by Linden Gross | Apr 16, 2010 | Language, Writing
Like it or not, our written words reflect upon us way longer than we would sometimes like. That’s especially true in business, where email communication has supplanted many a phone conversation. As a writing coach, I work with people who love writing and those who...
by Linden Gross | Mar 19, 2010 | Writing
Writer’s block may be the two most dreaded words in a writer’s vocabulary. We all know stories about authors who wound up stymied for months. I have my own theory about what triggers writer’s block. Make that two theories. And they don’t have much to do with putting...
by Linden Gross | Mar 12, 2010 | Marketing, Publishing, Writing
Are you automatically discounting self-publishing? You might want to think again. It seems as if almost everyone wants to write a book at some time in their life, but getting published is getting harder and harder. Those authors who do manage to find an agent—and then...
by Linden Gross | Mar 5, 2010 | Writing, Writing Life
Writing is most often a solitary business. All too often we writers have to motivate ourselves, isolate ourselves until our pages are done, pat ourselves on the back when things work out and console ourselves when they don’t. But it doesn’t have to be, even if you’re...
by Linden Gross | Feb 5, 2010 | Writing, Writing Life
Writers as a group have refined the art of self-flagellation … and not only evaluating their own prose or verse when writing a book. “I didn’t do any writing,” my writing coach clients will say to me. Granted sometimes that means they didn’t even think about their...
by Linden Gross | Dec 11, 2009 | Writing
Whether you want to promote a business or a cause, write the great American novel or simply sum up a lifetime for your friends and family, you don’t have to miss out any longer. Start with a brain dump, also known by my clients as The Big Sloppy Letter to Linden....
