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Beautiful Writers:

A Journey of Big Dreams and Messy Manuscriptsā€”With Tricks of the Trade from Bestselling Authors

ā€œBeautiful Writers is The Artist’s Way for a new generation…ā€

ā€”Tosca Lee, New York Times bestselling author of Iscariot and The Line Between

ā€œThis is a REALLY good book that will help a LOT of people…ā€

ā€”Steven Pressfield, bestselling author of The Legend of Bagger Vance, Gates of Fire, and The War of Art

ā€œI stayed up all night reading Lindaā€™s stories…ā€

ā€”Allison K. Hill, CEO of American Booksellerā€™s Association

ā€œCanā€™t put it downā€¦ I must put it down! I want to keep bingeing this addictive bookā€¦ā€

ā€”Laura Belgray, author of Tough Titties (2023, Hachette), founder of Talking Shrimp, and co-creator of The Copy Cure

ā€œLinda Sivertsen is someone everyone should know.ā€

ā€”Martha Beck, New York Times bestselling author of The Way of Integrity, an Oprahā€™s Book Club selection

ā€œ…Ā a funny, relatable reminder to everyone on how deeply rewarding it is to follow your passions, trust your gut, and create.ā€

ā€”Brooke Baldwin, veteran journalist, and bestselling author of Huddle

You have the ache.

You have what it takes.

Beautiful Writers Book Signing
BW Cover Int'l Award Sticker
AMAZON
BARNES & NOBLE

Audiobook Available now!

Beautiful Writers:

A Journey of Big Dreams and Messy Manuscriptsā€”With Tricks of the Trade from Bestselling Authors

ā€œBeautiful Writers is The Artist’s Way for a new generation…ā€

ā€”Tosca Lee, New York Times bestselling author of Iscariot and The Line Between

ā€œThis is a REALLY good book that will help a LOT of people…ā€

ā€”Steven Pressfield, bestselling author of The Legend of Bagger Vance, Gates of Fire, and The War of Art

ā€œLinda Sivertsen is someone everyone should know.ā€

ā€”Martha Beck, New York Times bestselling author of The Way of Integrity, an Oprahā€™s Book Club selection

ā€œI stayed up all night reading Lindaā€™s stories…ā€

ā€”Allison K. Hill, CEO of American Booksellerā€™s Association

ā€œCanā€™t put it downā€¦ I must put it down! I want to keep bingeing this addictive bookā€¦ā€

ā€”Laura Belgray, author of Tough Titties (2023, Hachette), founder of Talking Shrimp, and co-creator of The Copy Cure

ā€œ…Ā a funny, relatable reminder to everyone on how deeply rewarding it is to follow your passions, trust your gut, and create.ā€

ā€”Brooke Baldwin, veteran journalist, and bestselling author of Huddle

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Hey, beautiful writer! šŸ’« Welcome to my new Q&A seriesā€”Iā€™m so glad youā€™re here. If youā€™ve ever felt plot panic, confidence nosedives, or the creeping dread of overwhelm, youā€™re in the right place. Iā€™ve got you. šŸ’Ŗ Got Qā€™s? Drop ā€™em in the commentsā€”your question just might be next! šŸ’Œ Where do these answers come from? Some are plucked straight from convos with my cherished clients (names withheld to protect the brilliant). Others come from my books, blogs, or the questions Iā€™ve wrestled with myself. And a whole lot originate from the goldmine that is the Beautiful Writers Podcast and my Beautiful Writers book. If it helps you write braver, better, and with more joy? Weā€™re going there. See you in a couple days for more juicy insight + inspo. I love this work. I love you, too, by the way. šŸ–ŠļøāœØ xo, LS #DearBookMama #WritingLife #BeautifulWritersBook #WritersOfInstagram #AskMeAnything #WritingCoachLove #BeautifulWritersPodcast #BookMamaVibes #LindaSivertsen

