by Linden Gross | Aug 10, 2023 | Writing
A number of my clients writing novels have struggled with characters’ point of view (POV for short) in their work. POV means that you enter a character’s head and see the world from his or her point of view. The problem is that entering every...
by Linden Gross | Jul 13, 2023 | Business, Writing
I searched unsuccessfully for a literary attorney for years. People would tell me just to call my business lawyer when my referral requests repeatedly failed to yield results. “She’s great, but she doesn’t specialize in author legal advice,” I...
by Linden Gross | Jul 6, 2023 | Business, Writing, Writing Coach Services
The hardest part of writing a book to boost your business often involves determining what you want to say. Have you ever gotten so close to a typewritten page that the words blur or so close to a painting that you can no longer see the big picture? Getting a little...
by Linden Gross | Jun 29, 2023 | Writing
I don’t usually suggest that my writing coach clients resist the urge to be creative. In fact, I never suggest that–with one notable exception. Straying from basic speech tags is one of those rookie writing mistakes you want to avoid. “That makes no...
by Linden Gross | Jun 22, 2023 | Business, Writing, Writing Coach Services
Almost without exception, people drafting a manuscript worry about their writing. “Does it sound good enough?” they want to know. Wrong question. They should be asking whether it sounds like them. When writing a book to promote your business and encourage people to...
by Linden Gross | Jun 15, 2023 | Lessons From my Dogs, Writing
Some dogs have superpowers. Sophie’s was making the people around her feel like they were the most important beings on the planet. She would gaze at whomever she was by with eyes full of love and compassion, and then try to get a little closer. She didn’t...
