by Linda S | Oct 22, 2020 | Beautiful Writers Podcast
Two of the top-selling YA Fantasy authors EVER give us a master class on earning, output, and living as epic a life as the stories they’re writing, on this fifth birthday of the Beautiful Writers Podcast. These #1 New York Times bestselling novelists—Nigerian-American...
by Linda S | Oct 7, 2020 | Carmel Writing Retreats
“This is the best food I’ve ever eaten!” said all four of my Carmel Writing Retreat participants during our week together in Carmel-by-the-Sea last month. Food’s no joke when you’re bringing worlds to life. It’s a comfort thing. But also a brain thing. Glucose powers...
by Linda S | Aug 14, 2020 | Carmel Writing Retreats
Your book. Your love letter—to all you’ve been, done, and learned. You probably had a timeline in your head about when you’d have your samples and/or book proposal ready to pitch agents—YOU WERE DOIN’ IT! And then the world changed. Everything...
by Linda S | Aug 2, 2020 | Beautiful Writers Podcast
What do writers Trevor Noah, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Jay-Z, and Mira Jacob have in common? Chris Jackson, legendary publisher and Editor-in-Chief of One World, an imprint of Penguin Random House. He’s on today’s episode of the Beautiful Writers Podcast with Valarie Kaur,...
by Linda S | May 31, 2020 | Beautiful Writers Podcast
The world feels like it’s exploding. With Covid-19 and anti-racism protests raging through our streets, I had a sensitive, maybe even a bold question to ask Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Patchett, two longtime literary idols of mine. How are a couple of white women so...