by Linden Gross | Apr 12, 2013 | Publishing
You’ve finally gotten your book written, edited and published. No one (except perhaps your writing coach or collaborator) will ever know the struggles involved in getting those words on paper, or how much of yourself you’ve poured into your work. But that doesn’t...
by Linden Gross | Feb 8, 2013 | Publishing, Writing
I love a good self-publishing success story. So I love this post by Judy L. Mandel about the process of getting her memoir Replacement Child (Seal Press, 2013) written and published. She found the process that worked for her during the creative phase. She...
by Linden Gross | Feb 1, 2013 | Marketing, Publishing
After writing coach client Barbara Hinske sent me her manuscript to review, I came back with two major suggestions: She had neglected one entire narrative thread involving the book’s villains that begged to be developed. She needed to let the action–rather...
by Linden Gross | Jan 25, 2013 | Publishing
Some people might say that I’m stubborn. When it comes to not letting a good book die, they’d be right. I wrote the first book about the stalking of ordinary people 20 years ago. It was published as a mass paperback. It did okay, but not great....
by Linden Gross | Dec 7, 2012 | Publishing, Writing
You may not have left your heart in San Francisco, but you might if you wind up winning the San Francisco Writing Contest. The monetary prize is modest to be sure, but the consult with a literary agent in your genre could be priceless. You’ll find the contest...
by Linden Gross | Aug 31, 2012 | Publishing
Have you ever been told by an agent or publisher that your idea was interesting but just didn’t seem big enough for a book? Or perhaps editors have stated that your articles were just too long for their magazines. Those two problems may just wind up being a...
