Monthly Archives: May 2015

Authoring, Writing and Book Publishing Tips

Authoring, Writing and Book Publishing Tips

 
As we move into the summer months, this is a great time to catch up on quick learning. The recent AuthorU Extravaganza was peppered with awesome workshops. Look through the list and order either DVDs, CDs (you can the audio version only on flash drive at a  great price). Top evals on Findability, How to Beat Amazon at it’s Own Game, Podcasting, How to be an Expert, Pinterest and much more. Here’s the link to pick …

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Top Ten Twitter Tweets of May 28

Top Ten Twitter Tweets of May 28

 

 Today
Author U –Your Guide to Book Publishing is featuring host Judith Briles of The Book Shepherd. Judith will focus on the Timelines Needed for ANY CrowdFunding Campaign.
Tune in 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://tinurl.com/AuthorURadio.  You can also go to the Home page of http://www.AuthorU.org, scroll down and …

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Take the Extravaganza Hot Topics Home & Implement Them

Take the Extravaganza Hot Topics Home & Implement Them

Recapping Highlights of the Extravaganza and How to Implement Them through the Summer Months and Beyond

For those who were at there, you know that there were so many stellar sessions at the AuthorU Extravaganza in May that it’s impossible to share them all–get a variety of tips to move you forward at the next AuthorU monthly meeting.
For those of you who weren’t, here’s your chance to learn from AuthorU veterans Nick Zelinger, Kelly Johnson, Susie …

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Top Ten Twitter Tweets of May 21

Top Ten Twitter Tweets of May 21

 

 Today
Author U –Your Guide to Book Publishing is featuring host Judith Briles of The Book Shepherd. Judith will focus on Part II: several key points from the May AuthorU Extravaganza.
Tune in 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://tinurl.com/AuthorURadio.  You can also go to the Home page of http://www.AuthorU.org, scroll …

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AuthorU Extravaganza Wowie!

AuthorU Extravaganza Wowie!

A standing ovation to the speakers and attendees at the May 7-9 Extravaganza. It’s not an everyday thing in the meeting planning world where High Fives were flying for the Speakers, the Program, the Food and the Hotel. But that’s exactly what the evals said.
On Thursday, the Eagles and Eaglets were off to a brisk start. Attendees were mesmerized by Mara Purl’s program that wove fiction and nonfiction narratives; by Bill Van Orsdel deep dive into …

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Authoring, Writing and Book Publishing Tips

Authoring, Writing and Book Publishing Tips

 
The AuthorU Extravaganza is over and we are all dealing with the boatload of information we got, including:
1  Participants collected their nuggets from all the speakers. An AHA Book was created and will pop out within days. How cool is that? Last month, Judith Briles put one together with input from several of the speakers in just a few hours. Check out what they did: http://aha.pub/PubSuccess-AhaBook
2 Hot tip surfaced about creating “lists” on Amazon’s Author Central …

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Top Ten Twitter Tweets of May 14

Top Ten Twitter Tweets of May 14

 Today
Author U – Your Guide to Book Publishing is featuring host Judith Briles of The Book Shepherd. Judith will focus on the several key points from last weekend’s AuthorU Extravaganza.
Tune in 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://tinurl.com/AuthorURadio.  You can also go to the Home page of …

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AuthorU Day at Barnes & Noble a Big Success

AuthorU Day at Barnes & Noble a Big Success

What a great day Saturday, May 2 was at the Colorado Blvd. Barnes & Noble store in Denver.
Eleven of our authors signed books and passed out vouchers in the stores. John Czingula, Rhondda Hartman, Carol Fenster, Mara Purl, Courtney Miller, Kim Curtis, John Maling, Joe Daniluk, Lynn Hellerstein, Barbara Sternberg and Judith Briles. Huge thanks to those who dropped in to support and shop–especially Julie Griffin, Philippa Burgess, Charlie Clark and Ronnie Moore. The AuthorU Day at …

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Authoring, Writing and Book Publishing Tips

Authoring, Writing and Book Publishing Tips

 
 
 Hot tips evolving from the AuthorU Extravaganza …
Judith Briles shares: Short is the New Black … and she will be creating this summer for nonfiction writers a how to … as in how to write and have a book ready for editing in FOUR weeks. watch for sign-ups … the four week, in person program she will present will be in evenings in Denver. And she adds:
 
 Wouldn’t you like to write a #book in 2 …

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Top Ten Twitter Tweets of May 07

Top Ten Twitter Tweets of May 07

OH MY … the   starts TODAY …
 
 
 

 
Who will win the Grand Prizes for the Draft to Dream Book Competition announced this afternoon at the Extravaganza?
 
 
 
 

 
 
Extravaganza Exhibitors are open to the public for FREE today only from 2:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
 
 
 

 
 
 
Holey Moley: Authors need to be using eMail Marketing… at the Opening Session on Thursday’s Eagle/Eaglet session, Hunter Boyle will rock ‘n roll your marketing world. Get ready to fasten your seat belts!
 
 

 
 
 
Authors want to …

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