A few months ago, I felt a hard lump when I was petting my English cocker spaniel puppy, Moke. I tried hard not to panic. He’s my sixth dog, so I’m used to health challenges–some minor, some as serious as they get. I chose to adopt a watch-and-wait policy, but when the lump grew, I… Continue Reading
Bringing history to life and making it relevant to what’s happening today has seemingly not been a priority. But that may be starting to change. Like most academics, historians often write for others in their field. So, I was particularly gratified when my writing coach client, Kathy J. Cooke—professor of history and founding dean of… Continue Reading
A number of years ago, I became involved with Bend Food Project, a local nonprofit started by a group of friends in 2015 to help curb hunger in our area. Modeled after similar projects around the country, the door-to-door food collection system is both simple and efficient. Donors buy an extra can or box of non-perishable… Continue Reading
Why do so few people look at the big picture? I just found out that my HOA is considering ripping out the community’s 20-year-old landscape and replacing it with new. I’ll admit that sometimes a project does require a total revamp. But to determine whether that’s the case, you first must consider the underlying factors… Continue Reading
“You have to go see Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West,” my brother insisted before I flew to Phoenix last weekend to attend a fundraiser featuring my writing coach client Barbara Hinske. The city’s Foundation for Blind Children had provided the inspiration and the research for Barb’s series, Guiding Emily. Now, it was throwing a fundraiser… Continue Reading
First, my writing coach client, Sam Simon, who is one of the original Nader Raiders, tackled breast cancer when he wrote a challenging memoir about what happened when his wife of 34 years was diagnosed. He was convinced that the love of his life would die. Amazingly, considering she had stage 3 breast cancer, she… Continue Reading
My friend and client David Rosell knows better than most how to attract clients with a book. His first book, Failure Is Not an Option, brought in so many new clients that now he just promotes the book instead of his financial planning business. Earlier this year, he published a third book, In the Know.… Continue Reading
In this last section, Part 8, about how to get schools to buy your book—culled from a plan of action created for my friend, client, and associate, Morri Stewart, and her fantasy novel Faltofar—curriculum developer turned creativity coach, Deborah Allen, shares the most common paths she’s seen that have led to the publishing of instructional… Continue Reading
Yup. Life happens when we’re making other plans. It had been a stressful week. I just needed to decompress, so I reached out to my friend, Laura, who, it turned out, needed some downtime even more than I did. We agreed to take our dogs for a walk in the Badlands, a wilderness area just… Continue Reading
In this next to last installment (Part 7) of the series about how to get schools to buy your book—culled from a plan of action created for my friend, client, and associate, Morri Stewart, and her fantasy novel Faltofar—curriculum developer turned creativity coach, Deborah Allen, reviews how to create your instructional strategy related to selling… 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