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...
by Linda S | May 14, 2020 | Book Mama Recommends
My beautiful writers, I want to talk about the things we don’t talk about—that which shall not be named. The unmentionable here is SHAME. The shame so many want-to-be authors have around not having the “right” credentials. It was my father—on his...
by Linda S | May 2, 2020 | Beautiful Writers Podcast
Hello! In a VERY special eco-edition of the Beautiful Writers Podcast, Jane Goodall—Ph.D., DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, and UN Messenger of Peace—is with us from the UK. I’m excited to celebrate the release of the Nat Geo film The Hope, showcasing...
by Linda S | Mar 31, 2020 | Beautiful Writers Podcast
Joy Harjo, Poet Laureate of the United States—the nation’s “official” poet—is here! She’s the first Native American to hold this position, and I’ve been a weepy mess since she agreed to chat with us. As someone who lived on raw land in...
by Linda S | Feb 29, 2020 | Beautiful Writers Podcast
Today on the #BeautifulWritersPodcast, two of my bestie New York Times bestselling author friends meet for the 1st time. (You know I love literary matchmaking.) Laura Munson is promoting her first novel, Willa’s Grove, while Terry McMillan is about to share with the...
by Linda S | Jan 31, 2020 | Beautiful Writers Podcast
“Writers write.” This sentence—these two little words said by Oscar-nominated screenwriter, actress, and bestselling author Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Instant Mom) on today’s Beautiful Writers Podcast, seem so obvious, right? Of...
by Linda Sivertsen | Dec 14, 2019 | Carmel Writing Retreats
Hello, Love! Maybe you know what this is like: It’s so HARD to say goodbye after you’ve felt seen, heard, and loved up—”gotten” as a person and a writer, maybe for the first time. (Not that it ever gets old.) How, after you’ve bonded...
by Linda S | Dec 9, 2019 | Pub Tip Blog
Humor writer and journalist Joel Stein has kept me laughing for over twenty years with his brilliant columns in Time magazine, the LA Times, Entertainment Weekly, and more. With his hilarious and insightful new book, In Defense of Elitism: Why I’m Better Than...
by Linda S | Oct 30, 2019 | Beautiful Writers Podcast
What’s it take to make a story go viral? Global? To top the charts as word-of-mouth carries your tale far and wide—for days, months, or even years? There’s no one formula. But certain things help stack the odds in your favor. Like novelty (a unique idea)....
