by Linden Gross | Oct 11, 2013 | Lessons From my Dogs, Writing
My then partner Eric and I were ready to have a pup. We had tried to adopt one a few months earlier, but the young prospect showed not the slightest interest in us. This time around, I was taking no chances. The breeder had told me that she had a puppy who met the...
by Linden Gross | Jul 26, 2013 | Uncategorized, Writing, Writing Life
I missed posting last Friday, I’m happy to say because I was sailing aboard the Schooner Zodiac in a part of the world I’ve wanted to visit for at least 20 years. I had been feeling stuck, sucked into the daily rhythms of life and work to the point that I...
by Linden Gross | Jul 12, 2013 | Marketing, Publishing, Writing
Who are you writing for? If you don’t define your audience, it’s hard to actually know how to reach them. I can guess what you’re thinking. This all sounds obvious, doesn’t it? So here’s the catch. When I ask prospective book authors or...
by Linden Gross | Jun 21, 2013 | Writing
After a long gestation period and guidance from people like the wonderful and wonderfully talented writer Ellie Waterston, OSU-Cascade’s new Low-Residency Creative Writing MFA Program is now a go. You can find information about the program online at...
by Linden Gross | Jun 14, 2013 | Writing
The forensic artist below draws individuals based on their descriptions of themselves, and then again based on the description that someone they’ve just met provides them. As you’ll see, most of us are far more beautiful in real life than how we perceive...
by Linden Gross | Jun 7, 2013 | Writing
As a literature major at the University of California, Santa Cruz I would regularly meet with other students to discuss themes in the books we had been assigned to read. We’d get together in small study groups and explore what the author was trying to say along with...
