I’ve spent the last few weeks going through Dad’s papers. Wow! For a guy who seemed pretty organized, he sure preferred to pile rather than file. Apparently round-filing wasn’t his thing either. I’ve found printed itineraries from 2009 and nutrition articles by Andrew Weil stacked next to Merrill Lynch statements. But I’ve also stumbled across… Continue Reading
So You Want to Write a Bestseller
So you want to write a bestseller. Join the club. Every writer wants to write a bestseller. Every editor wants to acquire a bestseller. Every writing coach wants to incubate a bestseller. And if we all had a formula for producing bestsellers, we’d be awash in bestsellers. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately), we don’t. When I… Continue Reading
RIP Leonard Gross
I pieced together the following obit for my dad mostly using his own words. My brother and I added a bit here and there, but Dad got the last word. Yet another benefit of being a writer. Check out the pic of my pops on assignment for LOOK magazine with John Lennon. Miss you, my… Continue Reading
Honoring my Dad
My lovely dad Leonard Gross passed away yesterday morning after a week filled with tears and laughter and so much love. He was the author, co-author or ghostwriter of 22 books, including recently self-published The Memoirs of JFK, a novel based on interviews he conducted with 50 of Kennedy’s inner circle after the President’s death.… Continue Reading
Guest Post: Email Miscommunication
I love this article I just received from leadership coach Ann Golden Eglé about email miscommunication. Just this week, a friend and I discussed how easily emails—and worse texts—can be misconstrued. So while Ann focuses on emails in the work place, I would just remind us all that social emails and texts can also wreak… Continue Reading
Grammar Outs: The Voice
Last night I watched “The Voice”. I have to admit that I love that show. Something about all those aspiring singers reaching for their dreams touches me. I watch them overcome deep-rooted fears of failure and stretch themselves to find their inner power and tap their true talent. And I feel inspired. I love the… Continue Reading
Writing Lessons from My Dogs – Choosing a Writing Coach
I’m traveling more for work these days, and not just in my little Teardrop Trailer. So my pups can’t join me on these expeditions. What’s a dog mom to do? Line up a roster of backup doggie parents as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, that’s not as easy as it sounds. I’ve worked from home for… Continue Reading
A Book: Your Online Reputation Management Tool
I just started working with a client who has been unfairly lambasted online. Google his name and a high-profile case arbitrated by a judge who did not understand the high-level finances involved immediately pops up. Of course, neither the background behind the case nor the explanation surfaces. Just the damning coverage. Not good. My client… Continue Reading
The Job of Writing
“I feel like I don’t have grounding in my work as a writer,” one of my writing coach clients said. I hear a variation on that theme fairly often. An excuse about why little to no writing has gotten done that week usually follows. I understand the problem. Most of the time we’re working solo… Continue Reading
Good Writing
Jack Hart whose work as writing coach and editor at large for The Oregonian helped writers go on to win Pulitzer Prizes offers some gems in his book A Writer’s Coach. He asserts that: Talent matters…But the writers who can manage their time and energy well will show the best results in the long run.… 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
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