Good Authoring Day to YOU
I’ve lost track of how many books fiction writer Courtney Miller has created. He’s just delivered his latest manuscript: Murder on the Royal Gorge Express, a White Feather Mystery. Now in editing and the cover design completed. Next up is the back cover and layout. Fans will have it for summer reading.
Finally, I’ve gotten several of my “stealth” book reviews up on Amazon this week with my backdoor method. Such games we must play since Amazon’s robots delete legit book reviews if they deem there is a connection between the reviewer and the author.
It was the final week for my online How to Write a Nonfiction Book in 4 Weeks group. Several have already written several chapters—four are approaching the halfway writing mark… love it. Not only do I love the variety of authors and the books-to-be that are represented, but to the interaction amongst all of us … plus the “cross help” that is now occurring … and of course support for each.
Join me next month for the MAY How to Write a Nonfiction Book in 4 Weeks—it’s on my website—www.TheBookShepherd.com—there are only 5 slots left. We meet on Wednesdays via Zoom at 3 pm Mountain time and starts on May 6th.
Alert to all of you in Colorado who are VIP AuthorYOU members … the April second Saturday 
AuthorYOU Salons of the year is slated for May 9 may be live or virtual … depending on the Governor of Colorado. Either way, it starts at 8.30 a.m., ending at 11.30 a.m.
If it’s on Zoom—I’ll post the link (copy and paste in your browser) in the first Top Twitter blog for May 2nd.
Have a good week. How about planning a “campaign” of some sort? It can be to sell your book, eBook, audiobook … or a “gather” of doing something for someone else, a group, or a cause.
Take care of yourself …
Friday mornings are the place to be with other authors! I love the Friday coaching that happens early each Friday AM. I always have a “new tip” for the group, then it opens up to “catch up” and “asks”. Become a subscriber so you can get
Friday Coaching for less than a weekly glass of wine; for less than a weekly Bacon, Egg & Cheese Biscuit – Combo at Chick-fil-A; for less than 3 movie tickets! ALERT …we do this on Zoom … you need to connect with me. Only $27 a month—limited amount of subscribers allowed. We gather via Zoom at 7 AM. The dress? Totally casual. Get on board –it’s fun and informative … and you get all questions answered. This is for any author anywhere!
Register here: http://bit.ly/FridayCoaching
THIS WEEK on Author YOU – Your Guide to Book Publishing: the theme is always author, writing, and publishing success. Deck Card Creator Rosie Battista joined me for a fun hour—all about what authors should know about creating “decks” to support their expertise. Get ready for a little fun.
Tune in for the LIVE show at 6 Eastern, 5 Central, 4 Mountain, 3 Pacific and for our out-of-the-country members and followers … you are going to have to do the clock crunching for your time zone at http://bit.ly/BookPublishing-iTunes. You can also go to the Home page of http://www.AuthorU.org, scroll down and click on any of the past shows—just click and are instantly there! With over 100,000 downloaded podcasts each month from around the world, you are in good company!
Here are your Top Ten Tweet for the past week
Tweets are faster than a speeding bird … below are The Book Shepherd’s® Top Ten Tweets from the past week that you may have missed …
Author, Publishing and Resource Success
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Have you self-published a book? Get it more exposure (and win some cash) by entering the annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Competition. Grand prize winner receives $8,000, a feature article about the author and book in WD, and more! hubs.ly/H0nNbpb0
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Top Live Streaming Video Tools for Virtual Event Speakers, Zoom and Live Webinar Presenters trbr.io/IF6nvy4 via @iSocialFanz
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Design Tips for Authors: @HeatherWeidner1 heatherweidner.com/blog/2019/12/3…
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As an author—have you asked yourself: what will make the biggest impact to your audiences? Take that and increate a card deck. Podcast: http://bit.ly/BookPublishingPodcast #bookmarketing #authors #books #bookpromo #bookboost
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6 Design Tips for Perfectly Crafted Emails 💌 🥰 via @mailmunch mailmunch.com/blog/design-ti…
Social Media and Marketing Strategies
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Are you creating one graphic for your blog post and calling it a day? Learn how to create 10 unique social shares for one blog post. bit.ly/2L9Y4Eo #SMM #socialmedia #socialtips #socialmarketing
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How to Promote Your Books Right Now by Rachel Thompson #writers #Authors #bookpromotion #creativepromotion #WritingCommunity buff.ly/3a8WQSv via @BadRedheadMedia
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Tips for children’s authors on book marketing, promo and getting book reviews via @StoryMonsters @MyBookShepeherd Podcast: bit.ly/BookPublishing… #authors #amwriting #kidlit #kidsbooks #ASMSG #IARTG
Writers & Writing
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Picking the Right Setting Details ~ WRITERS HELPING WRITERS® buff.ly/2Xm0EgD #writing #writetip
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The 8 best books on writing—and how to read them via @storyartist_me buff.ly/2VbKwNr #writingtips
Cool Things, FUN Things & OMG Moments
How are creators helping cooped-up kids? | @kidscreen pwne.ws/3b8rmwN
Remember … you can listen to over 300+ programs that AuthorYOU Founder Judith Briles has created for your book and authoring success: http://tinyurl.com/AuthorURadio , scroll down and click on any of the past shows—just click and you are instantly there! Or you, subscribe directly on iTunes: http://ow.ly/QO0oK
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