by Linden Gross | Sep 7, 2012 | Writing Life
I hate working on deadline. So I avoid it. No, that doesn’t mean that I don’t take jobs with specific delivery dates. I just make sure to finish the work well before it’s due so I don’t have to experience that deadline pressure. A lot of writers...
by Linden Gross | Jul 27, 2012 | Writing Life
Why do we write? Certainly not because it’s easy. The only people who think writing is easy haven’t written much—or at all. No, most of us write either because we have something we need to say or because we have ideas we want to explore. And for some,...
by Linden Gross | Jun 29, 2012 | Writing Life
As a group, we writers may just have the worst posture on the planet. That would be bad enough, but all that slouching over a computer can also cause pain. And that’s really not good. But there are ways to eliminate writing pain. My favorite new stretch to...
by Linden Gross | Mar 23, 2012 | Writing Life
It’s time to clean out your closets. Don’t worry about the clothes. Just dust off those manuscripts that haven’t gone anywhere and start submitting them to various writing competitions. I’ve pasted in the email I just received about upcoming...
by Linden Gross | Mar 2, 2012 | Writing Life
Every once in a while, a book really makes you sit up and take notice of the inequities in the world around us. I wish I had thought to write Barbara Ehrenreich’s bestseller Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (2001). On the other hand, I’m not sure...
by Linden Gross | Feb 3, 2012 | Writing Life
Over the last several months, I’ve teamed up with life coach Carol Delmonico to write a workbook called The Write Balance and conduct related salons. Our pitch letter explains the project pretty well: • Are you living a life out of kilter with your natural self?...
