by Linden Gross | May 27, 2021 | Writing, Writing Life
By Monday mid-afternoon, I had hit my goal of writing and scheduling my weekly blog posts through August. And it was only the end of April. If I keep this up, I’ll have the rest of the year’s posts completed by the end of May, I thought. Four weeks later,...
by Linden Gross | Apr 8, 2021 | Writing Life
Over the last year-plus, most of us have experienced Covid in a variety of personal ways. We’ve been forced to isolate. Work has been impacted. Friends and family have gotten sick, as have some of us. In short, it’s been a tough slog. But the journey has...
by Linden Gross | Dec 31, 2020 | Writing, Writing Life
Inspiration often comes when we least expect it. So does the validation of one’s assumptions. One of my pet theories is that writers don’t just pop into life fully equipped with the ability to realize their propensity for the written word. I’ve...
by Linden Gross | Dec 3, 2020 | Writing, Writing Coach Services, Writing Life
This whole COVID experience challenges us all on a daily basis. It has also provided some of us with the opportunity to examine and reprioritize our lives. This creative transformation can show up in all kinds of ways. Of course, some things have stayed the same. I...
by Linden Gross | Oct 15, 2020 | Publishing, Sales, Writing, Writing Life
Feeling frustrated? Indulging in a little (or a lot) of writer self-doubt? To Kill a Mockingbird author Nelle Harper Lee was so disenchanted with her manuscript that she threw it out the window of her New York apartment. Luckily, since those were the days of...
by Linden Gross | Oct 1, 2020 | Writing, Writing Coach Services, Writing Life
Memoirs usually aren’t the easiest to write. Let’s face it. Most people don’t decide to write a memoir based on happy, serene experiences. The personal memories that move people to dive into this kind of nonfiction narrative writing are usually...