A few months ago, a researcher contacted my brother, Jeff, and me about interviews my dad had conducted for his book The Last Jews in Berlin, originally published in 1982. He wanted to use one particular set of interviews for a book he’s helping another author with. He was willing to pay. Did we even… Continue Reading
Bad habits are hard to break. On dog walks, my two-year-old English Cocker Spaniel continues to jump on humans and their canine companions. Meanwhile, my five-year-old Aussie-Shepherd-Husky insists on introducing himself to new pups in the most intimate of ways. Both despite all my efforts and a few protests from other dogs. I tell people… Continue Reading
Are your efforts to promote yourself and/or the products or services you offer serving you as well as they should? Let’s see. Does your promotional material: Each of the above points is critical to your marketing success. Here’s why: Continue Reading
“I want this book to be a bestseller,” my writing coach prospects and clients will often say to me. Who doesn’t? I think to myself as I rush to assure them that if I knew the key to writing a bestseller, I would likely be sipping a cocktail under a palm tree on a sandy… Continue Reading
I love brainstorming. It’s one of my favorite things to do when working with clients, since together we can reach ideas that neither of us would have accessed alone. So, I experience the power of brainstorming regularly and see the results in both fiction and nonfiction books. But I haven’t often had the benefit of… Continue Reading
Winter warnings early in the week had given way to forecasted temperatures of 80°. It was time to take the pups swimming. We headed to Good Dog Park–since, true to its name, my dogs tend to behave better there than at other off-leash destinations–and prepared to walk a mile or so to the river. I… Continue Reading
In the anthology Lead From Within: Entrepreneurs Share Proven Traits for Success, one of the contributors–Karen Kimsey-Sward, CEO of Dale Carnegie Chicago, certified coach and faculty coach with U of Buffalo School of Management—writes about how work with her coach led to game-changers for her when it comes to both inner and outer leadership and… Continue Reading
When I first began working with former LAPD cop Fanchon Blake on Busting the Brass Ceiling, she was determined that her memoir had to be traditionally published. She wanted to make sure that her heroic story about challenging the gender inequity that prevented females in the department from advancing would get its due. I was… Continue Reading
I’m not good with heights. I definitely didn’t want to climb out of my comfort zone. So, I just said no when all my friends told me that I would have to climb Luna, the 200-foot redwood that Julia “Butterfly” Hill—whose book I had been hired to ghostwrite—was living in. The year was 1999 and… Continue Reading
Do you really know when to use me not I, or have you joined the apparent national movement to get that wrong? The trend drives me so nutty that I’m going to do my bit to reverse it by reposting a version of this rant every quarter. Of course, it’s hard to blame anyone for the mistake, especially… 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