by Linden Gross | May 5, 2022 | Writing, Writing Life
Of all the words that describe Moke, my fourteen-week-old English Cocker Spaniel, spunky would have to be right at the top of the list. He is absolutely unphased when his three-year-old brother, Misha, who is easily ten times his size and seven times his weight lunges...
by Linden Gross | Apr 7, 2022 | Writing Life
I’ve talked a lot about how writers will never find the time to work on their books. They have to make the time. And I’ve lived by that. But with my new puppy, I’ve realized that sometimes you have to seize the moment the second it presents itself....
by Linden Gross | Mar 17, 2022 | Business, Writing Life
“You’d better find a bartending job,” my then-agent told me in 1987 when I left my position as Special Features Editor at the Los Angeles Times Magazine to start freelancing full-time. Not confidence-building and not helpful. I clearly did figure out how to make it as...
by Linden Gross | Feb 3, 2022 | Writing, Writing Coach Services, Writing Life
The Whistler ball changed my pup Misha’s life. At least for a while. The second I’d bring it out of the car, he’d start dancing. As soon as we made it into the dog park, he was off and running. Talk about motivation! Even though he’d been...
by Linden Gross | Jan 27, 2022 | Marketing, Writing, Writing Life
As much as I would like to think that I can be everything to everybody when it comes to writing, editing and coaching, I am, thankfully, not that full of myself. So, when I came across The Write Life‘s article The 100 Best Websites for Writers in 2021, I...
by Linden Gross | Jan 6, 2022 | Writing Life
Most of us aren’t sorry to see 2021 go. It was one hell of a trying year. On the other hand, some of those challenges brought new perspective, new life choices and new confidence as we rose to whatever occasion presented itself. Of course, I hope that 2022 is...