by Linden Gross | Aug 7, 2025 | Marketing, Publishing
Whoever said that writing is easy has clearly never written a book. Ditto when it comes to publishing. As much as we’d all love to believe that if you write it, they will come, things don’t seem to work that way. You actually have to court your readers by...
by Linden Gross | Jul 24, 2025 | Publishing, Reading
You’ve finished your book. Again. This time, you really need some people who aren’t your friends or your family to read your manuscript and provide you with some objective feedback and perspective. While you can always hire someone like me to critique your manuscript,...
by Linden Gross | Jul 17, 2025 | Publishing, Writing
I will confess right here and now that I haven’t been an AI enthusiast. I’m just not crazy about a computer replacing a writer’s inspiration and craft. My concern about using AI when writing is not unmerited. Over the last couple of years, a glut of AI-generated scam...
by Linden Gross | Jul 3, 2025 | Publishing
A few months ago, I received an email from a writer who had been referred to me by an editor I routinely work with. The writer had finished her novel. She’d had it both line edited and copyedited. Despite this pro move that way too many people want to skip, she had no...
by Linden Gross | May 29, 2025 | Publishing
My friend and client, Jane Hiatt, is just finishing up a book about hypnosis and trauma called Deep Medicine for Trauma: 5 Powerful Treatments for Healing That Experts Have Overlooked, based on her years of working in that arena. The stories of people coming to terms...
by Linden Gross | May 15, 2025 | Publishing
As clients finish their books and move from writing and editing to thinking about self-publishing and book promotion, the question of whether they need a website usually comes up. The answer is a decisive, “That depends.” If you’re playing around with a novel or a...
