by Judith Briles | Aug 19, 2025 | Author Success, Book Success
As the summer wines down, it’s an ideal time to revisit your goals. Are they still in synch with your vision … your values? What were your old goals? Are they stay valid? What’s working for you now? What isn’t? What worked last year? What didn’t? If you have the magic...
by Judith Briles | Jul 29, 2025 | Author Success, Book Publishing, Publishing Predators
Don’t Become a Cash Cow for a Predator! Starting down the publishing path takes money—don’t let anyone … anyone … tell you that it doesn’t. Sure, there are ways to create a book and publish it for minimal dollars. And, it usually looks like it. And there are multiple...
by Judith Briles | Jul 22, 2025 | Author Success, Colorado Author’s Hall of Fame
What do Fantasy authors Rebecca Yarros and Jim Butcher have in common with Western storyteller Kent Haruf and Screenwriting expert Linda Seger have in common? They will all be honored at the same time this September. And they will join already honored authors like...
by bs_admin | Jul 1, 2025 | Author Success, Book Marketing, Book Success
9 Lessons for Authors from the Shark Tank I confess, I watch ABC’s Shark Tank from the night it debuted. It gives a variety—and I mean HUGE variety of entrepreneurs at every stage the opportunity to pitch their company to five entrepreneurs—the Sharks—who have been...
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...
