Book Proposals That Sell!
I’m often asked, “What’s the quickest way to sell a book proposal?” My response: Hook ’em! You may have seen me writing on this topic for the Huffington Post, but it’s worth repeating because there’s no way around it. We must put our juiciest words and concepts...
Celestial Support for Your Writing
It’s officially Wednesday, a little tardy for a Tuesday Pub Tip. But it was my birthday yesterday, and I have one rule in the office: NO WORK on your birthday! Taking that to the extreme, with a dreamy spa day with girlfriends, followed by dinner and a movie, I just...
No One’s Waiting…
I recently had a painful come-to-Jesus talk with an acquaintance about her book. A book I quickly skimmed, but could immediately see offers real value to women who’ve lived with abuse. A book she told me took years to write, born of even more years of abuse at...
Save Your Rejection Letters!
I used to cringe when my agent sent me rejection letters from an editor at some swanky big publishing house saying no thanks to my work… “The author seems great, but I’m afraid this title isn’t for us.” “Terrific concept, but we...
Tightening Your Text!
What do blood-sucking leeches and filler words (…“that,” “very,” “truly,” “just,” “pretty,” “so,” “little,” etc.) have in common? They “infest the pond of prose, sucking the blood of words,” writes William Strunk, Jr. & E.B. White–authors of the editorial...
Get A Writing Buddy!
Hello Blog’n World! I’m Linda Sivertsen. Writer. Author. Book Proposal chicka. I also take dreamers on retreat to Carmel to craft their writerly masterpieces. It’s here that I’ll be posting weekly publishing tips, known to my newsletter peeps as Pub Tip Tuesdays…...
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