by Judith Briles | Nov 22, 2022 | Book Publishing, Gratitude
Gratefulness … Giving … Caring … Thanksgiving … This week is a personal favorite of mine, as it is for many. A time for reflection and a time for thinking forward. A time for family—whether it’s in the bloodline or the heartline. My truthiness: my “heart...
by bookshepherd_admin | Apr 7, 2020 | Author Mistakes, Author Success, Social Media
As the political season enters the final month, we have all been overloaded with accusations, innuendos and a variety of interesting and inventive side steps and blatant untruths. Some of you are appalled by it; some of you have been amused by it; some of you have...
by bookshepherd_admin | Jan 21, 2020 | Author Mistakes, Author Success, Book Shepherd, Creativity, Judith Briles, Personal Smarts, Writing Success
In this new decade for authors and writers, take a few minutes to gaze into your publishing navel. What does success look like for 2020? What would you like to accomplish? Sometimes, those types of questions lead me to a “rethink” … even a deep dive...
by bookshepherd_admin | Feb 5, 2019 | Author Success
Author success revolves around being an entrepreneur. My raw definition of an entrepreneur is someone who creates, organizes and operates a business or multiple businesses. He or she takes on financial risks in order to do so and spends uncountable hours in the...
by bookshepherd_admin | Jul 31, 2018 | Author Success, Book Publishing
Have You Become Someone’s Cash Cow? Starting down the publishing path takes money—don’t let anyone … anyone … tell you that it doesn’t. Usually, it’s more that what you think or planned for. And, it takes lots of time. Oh, and energy. Publishing...