by Linda S | May 26, 2023 | Inspiration & Motivation
Drumroll! Please put your hands together to celebrate FIVE beautiful new titles from our Book Mama community. You may have seen me post their pics last week from Carmel. One of my favorite thrills about being at my retreats (aside from the omg hotel-made pizza and...
by Linda S | May 18, 2023 | Inspiration & Motivation
Hi! I’m Linda, “BookMama,” a magical thinker who believes in your big dreams. Don’t think you have what it takes? I’m a college dropout who put six commas in every sentence and went on to write, co-author, and ghostwrite eleven books (two New York Times bestsellers),...
by Linda S | May 4, 2023 | Inspiration & Motivation
I thought delays and drama had singled me out. Until Danielle LaPorte & I started the Beautiful Writers Podcast, and I learned of the unexpected setbacks many bestselling authors faced. 💚 Steven Pressfield wrote for seventeen years before he sold a single piece. 💜...
by Linda S | Apr 29, 2023 | Pub Tip Blog
“Get a f#cking job!” my husband yelled. Job? We’d only met eight weeks prior. Wouldn’t our time be better spent getting to know each other? Duh. As a primarily stay-at-home actor, he had all the time in the world while commercial residuals paid...
by Linda S | Apr 23, 2023 | Carmel Writing Retreats
People used to laugh when I told them I’d never plan a writing retreat without getting approval from my sister, Carol, a Vedic astrologer. I swear she’s got the cheat sheets to the Universe when it comes to dates, and the ONE time I went against her...
by Linda S | Apr 16, 2023 | Carmel Writing Retreats
They did it! Proof positive that publishing happens. Eight writing retreat alums saw their ideas through to completion, spinning them into gold for the world to READ. How creativity-affirming is that? (By the pics you’ll see I include my latest because I wrote much...
by Linda S | Apr 8, 2023 | Inspiration & Motivation
YES! I finally kicked the nasty cold and cough that made me sound like a heavy smoker living on cheesecake for the past month and went to the ZOO! When was the last you spent the day marveling at apes, giraffes, elephants, and flamingos so close you could see the bugs...
by Linda S | Mar 20, 2023 | Inspiration & Motivation
I realized the other day that I’d just missed Guru Singh’s birthday, the man who’d predicted it all. As in, my writing career, back when I didn’t think I’d amount to much more than Head Poop-Picker-Upper on the mean streets of Beverly...
by Linda S | Mar 11, 2023 | Inspiration & Motivation
Okay, you’ve got the ache, but no writing credentials. No school newspaper bylines. No teachers calling you “gifted.” No stellar grades in English. Or worse: you got bad grades; your papers returned covered in red ink. A teacher said you’re not gifted. A writing group...
by Linda S | Mar 7, 2023 | Carmel Writing Retreats, Pub Tip Blog
“Are you ready yet because I’m heeeere?” says every book everywhere, waiting on its harried, overwhelmed person. She’s opinionated, your story: “Listen, sister. I’ve given you my best content. WTF? We gotta get this s#it down...