In Part 2 about how to get schools to buy your book—culled from a plan of action created for my friend, client, and associate, Morri Stewart, and her fantasy novel Faltofar—curriculum developer turned creativity coach, Deborah Allen, explains how budgets are...
In last week’s post, we talked about selling a book to schools. My friend, client, and associate Morri Stewart wanted to try that with her fantasy novel Faltofar, envisioning a multi-faceted curriculum that could be used across several subject matters. She called it...
My friend and editing client, Morri Stewart, knew that her young adult (YA) novel, Faltofar, would grab students' attention if she could figure out the ins and outs of selling a book to schools and convince them to integrate her novel into their curriculum. After all,...
Last November, J.W. Judge and Barbara Hinske interviewed me for The Write Approach podcast. I published the first part of that interview about working with a writing coach last month. Here's the second part of the interview, which focuses on the different kinds of...
A few months ago, Entrylit's Kelsey Seymour interviewed me about ghostwriting, working as a writing coach, editing, and getting published for her Perfect Bind podcast, which aims to "demystify the crowded and unclear path new authors must traverse in the hopes of...
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. A prologue is usually used in fiction (and...
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
"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...
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...
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...
