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
Would you hand over your infant to just anyone without at least making sure they know how to correctly hold a baby? Never! Then why do so many writers feel compelled to share their newly-born work so freely, without any kind of due diligence? The wrong words, articulated by someone who doesn’t know a lot… Continue Reading
Publishers aren’t just looking for strong, new books. Quality is great, but sales are what matter in the end, at least when you’re in the selling-books business. So what publishers really want to know is whether you bring an audience along with you. That means you have to create an author platform. That author-platform requirement… Continue Reading
After writing your rough draft, your first draft (or however many other drafts there have been) and then doing a line edit and even hiring a line editor, the last thing you probably want to think about is whether you need a copy edit. “I’m sure I’ve caught everything by now,” you tell yourself. “I… 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