Going Dark to Write How-To
My best DIY tips for leaving the world behind + finishing your book ... Hey Beauty! Has this ever happened to you? Your shopping cart begs to be filled, but your feet stand immobile. The mounds of choices stupefy. Would they prefer Russet potatoes or Yukon Golds?...
I’ve Got a Publishing Secret
I wasn’t sure I’d ever talk about this. But if my experience helps you navigate your own writing + pub goals, I think it’s worth revealing. Late last year, I met with several publishers about having my own imprint. Essentially being a publisher within a publisher....
Guru Singh: Buried Treasures Revealed
Allow me to share perhaps my favorite conversation on writing EVER. As in, of all time. My dear friend of over two decades, Guru Singh, joins me on today’s episode of the Beautiful Writers Podcast and I know you've NEVER heard anything like what’s about to come into...
TEDWomen Dream Come True…
DUUUUUUDES! Omg. I'm a noodle. Prepping for speaking at TEDWomen in San Francisco since June (5 months!) was NUTS! I think I rewrote/tweaked my talk on Time Debt and how The Boyfriend Log woke me up 100+ times... welcome to my world as an editor. I actually said one...
Sometimes I forget I’m a writer. (Memoir update.)
Sometimes I forget that I write books... forget that this is how it started. All this bookmama-retreat-giving-editing-brainstorming-proposal-midwifery-podcastery-app business began pen to page. For me. Through me. My always companion. I imagine my nine-year-old hands...
Glennon Doyle Melton w/ Martha Beck & Me on the Beautiful Writers Podcast
Oh my God, you guys. I can’t wait to share today’s Beautiful Writers Podcast episode with you! I’m totally addicted to Glennon Doyle Melton and her new book, LOVE WARRIOR. I’m serious. No exaggeration. You’re not even going to believe how good this memoir is....
Girls Rule & Other Publishing Success Stories
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to attend one of my writing retreats in Carmel—and wondered if signing up was right for you—allow me to share part of a blog from past retreater, Kelly Noonan. (She’s the one in the white pants, second from the right, with a few...
Launch Day: iTunes podcast w/ Liz Gilbert & Martha Beck
Early on, I listened to a podcast that I LOVED! Two authors talking about the creative process with an easy back-and-forth from years of friendship. I was in heaven! But before I could sit down with my cup of tea and settle in for a good listen, it was over. I swear...
Signed Big Magic Book Giveaway!
It's that time again. Book Mama book giveaway! Time for me to thank YOU for being part of my community (because writing is so much more fun as part of a tribe!). A few years ago, you may remember, I bought 10 copies of Liz Gilbert’s The Signature of All Things to give...
Fame Will Heal You
There’d been a big auction. Her memoir was about to drop in stores nationwide and become a New York Times bestseller. Twenty+ years of daily writing practice and pie-in-the-sky dreams were about to be realized. “I’m scared,” she wrote to me. “After all these years of...
Success Via Strangers: My husband’s lover did me a favor…
It's true. My family still jokes that we should send her flowers for "taking" my husband of 19 years away. Obviously that's a long story. But one I think about every time a Carmel Writing Retreat grad inks a new book deal. (Yay! See our latest below!) We came together...
Feel like a social media loser? Why you can still get a book deal. Part I
"How many social media followers do I have to have to get a book deal?" This question was posed to Danielle LaPorte and me on our recent Publishing Power Hour Spreecast call. D's answer--5,000 - 6,000--was pretty spot on, if not conservative, especially if you want a...
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