Good Authoring Day to YOU …

Oh my … I’ve been baking and strategizing this past week.  Lots of authors, their friends and their amazing books setting up for my annual Author Tea today … we expect over 125 attending. Books-Books-and MORE Books for shopping delight. Will I be a bit tired when it’s all over? Yup! Will it be worth it? Oh yes.

Then tomorrow, I put my “cook” hat on again. A variety of quiches and a brunch spread for the Celebration of my latest book, When God Says NO-Revealing the YES When Adversity and Loss Are Present with dear friends in my home … along with cheering for the third edition of Mara Purl’s women’s fiction book, Why Heart’s Keep Secrets. We will both share a few passages and insights with all. Wonderful and thoughtful gifts.

Alert to all of you in Colorado … the FINAL second Saturday AuthorYOU Salons of the year is December 14. It starts at 8.30 a.m., ending at 11.30 a.m. Bring socks—I share these with the homeless … and it’s going to be chilly this winter.

I did a fun “Ask Judith” open webinar with authors in Palm Springs during the week—looking forward to meeting several of them when I speak there on December 7^th and 8^th.

And now I’m thinking—just how much Christmas stuff will I haul out this year? I have just five days to do it all in before I head to Palm Springs for two presentations, then to Arizona. The year is coming into a fast close. Where, oh where, has it gone.

AND “yes” … I got all the outdoor Christmas lights up by Wednesday, just before the temps dropped to a chilling 20 degrees. It’s sweats and layers of clothes time. Loved having my finger mittens where I can slip off the top to reveal my fingers to be nimble with and then cover them up quickly. Very cool for working outside.

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! 

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THIS WEEK on  Author YOU  – Your Guide to Book Publishing: the theme is always author, writing, and publishing success. Thursday’s show adds more insights to goose your author and publishing success.

Listen in to this podcast with host Judith Briles, The Book Shepherd as she digs into book marketing. This month, I’m focusing on the “P’s” – Podcasting and Pinterest. Each is a two-parter.

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 

• Calling all Pinterest users. Get 11 hot tips on building awesome Pinterest boards via the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast and @mybookshepherd: ow.ly/wPPH50xfUZX #pinterest #authors #books #publishing #bookmarketing

• Are you thinking ahead to 2020? Here’s a list of 100 digital tools that might be a “grabber” for you and your author and publishing success: https://digitaldeepak.com/digital-marketing-tools/ #author #books #publishing #bookmarketing

• Learn How to Create Holiday-Themed Social Media Marketing with Hot Tips from @Bookgal selfpublishingadvice.org/sell-your-book… #selfpublishing #IARTG #ASMRG #amwriting #writingcommunity #writetip 

Writers & Writing

• Embrace the power of rewriting. It’s a pain in the tush often … but the outcome? Authors get it right. #bookmarketing #publishing #authors #amwriting #books #judithbriles #thebookshepherd #cat #kitten

• Collaborating with other writers can be an interesting creative experiment and create additional streams of income. w/ @RedneckGranola lttr.ai/Ky #indieauthors #writing

• Solving your literary crime first so you can seed your mystery or thriller novel with clues w/ @Effusions lttr.ai/J8g1 #writingtips #writing

Cool things and OMG moments!

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®