by Linda S | Mar 23, 2024 | Pub Tip Blog
Did you catch how I aired my dirty pages in public on my first solo pod episode, with my, whoops, swear words? I couldn’t help myself. Sharing dashed book dreams ain’t easy. FUCK! But I’m so glad I got over myself, stopped calling my sound engineer to kill the...
by Linda S | Mar 15, 2024 | Beautiful Writers Podcast
What happens when your dream comes true after years of work? 🎉 What happens when that dream twists into what feels like a career-killing nightmare? 🥺 In this episode, I’m telling the truth like never before—solo, my first in nine years—and it’s the most...
by Linda S | Jan 23, 2024 | Media & Events
I’m beyond excited to share news of an exclusive book-lovin’ evening. Imagine this: a cozy gathering in Encino, Los Angeles, the air buzzing with inspiration and the company of incredible women. Happy Women Dinners is hosting me and my dear friend Kelly...
by Linda S | Jan 11, 2024 | Inspiration & Motivation
So I signed up for Gabby Bernstein’s 21-day New Year’s manifesting challenge because, let’s face it, 2023 was a mess. Wonderful things happened in 2023, of course. I’m so grateful! But, yikes, world. And every time I turned around, I had an animal emergency. I needed...
by Linda S | Nov 15, 2023 | Writing, Marketing & Publishing Tips
Well, easier 😉. You’ve written much of your book. You’ve made sure the blue eyes on page 46 aren’t brown on page 220 and that Uncle Grady’s southern accent doesn’t come and go. What’s next? You’re looking ahead, getting ready to get ready. Here are the steps I...
by Linda S | Sep 28, 2023 | Carmel Writing Retreats
Is it just me, or has it been a SUMMER? Between freak horse injuries (two at once, unrelated), our four-year-old dog, Wild, waking up blind for no apparent reason (glaucoma at four… whaaat?!), followed by surgery to remove a tumor on her stomach (not cancerous, TG!),...
by Linda S | Aug 26, 2023 | Beautiful Writers Podcast
OMG, dreams do come true! In her newsletter yesterday (I was on horseback without the internet—my timing… or rather, my husband’s timing!), Laura Belgray writes that she always fantasized about being one of my guests. “Yup: After having my sights set on it...
by Linda S | Jul 7, 2023 | Inspiration & Motivation
Good morning! I wanted to pop in with a short & sweet summertime writing tip from the road. (Mama’s driving eight hours today, home from seeing our grand kiddos in Vancouver, Washington.) ☀️🤓 LIBRARIES! Have you sat down in one recently? The focus is instant, at...
by Linda S | Jun 14, 2023 | Inspiration & Motivation
Don’t you love a good success story? Me, too! Today we celebrate one of our own, Beautiful Writers Group member Clare Frank, and lit agent Laura Yorke (who’s sold many books for #BookMama clients). This, my friends, is an example of how a life-long mission...
by Linda S | Jun 9, 2023 | Inspiration & Motivation
Have you ever wanted something so badly that you thought you might die without it? My literary agent was about to drop me. I could feel it. He’d been sending my book proposal to editors for a year with no takers. I was an unknown, but the book was damn good—I trusted...