Are you getting bombarded with ads and emails for pre-Black Friday? I sure am. Getting ready for my “official." book launch for How to Create a $1,000,000 Speech. This week is a “massive." writing week for me. Have got all the key things done—all done on Monday so I can stay away from the phone: Saturday Twitter blog has done; Thursday podcast in the can-social media done to support it; Tuesday blog on book awards; and Wednesday ezine. Plus a great webinar was done on social media Wednesday live. The good news—just had to shovel snow on Monday—I had 8 inches on my driveway.

Colorado authors: COME ON DOWN … The next AuthorYOU Circles is slated for Saturday, December 8^th.  Check it out at www.Meetup.com/AuthorYou AND, this is where you register (meaning join—it’s a freebie) to attend. Beginning in 2019, gatherings will be on the second Saturday of the month. A regular program will pop up on the first Saturday.

Friday mornings are the place to be with other authors! Friday coaching will happen all through SEPTEMBER. 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 SKYPE … you need to connect with me. Only $27 a month—limited amount of subscribers allowed. Two times: 7 AM and Noon Mountain time. The dress? Totally casual. Get on board –it’s fun and informative … and you get all questions answered. We do it via Skype 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 invited Amy Collins to join her with strategies create a game plan to set up social media plus plan the new year (it’s less than 7 weeks away!)—don’t miss listening to the podcast. 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

Social Media and Marketing Strategies 

• 7 Ways to Create Better Instagram Engagement for Businesses dlvr.it/Qpy06C

• The Essential #SocialMedia Image Size Guide [Cheat Sheet] 2018 image sizes for Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and more! Read it  bit.ly/2M3OZLp

• The 34 Marketing Principles I Live By dlvr.it/Qpz5xp

Writers & Writing

• Getting ready for #NaNoWriMo ? Check out this fantastic limited time bundle storybundle.com/nano w/ @KristineRusch @ScottKing @DeanWesleySmith @TheKJA & me & more! #writingtips #nanowrimo2018 @storybundle #amwriting

• This is the beauty of self-publishing, we don’t need permission anymore. buff.ly/2KCXScR #amwriting #publishing

• Looking for places to submit your work? I’ve got you covered! #MondayBlogs #writerslife #amwriting bit.ly/2e3cN2n

Cool things and OMG moments!

• Fasten your seat belt and settle in for this ’80s-inspired safety video from Air New Zealand. 600 cast members star in this production, which features Kiwi actor Julian Dennison, rappers and local community groups. cnn.it/2D4QN4D

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 

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