by Linden Gross | Dec 5, 2024 | Writing Coach Services, Writing Life
I joined Central Oregon’s 100 Women Who Care chapter during Covid. Despite–or because–of being closeted at home, I needed a sense that I was making a difference. The first 100 Women Who Care group was founded in 2006 by Jackson, Michigan’s...
by Linden Gross | Oct 17, 2024 | Book Coach, Writing, Writing Coach Services
My writing coach career started a good 25 years ago without my even realizing it. I’d helped a literary agent with her book proposal and then her book. She mentioned me to a colleague who had a client with monster talent but not enough drive or direction. That...
by Linden Gross | Oct 10, 2024 | Writing, Writing Coach Services, Writing Life
The tomato plant looked like it was dying, with unstaked branches that sprawled across the hot ground. Despite the wilted and soft leaves starting to turn brown, it still sported plenty of shiny red cherry tomatoes. But they wouldn’t last long at this rate, and...
by Linden Gross | Aug 1, 2024 | Book Coach, Writing Coach Services
I don’t ever wonder why people would hire a book/writing coach like me. Twenty-five years of helping clients work through their writing struggles and publish their books tells me all I need to know. But if there was any lingering doubt, all I’d have to do is...
by Linden Gross | Jul 11, 2024 | Writing, Writing Coach Services
Olympic champion sprinter Michael Johnson, who won four Olympic gold medals and eight Word Championship gold medals, had an absolute sense of how we would work together on his book Gold Rush. We were going to take what has now become a standard hybrid approach to...
by Linden Gross | Jun 20, 2024 | Lessons From my Dogs, Writing, Writing Coach Services
Bad habits are hard to break. On dog walks, my two-year-old English Cocker Spaniel continues to jump on humans and their canine companions. Meanwhile, my five-year-old Aussie-Shepherd-Husky insists on introducing himself to new pups in the most intimate of ways. Both...
