by Linden Gross | Feb 25, 2011 | Publishing, Writing Life
Are you a good negotiator when it comes to writing fees? If you’re a writer trying to make a living, you’d better be. WritersMarket.com just posted a blog entry by Robert Lee Brewer, which gives some great negotiating advice. To his comments, I would add...
by Linden Gross | Oct 23, 2010 | Writing, Writing Life
Too many writers hamper the creative process–and their prose–by trying to perfect their writing at the start of a project. After years of writing books, magazine articles, web copy, advertorials (the print equivalent of infomercials) and more, I know that...
by Linden Gross | Aug 13, 2010 | Writing, Writing Life
Organization doesn’t come easily for a lot of writers. They live in a swirl of documents, some on the computer, others on scraps of paper or cocktail napkins in piles on their desk or the floors. That doesn’t work for me. And to be honest, once you get past the...
by Linden Gross | May 14, 2010 | Writing, Writing Life
People often assume that choosing a writing coach or a blog coach to work with implies that you’re incapable of writing on your own and need someone to hold your hand. That may be true, and there’s nothing wrong with that. But a writing coach relationship extends way...
by Linden Gross | Apr 24, 2010 | Writing, Writing Life
Writers crack me up. We’re so insecure, we wonder if we’re good enough to be coached. When we get past that, we think we have to perfect first draft copy before letting a writing coach see it. That makes about as much sense as cleaning your house before the maid...
by Linden Gross | Apr 10, 2010 | Writing Life
Sometimes, I crack myself up with my own writing. I suppose that’s not PC to admit, but if we writers don’t appreciate ourselves, what’s the point? So there I was writing about my first Pilates private session. I knew exactly how I was going to start the piece. For...
