by Linden Gross | Dec 18, 2025 | Publishing, Sales
A lot of writers don’t really understand how the whole compensation piece works in publishing. A lot of aspiring authors are also convinced they’re going to write a bestseller and make a fortune. Here’s your author profit reality check, along with a few must-know...
by Linden Gross | Dec 4, 2025 | Sales
Pitching a magazine article is a little like asking someone out on a date. You don’t want to gush endlessly, you don’t want to be vague, and you definitely don’t want to sound like you copied the same line for 50 people. You want to be intriguing, specific, and worth...
by Linden Gross | Jun 6, 2024 | Sales, Writing
“I want this book to be a bestseller,” my writing coach prospects and clients will often say to me. Who doesn’t? I think to myself as I rush to assure them that if I knew the key to writing a bestseller, I would likely be sipping a cocktail under a palm tree on a...
by Linden Gross | Jan 18, 2024 | Business, Publishing, Sales, Writing Coach Services
Could your efforts to set yourself apart and promote the product(s) or service(s) you offer use some help? When it comes to marketing, a book will set you apart from the competition better than anything else. For starters, it immediately establishes your authority and...
by Linden Gross | Nov 30, 2023 | Marketing, Sales
You’ve finished your book. You’re sure it’s going to be a bestseller because why wouldn’t everyone want to read it? Maybe you’re right. But your book isn’t going to sell itself, and if no one hears about it, no one is going to buy...
by Linden Gross | Sep 14, 2023 | Marketing, Sales
In this last section, Part 8, about how to get schools to buy your book—culled from a plan of action created for my friend, client, and associate, Morri Stewart, and her fantasy novel Faltofar—curriculum developer turned creativity coach, Deborah Allen, shares the...
