by Linden Gross | Apr 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
When I sit down with a client who’s about to start a novel, I can usually tell which camp they fall into: the “I’ve got an outline longer than War and Peace” camp or the “I’ll just wing it and see where the characters take me” camp. Both approaches can work—but both...
by Linden Gross | Mar 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Why do some aspiring authors–or even published authors, for that matter–wind up not writing? For starters, most of us don’t have the luxury of writing full-time. We have jobs, and making a living takes precedence over almost everything else. Of...
by Linden Gross | Dec 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
by Linden Gross | Nov 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
A great paragraph can sparkle—but without good transitions, your readers will still stumble. Think of transitions as the invisible bridges or stepping stones that carry readers smoothly from one idea, scene, or chapter to the next. Done well, they create a sense of...
by Linden Gross | Jan 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
With the dawning of a new year, I look back on the past one with a sense of wonder. I suppose that’s not uncommon, but 2024 was as rewarding as it was challenging. Ten weeks into the year, I experienced a bout of vertigo that left me lying in a darkened room...
by Linden Gross | Dec 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
I posted this seven years ago and again in 2022. Here’s to a year when it no longer seems so pertinent. “This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.”...
