by Linden Gross | Mar 20, 2025 | Writing
I’d had the best conversation with a prospect who, at the suggestion of a current writing coach client, had emailed me looking for help on a book that had been rattling around in her head, as she put it, for almost 40 years. Her protagonist, she told me, was a...
by Linden Gross | Mar 6, 2025 | Writing
My client sat down to her novel. Having blocked out the time to write, she was determined to honor that commitment to herself and her book. But she didn’t have a clue about what she was going to write that day. “In the past, that would have freaked me...
by Linden Gross | Feb 27, 2025 | Writing, Writing Coach Services
Is there such a thing as too much writing advice? Absolutely! Since I’m a writing coach, my answer may come as a surprise to some of you. On the other hand, it will likely not surprise my writing coach clients. I’m convinced that writer’s block stems...
by Linden Gross | Feb 20, 2025 | Writing
After a break, I’m back to writing restaurant reviews. I fell into that in 2008 when I was coaching a local Bend magazine staffer who was bemoaning the fact that she had to go dine out that evening and write a restaurant review. “I’d love that,” I announced....
by Linden Gross | Feb 13, 2025 | Writing
Over the last month, I’ve listened to two audiobooks—Tom Lake by Ann Patchett and Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken—which have been in my queue for months and months. For whatever reason, neither had grabbed me when I initially started them. This time around,...
by Linden Gross | Nov 21, 2024 | Collaborating/Ghostwriting, Writing
Last week’s dip into blog posts of the past convinced me to do more of it. While I’ve published two posts already this year about my experience ghostwriting The Legacy of Luna–one about writing my first national bestseller and the other about...
