Are you like me—wondering how the month can slip by so fast? This weekend is dedicated to friends and cooking. Both my “co-cooking." foodie groups gather at my home. Friday’s theme was I Left My Heart and Taste Buds in San Francisco. Saturday is In Celebration of Basil. All dishes must have the flavor of the theme in them. I create cioppino and Caesar salad (one of our favs in SF) and on Saturday, a grilled pesto shrimp and Thai chicken. Yummers!

There are ONLY 3 spots left for the Judith Briles Book Publishing Unplugged 3-day event June 21-23. Is one of them yours?

If you are in Colorado, meet me at my home on Saturday, June 2 for the monthly AuthorYOU Circles. It’s a freebie, but you need to register for our Authorfest. Get all dates for 2018 at www.Meetup.com/AuthorYou

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! Only $27 a month—limited amount of subscribers allowed. Two times: 7 AM and Noon Mountain time. The dress? Totally casual. This is for any author anywhere!  

Register here: http://bit.ly/FridayCoaching 

 … AND, how’s your week been?

THIS WEEK on  Author YOU  – Your Guide to Book Publishing, host Dr. Judith Briles dug into the “how-tos." of creating a TED talk around your book or expertise. Coach Sam Horn is the featured guest. It all adds to author and book success. Listen in via the website or via iTunes.         

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 weekTweets are faster than a speeding bird … below are The Book Shepherd’s® Top Ten Tweets from the past week that you may have missed …

Social Media and Marketing Strategies

• Ready for a Social Media Clean-Up? Here’s How To Go About It goo.gl/bj1cBp

• 5 Reasons Your Email Pitch to a Brand Got No Responsebit.ly/2FTcRwO #brandambassador #blogger #smm

• Instagram Shadowban? What #Book Marketers Need to Know dlvr.it/QSvsCF

• Marketing #books with postcards pays off for #writer. buff.ly/2HIBZfr @JFbookman @JudithBriles

Success & Resources

• The Publishing Business Plan – 7 Essential Elements buff.ly/1FL9DIV via @FutureofInk

Writers & Writing

• Margaret Atwood on How She Came to Write The Handmaid’s Tale buff.ly/2KHcFEA via @PassiveVoiceBlg#amreading

• “If you’re stressed and overwhelmed and you no longer have time for writing, then you need to say ‘no’ more." buff.ly/2rBsMuL

• Top 3 Reasons Censoring Your Writing Is Holding You Back goo.gl/HDpHp1

Cool things and OMG moments!

• Oh MY–watch 4 fun women musicians make a “wowsa” of an entrance and wow the crowd. http://ow.ly/AYuf30k0mSD

Remember … you can listen to over 300+ programs that Author U 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 

The Book Shepherd™