Over the last month, I’ve listened to two audiobooks—Tom Lake by Ann Patchett and Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken—which have been in my queue for months and months. For whatever reason, neither had grabbed me when I initially started them. This time around, I’ve found the stories as compelling as the prose. Indeed, the writing is… Continue Reading
Do you suffer from a lack of belief in yourself or your potential as a writer? Does that keep you from putting fingers to the keyboard or pen to paper? If yes, I’d suggest you watch your dog more closely or take yourself to a dog park. Those who follow this blog know I’m on… Continue Reading
As more and more of the writing coach clients I work with get published or opt to self-publish, I find myself increasingly talking about launching a book. So, let’s talk about launching your book. You’ve fretted and sweated to write your book. If you’ve finalized your draft, having invested in a line edit, copy edit,… Continue Reading
What better way to launch a new year of blog posts but with three success stories? My three writing coach clients-turned-authors have several things in common. They’re all in the financial field. They’re all writing books to help promote their business. And the books are unexpectedly personal and entertaining. Captivating, even. But that’s where the similarities… Continue Reading
What better way to launch a new year of blog posts but with three success stories? My three writing coach clients-turned-authors have several things in common. They’re all in the financial field. A couple of them overcame sizeable challenges that could have prevented them from publishing at all. They’re all writing books to help promote… Continue Reading
What better way to launch a new year of blog posts but with three success stories? My three writing coach clients-turned-authors have several things in common. They’re all in the financial field. A couple of them overcame sizeable challenges that could have prevented them from publishing at all. All three are writing books to help… Continue Reading
With the dawning of a new year, I look back on the past one with a sense of wonder. I suppose that’s not uncommon, but 2024 was as rewarding as it was challenging. Ten weeks into the year, I experienced a bout of vertigo that left me lying in a darkened room trying my best… Continue Reading
I posted this seven years ago and again in 2022. Here’s to a year when it no longer seems so pertinent. “This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.” Leonard Bernstein In a year that has brought so much grief, let us make… Continue Reading
I was lying on my couch enjoying a little downtime along with my two pups, Moke and Misha, and an extra, Harley, who’s Misha’s sister and visits often. I was chill. They were chill. Until suddenly, they weren’t. Little did I know that I was about to experience an unexpected twist in the most immediate… Continue Reading
Tomorrow would have been my mom‘s 97th birthday. While it’s unlikely that she would have lived that long, her death more than 20 years ago hasn’t gotten any easier to accept. I discovered just how true that is when I opened an old spiral notebook a few weeks ago and saw an entry I wrote… Continue Reading
Literary Agent:
Ted Weinstein
Ted Weinstein Literary Management
Mechanics’ Library Building
57 Post Street, Suite 512
San Francisco, CA 94104
tw@twliterary.com
www.twliterary.com