by Linden Gross | Nov 9, 2023 | Marketing, Writing
“It’s time to revise Failure Is Not an Option: Creating Certainty In the Uncertainty of Retirement,” my friend and client, David Rosell, announced. The book, which the financial planner wrote in 2013, hadn’t been updated in five years, and the country’s financial...
by Linden Gross | Nov 2, 2023 | Lessons From my Dogs, Writing
A few months ago, I felt a hard lump when I was petting my English cocker spaniel puppy, Moke. I tried hard not to panic. He’s my sixth dog, so I’m used to health challenges–some minor, some as serious as they get. I chose to adopt a watch-and-wait...
by Linden Gross | Oct 26, 2023 | Writing
Bringing history to life and making it relevant to what’s happening today has seemingly not been a priority. But that may be starting to change. Like most academics, historians often write for others in their field. So, I was particularly gratified when my writing...
by Linden Gross | Oct 5, 2023 | Writing, Writing Life
“You have to go see Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West,” my brother insisted before I flew to Phoenix last weekend to attend a fundraiser featuring my writing coach client Barbara Hinske. The city’s Foundation for Blind Children had provided...
by Linden Gross | Sep 28, 2023 | Writing, Writing Life
First, my writing coach client, Sam Simon, who is one of the original Nader Raiders, tackled breast cancer when he wrote a challenging memoir about what happened when his wife of 34 years was diagnosed. He was convinced that the love of his life would die. Amazingly,...
by Linden Gross | Sep 7, 2023 | Lessons From my Dogs, Writing
Yup. Life happens when we’re making other plans. It had been a stressful week. I just needed to decompress, so I reached out to my friend, Laura, who, it turned out, needed some downtime even more than I did. We agreed to take our dogs for a walk in the...
