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
Are you on the path to success with your book? I don’t mean in terms of sales. No one can predict that. The only thing I can guarantee you is that if you don’t finish and publish your book, the only people who will read your manuscript are the ones who can’t say no.… Continue Reading
If you’re a writer, you probably already know how hard it is to actually find time to write. Ironically, that’s true even when you work on staff since you’re almost always saddled with tons of meetings along with editing other people’s work. So the key, whether you write professionally or on the side, is ensuring… Continue Reading
It’s funny. If you’re like me, often you want to write, almost more than anything, but somehow you can’t seem to make the time. So you go back to review your goals. Then you try time-blocking. But somehow, even though you’ve carved out those precious writing sessions every week, something else always seems to get… Continue Reading
I hate writing about myself on my website’s ABOUT page. I don’t want to boast about my accomplishments, but I sure don’t want my bio to sound like a CV. Many of us probably feel this way. Luckily, a new theory regarding how to write your ABOUT page could help. A lot. Recent stories, including… Continue Reading
Most people who decide to self-publish have no idea what they actually need to do to get their book into print. Welcome to the new—or at least newly revamped—Incubation Press, a top-notch, boutique self-publishing house, with highly personalized services. My ridiculously talented team and I will walk you through seven simple self-publishing steps that cover… Continue Reading
They say writers never die. If my dad, Leonard Gross, is any indication, that’s absolutely true. Two-plus years after Dad’s death and 35 years after Simon & Schuster published The Last Jews in Berlin, which is based on interviews Dad did with Jews who went underground in Berlin during the war, Amazon selected his book… Continue Reading
Every so often, we all need a reset. A time to let all the doing fall away, to steer clear of the noise of our lives and to remember what matters, which just might be a little writing inspiration. With that in mind, greetings from Paris where I arrived some ten days ago. Or should… 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