by Linden Gross | Aug 29, 2024 | Writing, Writing Life
If writing a book tops your list of regrets, you could be missing out on more than you know. These days, more and more people are finding a sense of fulfillment through penning their memoirs. Whether for public or family consumption, the process can be just as...
by Linden Gross | Aug 22, 2024 | Writing
Like an ambush predator, I’ve been sneaking up on that novel I’ve wanted to write for so long in the hopes of finally creating a story that works. I’m starting to talk about it with friends I met decades ago in the High Sierra town that will be the novel’s setting,...
by Linden Gross | Aug 15, 2024 | Lessons From my Dogs, Writing, Writing Life
My two-year-old English Cocker Spaniel, Moke, has figured out a life lesson that has eluded many of us. His secret: doing what it takes. Like his older Aussie mix brother, Misha, Moke loves to a killer game of chase. The problem, of course, is that the only time you...
by Linden Gross | Aug 8, 2024 | Writing, Writing Life
I often joke that if you’re experiencing writer’s self-doubt, then you must, by definition, be a writer. I’m not sure why we’re all so ridiculously insecure, but that does seem to be the case. If you don’t agree with me, you probably don’t know a lot of writers. Take...
by Linden Gross | Jul 18, 2024 | Lessons From my Dogs, Writing
To know me is to know my dogs. They are my family. They are my constant companions at home or on the road in my Eurovan, which should be named Dog House 2. Dog House 1, a Rialta that looked like a stretched version of the Eurovan, finally died a few years ago after...
by Linden Gross | Jul 11, 2024 | Writing, Writing Coach Services
Olympic champion sprinter Michael Johnson, who won four Olympic gold medals and eight Word Championship gold medals, had an absolute sense of how we would work together on his book Gold Rush. We were going to take what has now become a standard hybrid approach to...
