by bookshepherd_admin | Jan 3, 2017 | Author Success, Writing Tip
Leave it to Mark Twain to remind us, “Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.” One of the most common snafus I come across in editing a manuscript is the confusion of same sounding words. Partly from, auto-corrections, dictation of copy...
by bookshepherd_admin | Apr 26, 2016 | Writing Success, Writing Tip
There is no reason to create/invent new-new material for every social media platform or product you put your fingers on. A book that was written a few years ago can be cut up, combined with new information and re-introduced—new title, new ISBN, new descriptions, new...
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...
by bookshepherd_admin | Oct 27, 2015 | Writing Success, Writing Tip
Every writer, every author hits the wall some time … sometimes, lots of times. Oh, we can bring it all on ourselves, allowing and enabling a slew of distractions to create the detour—it’s the Squirrel Factor … just about anything can seduce you away from what you...
by bookshepherd_admin | Oct 13, 2015 | Publishing, self publishing, Writing Success, Writing Tip
Last Spring, I had an unexpected visitor. To my surprise, I noticed an old bulb bulging, one that bloomed the previous December. One that I had promptly forgotten about post the Holidays after I had moved the small pot that it was in to the garage. “Hmmm, maybe it...
by bookshepherd_admin | Aug 29, 2015 | Kick Butt Author Tips, Writing Success, Writing Tip
OMG … I can feel Autumn creeping in … in the early am–the air is different Of course, living in Colorado, we have had monsoons all summer–so we don’t really know what season it is!Your quick tip for a still summer’s day is simply...