by Linden Gross | Sep 30, 2021 | Business, Publishing, Sales
If you’ve toiled over the writing, editing and publishing of your book, you know how sweet book sales are. The money is welcome, of course. So is the validation of you, the author, and your book. Writing is an amorphous and highly subjective endeavor until book sales...
by Linden Gross | Jul 8, 2021 | Editing, Publishing, Writing
As more of my writing clients are finishing their books, I’m finding some shared formatting mistakes in their manuscripts. While I don’t recommend worrying about formatting while writing your initial sloppy copy, establishing a few basic formatting...
by Linden Gross | May 6, 2021 | Publishing, Writing Coach Services
It is time to self-publish your book? When Michelle Dickinson and I first started working together, it was clear from her pages that she had the makings of a very compelling memoir. Having grown up with a bipolar mother, she had led a life that was very different than...
by Linden Gross | Apr 22, 2021 | Publishing
How risky is the memoir you’re writing or are about to publish? I didn’t say risqué. I’m talking about memoir legal issues here. Since most memoirists aren’t writing about happy periods in their lives, memoir legal issues must be considered....
by Linden Gross | Apr 15, 2021 | Marketing, Publishing
Sometimes promoting a book on social media can feel like pitching into a black hole. That’s certainly how I’ve felt with Busting the Brass Ceiling: How a Heroic Female Cop Changed the Face of Policing, which I co-authored with Fanchon Blake. And then you...
by Linden Gross | Feb 25, 2021 | Editing, Publishing, Writing
What comes after the first draft and all the steps you’ve taken in the ensuing months? And, even more importantly, how long before you can publish your book? The good news is that before you even receive the physical proof of your book, in fact, even before the copy...
