by Linden Gross | Jul 13, 2023 | Business, Writing
I searched unsuccessfully for a literary attorney for years. People would tell me just to call my business lawyer when my referral requests repeatedly failed to yield results. “She’s great, but she doesn’t specialize in author legal advice,” I...
by Linden Gross | Jul 6, 2023 | Business, Writing, Writing Coach Services
The hardest part of writing a book to boost your business often involves determining what you want to say. Have you ever gotten so close to a typewritten page that the words blur or so close to a painting that you can no longer see the big picture? Getting a little...
by Linden Gross | Jun 22, 2023 | Business, Writing, Writing Coach Services
Almost without exception, people drafting a manuscript worry about their writing. “Does it sound good enough?” they want to know. Wrong question. They should be asking whether it sounds like them. When writing a book to promote your business and encourage people to...
by Linden Gross | Jun 8, 2023 | Business, Writing, Writing Coach Services
When writing a book to boost your business, you may think your mission is to sell, sell, sell yourself, your service(s), and/or your product(s). Wrong. Your mission, first, is to home in on the readers’ pain points in a way that demonstrates how clearly you understand...
by Linden Gross | May 25, 2023 | Business, Writing, Writing Coach Services
When writing a book to boost your business, you’ve got a couple of missions. We’ve talked about the importance of sharing information and stories about yourself and your clients that make people want to do business with you. But for that one-two knockout punch that...
by Linden Gross | May 11, 2023 | Business, Writing, Writing Coach Services
The hard truth is that, with the exception of your mom, other family members, and a few friends, no one wants to read about you. At least not at first. Your potential readers and clients won’t initially care about you—unless there’s something in it for them. Most...