Hey, beautiful writer! šŸ’« Welcome to my new Q&A seriesā€”Iā€™m so glad youā€™re here. If youā€™ve ever felt plot panic, confidence nosedives, or the creeping dread of overwhelm, youā€™re in the right place. Iā€™ve got you. šŸ’Ŗ Got Qā€™s? Drop ā€™em in the commentsā€”your question just might be next! šŸ’Œ

Where do these answers come from? Some are plucked straight from convos with my cherished clients (names withheld to protect the brilliant). Others come from my books, blogs, or the questions Iā€™ve wrestled with myself. And a whole lot originate from the goldmine that is the Beautiful Writers Podcast and my Beautiful Writers book. If it helps you write braver, better, and with more joy? Weā€™re going there.

See you in a couple days for more juicy insight + inspo. I love this work. I love you, too, by the way. šŸ–ŠļøāœØ

xo,
LS

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šŸŽ‰Fun! Dear Book Mama, my new social media series for writers is on! The Qā€™s always come. Here youll find my best Aā€™s. After nearly thirty years in the trenches of the book worldā€”writing, editing, ghosting, publishing, speaking, coaching, podcastingā€”Iā€™ve been asked everything. From ā€œHow do I land an agent?ā€ to ā€œWhat the heck do I do when my inner critic wonā€™t shut up?ā€ to ā€œWaitā€¦ am I even allowed to say that in a memoir?ā€ (Spoiler: probably, yes.) Some days, I feel like a literary Dear Abby. I love it. šŸ«¶ Then it hit me (finallyā€”why are the best ideas always so obvious after the fact?): Instead of repeating myself in 1:1 convos, emails, DMs, and Zooms, why not turn these juicy, soulful, sometimes middle-of-the-night questions into bite-sized brilliance for you? Think: mini writing masterclasses disguised as social media posts. Gold you can screenshot and save for later. āœØ Soā€¦ welcome to my new Q&Aā€™s! šŸ™Œ Youā€™ll find new posts at least three times a weekā€”like this one + another Iā€™ll post in a few minutes. I canā€™t wait to connect, answer your questions, and help turn your scroll time into soul timeā€”for your writing life. āœļø For more info, follow the #DearBookMama hashtag (that I just made upā€”ha), watch for future posts, or check out todayā€™s #BookMamaBlog https://bit.ly/4m3CAYZ Im excited! šŸŽ† Yours, Linda xo #DearBookMama #BeautifulWritersBook #WritingAdvice #QandA #BookMamaMusings #BeautifulWritersPodcast #BeautifulWritersGroup #LindaSivertsen

šŸŽ‰Fun! Dear Book Mama, my new social media series for writers is on! The Qā€™s always come. Here you'll find my best Aā€™s.

After nearly thirty years in the trenches of the book worldā€”writing, editing, ghosting, publishing, speaking, coaching, podcastingā€”Iā€™ve been asked everything. From ā€œHow do I land an agent?ā€ to ā€œWhat the heck do I do when my inner critic wonā€™t shut up?ā€ to ā€œWaitā€¦ am I even allowed to say that in a memoir?ā€ (Spoiler: probably, yes.)

Some days, I feel like a literary Dear Abby. I love it. šŸ«¶

Then it hit me (finallyā€”why are the best ideas always so obvious after the fact?): Instead of repeating myself in 1:1 convos, emails, DMs, and Zooms, why not turn these juicy, soulful, sometimes middle-of-the-night questions into bite-sized brilliance for you? Think: mini writing masterclasses disguised as social media posts. Gold you can screenshot and save for later. āœØ

Soā€¦ welcome to my new Q&Aā€™s! šŸ™Œ Youā€™ll find new posts at least three times a weekā€”like this one + another Iā€™ll post in a few minutes.

I canā€™t wait to connect, answer your questions, and help turn your scroll time into soul timeā€”for your writing life. āœļø

For more info, follow the #DearBookMama hashtag (that I just made upā€”ha), watch for future posts, or check out todayā€™s #BookMamaBlog

I'm excited! šŸŽ†
Yours,
Linda xo

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