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The Author's Walk: Finding and Using Your Voice to Create Publishing Success by Judith Briles

WINNER
Business: Writing/Publishing
2023 Best Book Awards

Every walk has a first step. For Aspiring Authors, it starts here...

Dr. Judith Briles takes you along on her walk to become a writer … after she became an author … harnessing her sheer grit to achieve publishing success. The Author’s Walk is a book you will come back to when you need inspiration, honest advice and insight, a thunderbolt to boost getting your book started or completed, a reminder that you have an author friend who has walked the path multiple times and is there to offer her hand. It is rich with personal anecdotes and nuggets of wisdom for your personal author success,

• Embrace your steps, not others, to claim your author’s walk.
• Tips for dealing with the nosedives that will lead to a soar.
• Engage the power of self-care and setting boundaries with others.

Welcome the wisdom, the chaos and the truthiness of your words.

Judith shares the transformational work she did to grow her confidence and create her own publishing voice. You will learn the strategic, practical steps that optimized her writing and marketing, enabled her to activate profits, and become a successful author with intentions. Your words matter. You can write your book. It’s The Author’s Walk you will take, step-by-step.

Dr. Judith Briles is The Book Shepherd ... Publishing & Book Marketing Expert, Coach, Consultant ... Author of 43 books including The Author’s Walk, How to Avoid Book Publishing Blunders, her memoir When God Says NO, and historical fiction, The Secret Journey. Subscribe to her Tuesday and Saturday blogs on her website.

Beautiful Writers: A Journey of Big Dreams and Messy Manuscripts-With Tricks of the Trade from Bestselling Authors by Linda J. Sivertsen

WINNER
Business: Writing/Publishing
2023 International Book Awards

Imagine you're at a dinner party with some of the most successful authors of our time. "Book Mama" and Beautiful Writers Podcast co-creator Linda Sivertsen is the host. As she shares her story of the many hilarious, outrageous, and practical things she did to launch her bestselling writing career, your favorite writers chime in with their own anecdotes, leaving you enlightened and newly inspired. The wisdom in these pages will nourish anyone who appreciates the art of storytelling and dreams of living a creative life.

Beautiful Writers is a love letter to reading, writing, and everyone who reads and writes. It's the book Linda wished she had when she was starting out. In it, she shares—and expands on—the best of advice and storytelling from her podcast and follow-up interviews with literary greats, including:

• Terry McMillan
• Cheryl Strayed
• Tom Hanks
• Van Jones
• Jenny Lawson
• Steven Pressfield
• And Many More

This heartwarming, how-I-made-it writing memoir from a working writer you've never heard of with inspiration and advice from the legends you love will help aspiring authors avoid common pitfalls and energize career writers with a treasure trove of writing insights from their peers—the details you don't often hear but make a world of difference.

Beautiful Writers is destined to become the evergreen companion for creatives everywhere, answering the burning question, "How did they bust through all obstacles to deliver, day after day, year after year, book after book?"