by Judith Briles | Feb 24, 2026 | Author Success, Writing Success
Finding Your Sweet Spot to Write—Find it. Go to It. Write. This past week, I was away, The location was Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas and the annual Publishing at Sea. Besides delivering three days of workshops, the possibility of going off ship and visiting...
by Judith Briles | Dec 30, 2025 | Author Success, Writing Success
It’s Easy for Authors to Become the Sardine in the Publishing Sea! Let’s face it, publishing isn’t for sissies. Nor is book marketing. Yet, too-too many authors think that the world will easily discover their book, and them. If you are one of them, you are in for a...
by Judith Briles | Nov 4, 2025 | Author Success, Writing Success, Writing Tip
Hey Authors … what’s in your writing closet? Smart writers use the Hemingway app—it’s free for online use or upgrade to the Lifetime and park it on your website for easy peasy access. The Hemingway App becomes the author’s secret sauce for writing pop and pizazz. The...
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...
by bookshepherd_admin | Jun 10, 2025 | Author Success, Publishing, Writing Success
At any given time, you will be in a group of people. Many of them within the group desire to write and publish a book. Some will say it out loud, others internalize it … think about it: “someday” I’ll write my book. Why write a book? Let me...
by Judith Briles | May 27, 2025 | Publishing, Writing Success, Writing Tip
Writing Fiction Better Transitioning from non-fiction to fiction writing is REALLY hard. So hard, that many who attempt it roll back to what they know and delete fiction writer off their bio. Two different writing styles … two different animals. Nonfiction is more...
