by bs_admin | Sep 26, 2023 | Author Success, Book Marketing, Book Publishing
Have You Identified the 5 Core Ideas of Your Book? You should. It will shortcut your writing. It will expedite getting to your market. It will be huge in communicating your message. As in real estate: location, location, location, it is time to think core idea, core...
by bookshepherd_admin | Jan 19, 2021 | authors, Publishing, Writing Success, Writing Tip
Not a week goes by where authors I’m working with or places that I’m speaking at that, where I don’t get this question: Do you have any quick tips for getting unstuck in writing? My answer has multiple components, but it starts with one word: Yes We all get stuck once...
by bookshepherd_admin | Jul 7, 2020 | Author Success, Writing Success, Writing Tip
Most with writer’s block doesn’t have a problem writing. What they have is a problem accepting that bad writing, imperfect writing, writing that might expose something they dread, writing that might feel, sound like, look like, even be, amateurish. Let it go. EVERY...
by bookshepherd_admin | Mar 11, 2017 | Kick Butt Author Tips
Writing ahas … therefore TIPS! Comedy writing tells the truth … about the writer and a situation … When writing fiction, and your character is in an impossible situation … all can lead with is: what happens next. Don’t try to unravel what is happening, go with...
by bookshepherd_admin | Jan 7, 2017 | Kick Butt Author Tips, Writing Tip
There are four huge reasons why you should consider, and main, publishing on your own: quality, control, timing, and money. And in no particular order—although, if you have a “hot” topic the time factor rears its head first. 1 Quality is, well, about quality. If a...
