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In this Issue

1. Discover ... My Twice a Week Blogs

2. Meet ... Book, Swag, and Website Designer

3. Author Success ... Get and Use Stratira by Saturday

4. Webinar … REPLAY of Authors Grocery

5. Hot podcasts for April … Add to your calendar and listen

6. The Author Gatherings … May 2 is Zoom only

7. Question of the week … What is a Super Fan?

8. Smile time … Tony and Lady Gaga

This coming weekend is a bookstore selling marathon. Saturday finds eight authors in the Ft Collins Barnes & Noble store and on Sunday, we are all at the Colorado Blvd. store. From the opening until 5 pm, selling our own books and BN supports the Colorado Authors Hall of Fame Aspiring Author scholarships with a percentage of overall store sales going toward the kitty ... WOOT!

Drop to say hello … and buy books. Mother’s Day is around the corner. Graduation gifts. Birthday gifts. And of course, YOU. Author Charles Breakfield from Texas will be joining in.

And my eye is turning outside to the front porch. Rails were added to each brick pillar for step safety for all, new planters. With spray paint in hand, my old planters that have dulled with snow and sun got a kiss of new paint. This week, flowers will be added.

Saturday afternoon found me with two friends, mid recliner theater seats at to take in “Project Hail Mary”—loved, LOVED it. There is a reason why it’s grossed over $500 million. The visual cinema candy and Ryan Gosling was just what I needed. Yes, it will come to the streaming options but not soon—definitely, this is one you want to see on the big screen. Tis a treat … that is if you are looking for two hours of friendship and curiosity blended with humor that won’t offend; a great message of accepting differences; awesome special effects; and a few surprises.

Sunday, two of my foodie friends dropped in for a perfect, let’s take their coffee and my tea for my back deck and just absord the warm and being together. For two hours, we caught up on so many things. When was the last time you just STOPPED what you were doing and enjoyed a band of a few hours with no agenda? Just being? Juliana and Bruce delivered a “just being” with the three of us talking about a variety of items. So love these unscheduled times that can just happen.

Earlier in the day, I added another recipe to my upcoming, Appetizers with Judith cookbook. I can happily declare I’ve passed the half way mark. Goal is to have it done in 45 days. Woot!

Meet Rebecca Finkel
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Rebecca started designing books by literally drawing the short straw. That was over 30 years ago. Since then she has opened her own design studio focusing on creating unique, inspiring, and amazing solutions to authors' words and ideas. Since moving to Colorado from New York she has designed many multi award winning books, ebooks, and website projects. She likes to say, "eBooks don't have to be ugly."

Rebecca also designs websites, marketing materials, one sheets, banners, magazines, and even a Colorado license plate!

Yesterday, my blog was all about the power of Stratira, the Ultimate Author and Book Marketing Tool that has been created exclusively for the author community by the team from Adazing and CJ McDaniels. He was the pioneer of MockUpShots and the Author Headshots. Now, he and his team deliver Stratira.

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Great evals came from yesterday’s webinar. The tech gremlins were out … but we got the core of the webinar completed before the Microsoft’s update fairies decided that 3.35 pm was a good time to upgrade my computer. Here’s the replay.

The Authors in Grocery Stores program should have your attention.

REPLAY: https://vimeo.com/1176893354

Why it makes dollars and sense to add grocery stores to your book marketing mix.
How to be invited into the program.
What an author needs to have at a grocery signing event.
How to create your author book-selling tour.
How you get paid and how often.
Guidance.

This is how each call starts: I share a few strategies, tips, and tools that attendees can immediately start to use. All share … and ask plenty of questions. They get answers. Definitely an excellent way to start a Friday. Those of you who aren’t participating, you are making a mistake. I love the variety of books and authors who have chosen to participate. What’s also fun, is the energy that can be felt with what everyone is working on. Love it!

Here’s the link to take advantage of it and subscribe: https://thebookshepherd.com/author-friendly-fridays/

About Judith Briles, The Book Shepherd ™

Book Publishing expert Judith Briles, aka The Book Shepherd, has shepherded more than 1,000 authors and created 500 best-sellers and award-winning books. She knows publishing inside and out from both the traditional and independent sides. Judith is an advocate for authors within her blogs, podcasts and speaking engagements. What’s her pet peeve? Two words: publishing predators.

She hosts the podcast AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing which generates over 250,000 downloads a month. Her website is www.TheBookShepherd, email: JudithBriles.com and phone: 303-885-2207.