Success, Book Success, Publishing, Writing Success
Not a week goes by that I don’t get a variety of “How do I do it?” questions that pertain to either writing, publishing or book marketing. Whew. None are one-sentence responses. If it’s about writing, it may be: How can I make a living writing? Do you know who pays...
by bookshepherd_admin | Feb 2, 2021 | Author Success, Publishing, Writing Success
5 Steps to Overcome Author Procrastination for 2021 Are you an author? A writer-to-be published? Are you a perfectionist? Are you looking for the perfect phrase, word, idea? Are you stuck? Wouldn’t getting unstuck and moving forward be a tad more fun? Are you stuck in...
by bookshepherd_admin | Jan 26, 2021 | Author Success, Book Success, Publishing, Writing Success
In front of me were a newbie author and his first fiction manuscript. He was hesitant to speak as I welcomed him and then started asking a few questions. Before he arrived in my office, I had quietly sat down and read the first three chapters to get a feel for his...
