by Linden Gross | May 12, 2022 | Publishing, Success Stories
If you’re a cozy mysteries fan, you’ll want to get to know my writing coach client and author, Jeff Hutcheson, and his Lost Key Mystery series. To be honest, neither Jeff nor I initially realized that Going Barefoot, which he published a year ago this...
by Linden Gross | Apr 28, 2022 | Marketing, Publishing, Sales
Asking for a book endorsement isn’t always the easiest thing for most of us. Now, some people, like my friend and writing coach client David Rosell, just have a knack for it. They either know a lot of high-profile folks, or they simply don’t mind...
by Linden Gross | Feb 24, 2022 | Publishing, Writing
My writing coach clients ask me all the time how long their books should be. I usually reply that the content dictates the length. In fairness, however, there are some publishing norms regarding word count, which vary depending on genre. So, while I still believe that...
by Linden Gross | Jan 13, 2022 | Marketing, Publishing, Sales
So there’s good news and less good news when it comes to book promotion ideas and realities. You no longer have to mail out scads of press kits and copies of your book. And you don’t necessarily have to hire a publicist. While those can come in handy for...
by Linden Gross | Dec 2, 2021 | Publishing, Writing
You’re going to make writer mistakes. That’s a given, part of the writer’s rite of passage. But you don’t have to make all of them. So I’m launching a new Writer Mistakes series in the hopes of sparing you a few writer mistakes along the...
by Linden Gross | Nov 4, 2021 | Publishing
Your book is almost ready to launch. The hardcopy book proof you just received from Amazon or IngramSpark looks great. The interior page layout you saw as a short sample and in the electronic proof looks even better now that you’re holding the actual book. Then you...
