Tim Grahl: A Gratitude Interview Gift for You
Hi friend! I’m grateful for you, and want to give you something I think you’ll love. I know it’s a little cliche to throw the gratitude word around this week, but I’m of the opinion that gratitude is never cliche, and always appropriate. I try and do a good job of...
Danielle LaPorte and I talk with bestselling memoirist Mary Karr
This month, Danielle and I interviewed famed memoirist, Mary Karr, who had us giggling with practically every question. Mary’s known for her astute sense of humor and brow-raising honesty and boy did she deliver on, well, being herself! We talked about how she threw...
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...
‘Tis the Book Deal Season: Let’s Work Together!
Happy Fall, Book Mama Beauties! ‘Tis the busiest season in the publishing world and it feels like everyone I know is either topping the charts or getting book deals right now. Exciting times for authors everywhere! As I’ve mentioned several times in the...
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...
Got memoir. Need platform?
“Nobody who changed the world did it by waiting for an audience.” ~Jeff Goins A writer just emailed me in a bit of a panic. She’s finished her book, but for reasons I’m not yet completely clear on, chose not to work on creating a platform at the same time. What are...
Writing My Arse Off…
Hello Beautiful Writer! Some of you know I take every July off to work on my latest book (“going dark to write,” I call it), and I’m home from Alaska and New York, where I was in heavy memoir rewrites. It always takes me about 10 days to get into the...
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...
What Should I Be Working On?
I love Skype! I recently met the most dynamic, talented, and fantastically funny woman. We bonded and laughed as we chatted about her coming to one of my Carmel Writing retreats later this year, and about the book and publishing career she’s aching to launch after...
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