by Linda S | May 7, 2022 | Pub Tip Blog
Where’s your book at? In your heart, on your hard drive, or in your client stories and service in the world? Let’s talk about incubating creativity and what it takes to make book babies—or just great content. Join me and my soul sister Danielle LaPorte for a...
by Linda S | Apr 22, 2022 | Beautiful Writers Podcast
We’ve missed you, Danielle & me! Our season of book delivery kicked our asses. (How to Be Loving for Danielle and Beautiful Writers for me, both available for preorder.) But that’s what it takes, often, to create our best work. So, since we know...
by Linda S | Apr 2, 2022 | Pub Tip Blog
On edge lately? Goodness, who hasn’t been?! My sister, Carol Allen, a Vedic astrologer who makes incredibly accurate predictions on the timing of things, sent out the below newsletter last Sunday morning—hours BEFORE the Oscar slap heard ‘round the world. I’m sharing...
by Linda S | Mar 9, 2022 | Carmel Writing Retreats, Inspiration & Motivation, Virtual Writing Retreats
Book editing. I’m STILL in it—if you can you believe it. Turns out when you have 130k words to review, and you’ve written about a heap of folks and excerpted over 60 celeb authors, there’s a TON to check + perfect. ❤️ (It’s remarkable how much...
by Linda S | Feb 24, 2022 | Pub Tip Blog
War dashes dreams. And what happens in our yard, next door, across a country, or the globe affects all tender hearts. You are not alone if you’re scared. Or if you woke up with a broken heart. And if the images of people and animals fleeing for their lives guts...
by Linda S | Feb 19, 2022 | Writing, Marketing & Publishing Tips
Friends! My love letter to reading, writing, and everyone who reads and writes, is finally available for preorder! Beautiful Writers: A Journey of Big Dreams and Messy Manuscripts—with Tricks of the Trade from Bestselling Authors, is the book I wished I’d had...
by Linda S | Jan 3, 2022 | Inspiration & Motivation, Virtual Writing Retreats
From that first bite of perfectly ripe fruit in my mornings to the joy of adding raw wildflower honey to my afternoon tea to getting covered in puppy dog kisses in the warmth of the Arizona winter sun anytime, my mind these days keeps drifting to sweet things. Maybe...
by Linda S | Oct 31, 2021 | Beautiful Writers Podcast
Spooky smart. Miraculously mystical. Devilishly delightful. Listen in as two prolific bestselling thriller authors, Patricia Cornwell (over 100 million copies sold) and Tosca Lee (award-winning NYT bestseller), sweeten up our Halloween with this perfectly low-cal,...
by Linda S | Sep 7, 2021 | Beautiful Writers Podcast
Today’s a very good day! This Book Mama is giddyhappy. Since meeting Jenny Lawson over five years ago, I’ve ached to have her on the Beautiful Writers Podcast, and it’s finally happened on this, my post-book-delivery return to the show. After taking...
by Linda S | Aug 6, 2021 | Pub Tip Blog, Writing, Marketing & Publishing Tips
There’s no greater joy for me than shortcutting a writer’s process. I love sharing things that took me FOREVER to learn that make getting your stories out to the world easier. I feel like this is why I was born. In talking with my client Jessica the other day—the gal...
