It seems that at least half of my writing coach clients plan on writing a prologue or a preface for their books. Before we talk about why that might not be the best plan, let’s get clear about the differences between the two. Continue Reading
Happy Funky Valentine’s from Me & My Pups
If you want a laugh, check out the video I made on JibJab here. In the meantime, Happy Funky Valentine’s Day from me and mine. Cheers, Linden Continue Reading
Writing Lessons From My Dogs: Rolling with Writing Highs and Lows
“Wow,” I said to myself. “My puppy hasn’t destroyed a single thing and we’ve gotten through teething.” Some thoughts should never be put into words, let alone verbalized. That’s just asking for trouble. Sure enough, at the age of ten months, Moke began tearing up just about everything he could get his tiny teeth on,… Continue Reading
How to Work with a Writing Coach
In November, J.W. Judge and Barbara Hinske, the hosts of The Write Approach podcast, interviewed me about how to work with a writing coach. Since I’ve worked with Barb on twenty books at this point, we focused on that–how the relationship works and how we’ve refined our book development process over time. First, however, the… Continue Reading
Writing Accomplishments and Aspirations
At a time when everything from personal relationships to business to politics seems to be operating under a new set of rules, this seems like a good opportunity to step back and reflect on my 2022 writing accomplishments and aspirations. Since I’m not much of a resolutions gal and am all too ready to indulge… Continue Reading
Client Successes in 2022
The only thing better than working with authors is celebrating their wins. I’m thrilled to say that there were plenty of client successes in 2022 to cheer about. Continue Reading
Writing Lessons From my Dogs: Ask for Help
Winter equals snow. Especially this winter in Bend, Oregon. We went from a perfect and all-to-short-lived fall to cold temperatures and white stuff falling from the sky. My three dogs love it. In the summer, they complain about the heat and race from shadow to shadow the moment the temperature hits 58. But in the… Continue Reading
How to Copyedit – Language
Now that we’ve dealt with the formatting of your manuscript, we can finally move on to how to copyedit language. Continue Reading
How to Copyedit – Formatting
Are you ready? Last week we covered copyediting basics. This week, we’re going to tackle what a lot of people would suggest handling last in a copyedit – formatting. Continue Reading
How to Copyedit – Basics
I was recently involved in handling a copyedit for a dissertation. The daunting experience reminded me of just how complicated copyediting is. Before we get into that, let’s review copyedit basics: what a copyedit is and is not. Continue Reading
Literary Agent:
Ted Weinstein
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