by bookshepherd_admin | Jan 23, 2017 | Publishing, Publishing at Sea
Day 1 The Freedom of the Seas is our floating classroom for the 4th annual Publishing at Sea Conference. From my balcony room, I was fascinated by the boating traffic pre-port departure. Always intrigued by the many yachts of sizes beyond imagination, one small...
by bookshepherd_admin | Sep 6, 2016 | Book Marketing, Publishing
When it comes to gathering publicity for yourself and your book, I have two big questions for you: Do you sometimes feel absolutely clueless as to what goes in a press release … and for that matter, why you should care? Do you know what’s the difference between...
by bookshepherd_admin | Aug 30, 2016 | Book Industry News, Book Marketing, Book Success, Publishing, self publishing, The Book Shepherd, Writing Success
Are you feeling overwhelmed in the publishing maze? This week is the official launch for my latest book, How to Avoid 101 Book Publishing Blunders, Bloopers & Boo-Boos. I love the fun of it … and the essentials/must haves and knows of it. And you will too For...
by bookshepherd_admin | Apr 5, 2016 | Publishing, self publishing, The Book Shepherd, Writing Success
As I finish up the corrections of my new book over the weekend, I’m doing the happy author dance–this is one terrific book—jeeze, I so wished I had just a fraction of the 101 ahas within when I started down the publishing path 30 years ago. AND woot!...
by bookshepherd_admin | Mar 29, 2016 | Book Industry News, Publishing, Writing Success
In APRIL, I start up my “How to Write a Book in 4 Weeks” online course (April 5, 12, 19, 26) and in MAY, the in-person (Denver- May 3, 10, 17, 24)… if you want to participate … get registered pronto on TheBookShepherd.com website. In person is...
by bookshepherd_admin | Mar 8, 2016 | Publishing, Writing Success, Writing Tip
Your PLAN is to write and publish your book. Excellent. Now what are the steps you need to get there? They become your stepping stones across the publishing river.Those stepping stones are essential to identify from the get-go … and know that you will have additional...