by Linden Gross | Feb 21, 2014 | Publishing, Writing
In honor of American Heart Month and Black History Month, my writing coach client Dr. Surender R. Neravetla has published his second book Salt: Black America’s Silent Killer (Health Now Books, 2014) and released the related book trailer (which I helped create). ...
by Linden Gross | Jan 31, 2014 | Writing
If your writing runs to the creative side—whether fiction or nonfiction—and you live in the Pacific Northwest, you just might want to heed the call for submissions to the Nature of Words’ 2014 Rising Star Creative Writing Competition. Oregon, Washington and...
by Linden Gross | Dec 28, 2013 | Marketing, Publishing, Writing
Determined not to start the new year with an overflowing Inbox, I forced myself to dive in and deal with every single scrap of paper that had accumulated over the months. I know what you’re thinking. Yes, I actually do have a painfully tangible Inbox as well as...
by Linden Gross | Dec 6, 2013 | Lessons From my Dogs, Writing
Ziggy, my fourth pup, belonged to friends of mine who had adopted him from the Humane Society. The Australian Sheppard-Border Collie mix was as sweet as he was beautiful. It quickly became apparent, however, that he was also a scared dog with an ugly past. Raised...
by Linden Gross | Nov 8, 2013 | Lessons From my Dogs, Uncategorized, Writing
I met Sophie, a Black Australian Shepherd-Golden Retriever mix who looks just like a Flat-Coated Retriever, when she was a year old. She raced out to the rocks at the southeast border of my backyard, curled her lip Elvis style and wagged the lower half of her body so...
by Linden Gross | Oct 25, 2013 | Language, Writing
A rose may be a rose may be a rose, but all edits are definitely not the same. In fact, there are five every different types of editing: Developmental Editing Have a book in mind but not sure what to do next? Writing coaches and/or developmental editors can help you...
