A Thanksgiving Valentine
Hope you had a delicious Thanksgiving. We’re still in a turkey coma over here, but coming out of it FAST with two more client book deals in the works. Holy tryptophan! Busiest fall E.V.E.R. Thus, this week’s Pub Tip is super skinny: Today we’re honoring one of our...
Client Spotlight x Two!
Happy Thanksgiving! Gobble Gobble. I don’t know about you, but personally I’m so ready for serious eats, especially those buttery mashed potatoes, that I’m chewing on my ballpoint. But, what I’m really all-buttered-up about are my fabulous clients! It’s been a jamm’n...
Words to Live By
You’ve just gorged on Halloween candy (you did, didn’t you?). Feeling a little weighed down and sluggish? Me, too! (But the 27 mini Butterfingers and Crunch bars were definitely worth it!) It’s time for a little lightening up! For today’s Pub Tip, I thought we’d...
A Literary Agent at My House?
Several months ago I picked up the phone in my office in Los Angeles to speak with a top literary agent in New York to pitch one of my clients. His proposal wouldn’t be finished for several months, due to several legal issues surrounding the material, and the overall...
Will E-Books Dominate Your Hardcover Sales?
Ever dream of holding your very own hardcover book in your hands? Smelling the ink on those freshly printed pages? Autographing the title page in that fancy, schmancy signature you’ve doodled over and over again since you were seven years old? That was I—dreaming of...
Fits & Starts Creativity…
I feel so lame; why can’t I finish my book? What gives? I get on a roll, and then totally lose my momentum! Is there something I can do because I’m STUCK?! Ah, welcome to planet earth, location No-Man’s Land—a gray landscape of wandering, glassy-eyed zombie writer...
The Writing Life, Part III: What To Do Once It’s Written
“Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life.” ~Lawrence Kasdan Ouch. My buddy Joe Parente has an even scarier take: “Lin, watching your schedule is like witnessing a grad student turn in her PhD thesis every Friday!” To...
The Writing Life, Part II: The Daily Grind
He writes and releases three monster-big books per year. He blogs and tweets daily, pens articles like a rocket traveling at warp speed, and speaks to millions. He writes on laptops, in longhand, and through a tape recorder. He’s written several manuscripts on...
The Writing Life, Part I: Script Your Future
A beautiful man I’ve been dating recently asked me what I want for my future—and what it would look like. As I ran through bits of my list (i.e. to edit books like Jackie O until the day I die, and to get married to my best friend and have a life FULL of fun, ease,...
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