by Linden Gross | Jun 17, 2021 | Writing
Conflict, the topic of Part 1 of this two-part series, is just one element in your tackle box when it comes to how to grab your readers’ attention. In another Writer’s Digest article, “10 Ways to Hook Your Reader (and Reel Them in for Good),” author Ann Garvin lists...
by Linden Gross | Jun 10, 2021 | Writing
Have you figured out how to hook readers in your book’s first paragraph and keep them on the line until the ending? If not, that novel or piece of narrative nonfiction you’ve worked so hard on probably won’t come close to living up to those dreams of...
by Linden Gross | Jun 3, 2021 | Children's Books, Writing
Life and work can definitely get in the way of carving out writing time. Having decided to revise and self-publish Busting the Brass Ceiling: How a Heroic Female Cop Changed the Face of Policing, I put my children’s book writing on hold. That’s nothing new. I got the...
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 | May 13, 2021 | Lessons From my Dogs, Writing
My pup Misha reminds me of a lot of the guys I dated and thankfully never married—a sweet heart with a bad-boy edge that keeps you guessing. While his snuggle factor convinced me to bring him home even though I hadn’t been looking for a puppy, he’s become stingier...
by Linden Gross | Mar 25, 2021 | Writing
Words of wisdom about writing often come from unexpected sources. How else you do explain my “Writing Lessons from My Dogs” series? This time, however, the insights weren’t related to my pups but rather to a lovely and massive bouquet of sunflowers...
