If you haven’t yet read my father Leonard Gross’s riveting The Last Jews in Berlin, you can now listen to the just-published audio version. This critically acclaimed account of twelve Jews who went underground in Nazi Berlin—and survived—became a New York Times bestseller when it was first published and was called “consummately suspenseful” by the Los Angeles Times. Of… Continue Reading
Writing details can breathe life into your prose. But you have to choose the right details to focus on, and then use them judiciously. For starters, that means no laundry lists. Finding that one feature to focus on that’s as revealing as it is evocative will grab your reader, while the other approach will propel… Continue Reading
A while back, I wrote a post about a T-shirt my client Jim Mazziotti gave me while he was editing his manuscript. As you can see directly below, he wasn’t having the easiest Continue Reading
Three years ago this month, serial entrepreneur Craig Hall and I began discussing a book he had in mind. We had already established a track record and a friendship with A Perfect Score: The Art, Soul, and Business of a 21st-Century Winery, the national bestseller I helped Craig and his wife Kathryn write. This time,… Continue Reading
Writing coach client David Rosell’s book Failure Is Not an Option: Creating Certainty in the Uncertainty of Retirement has been so successful with clients and prospects that he decided to give it a whole new look when he published yet another new edition. So when it was time to do the update, the Bend, Oregon… Continue Reading
Tracia Larimer isn’t your ordinary mortgage broker. So when this creative, never-take-no-for-an-answer Bend, Oregon professional wanted to spread the word about her business, she decided to write a short book that would answer a lot of her clients’ questions and help guide them through the mortgage application process. Not surprisingly, her title is as unique… Continue Reading
If you’ve fallen in love with your manuscript, I’m guessing you’ve finished your first draft and haven’t quite managed to move into the editing phase. Time to get over yourself, at least when it comes to your writing. But it’s not always easy to see the flaws in your own work, especially when you’ve written… Continue Reading
I wasn’t planning on getting a puppy. Sure, I had been snooping on various dog rescue sites, but I knew I was just looking. Similarly, I had pulled up the English Cocker Spaniel Club of America’s Facebook page and website, along with their rescue section. I have always had a soft spot for English Cockers,… Continue Reading
Attacks on the media—historically the guardian of a country’s democracy—have hit a decade-long high. The President trumpeting about “fake news” is just the start. According to a Time magazine article published last week, “a new report has found that journalists face more danger than at any other time over the past 10 years, with 78… Continue Reading
Want to bring your pages to life? Then you need imaginative writing and vivid imagery that helps the reader vicariously experience your story. But if you want those descriptions to really sing, you need to opt for descriptors and verbs that are as unexpected as they are creative. I just came across notes I made… 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