by bookshepherd_admin | Oct 9, 2018 | Book Industry News
Is the Publishing World Turning? Yes, yes it is … Publishing is morphing on a daily basis … If you are a new author, you’ve got publishing questions. Plenty of them. If you are an already published author, you should have publishing questions. Plenty of them. As...
by bookshepherd_admin | Aug 1, 2017 | Author Success, Writing Success
Each summer, I teach the How to Write a Book in 4 Weeks workshop … Sometimes, I join in and complete one; other times, I start one, knowing that it will take some time. The first time, crowdfunding was on my mind. Seeing now what’s known as the Author YOU Mini-Series,...
by bookshepherd_admin | Nov 1, 2016 | Author Success, Book Competition, Book Publicity
November Delivers National Novel Writing Month! Using the abbreviation and hashtag, NaNoWriMo, the National Novel Writing Month challenges participants to write 50,000 words (their minimum number of words for a novel) from November 1 until the deadline at 11:59PM on...
by bookshepherd_admin | Aug 2, 2016 | Author Success, Book Industry News, Book Marketing, Book Publicity, Writing Success
The Stages of Writing and Creating Your Manuscript 1. Write 50 to 100 words. Congrats … that’s a PARAGRAPH.2. Next, string 225 to 250 words … that’s a PAGE.3. Depending on your chapter length—remember, I’m a fan of “short is the new black”, create...