by Linda Sivertsen | Dec 21, 2018 | Beautiful Writers Podcast
Jack Reacher’s back at #1! But that’s no surprise to the millions of “Reacher’s Creatures” who anxiously await each installment of this thriller series—23 at present count. With PAST TENSE (Delacorte Press), author Lee Child once again puts us on the edge of our seats...
by Linda Sivertsen | Dec 13, 2018 | Carmel Writing Retreats
Hello Writers!Last fall I got a call from someone I’d briefly met years before and have long admired—a legendary talent here in these parts (well, in most parts). Tom Bergeron, host of Dancing with the Stars and America’s Funniest Home Videos wanted to surprise a...
by Linda Sivertsen | Nov 30, 2018 | Beautiful Writers Podcast
After 18 international bestsellers, Seth Godin has released perhaps his most important book. His new title: This Is Marketing: You Can’t Be Seen Until You Learn To See (Portfolio) just hit #1on The Wall Street Journal list and was an immediate New York Times...
by Linda Sivertsen | Oct 31, 2018 | Beautiful Writers Podcast
This award-winning, bestselling American (and Nashvillian!) treasure is laying it down with straight talk about her charmed writing and publishing career. Instead of learning from our authors’ struggles, as we often do on this show, today’s episode is about...
by Linda Sivertsen | Sep 28, 2018 | Beautiful Writers Podcast
There is an enemy. You are the enemy. Resistance will kill you. If you’re a Steven Pressfield or The War of Art fan (who isn’t?!), you already know that. You also know that you are not alone, and resistance can be beaten. But, good God, doesn’t it feel a little harder...
by Linda Sivertsen | Sep 2, 2018 | Beautiful Writers Podcast
On this annual birthday episode of the Beautiful Writers Podcast, my wish is to give the gift of conversations you haven’t heard before. Fresh and (hopefully) profoundly helpful content to uplevel your writing experience. Today’s show makes my heart happy. It’s a...
by Linda Sivertsen | Aug 19, 2018 | Carmel Writing Retreats
My fiancé has an alien brain for numbers. For years he’s been trying, unsuccessfully (until now), to convince me to market the stats behind my Carmel writing retreats. “No offense, babe, but you suck at your ABC’s,” he says. That stands for “Always Be Closing”...
by Linda Sivertsen | Aug 1, 2018 | Beautiful Writers Podcast
Auctions. Bidding wars. Squealing agents and champagne toasts. To some, this is the stuff writerly dreams are made of. Today, on the Beautiful Writers Podcast, we’ve got Novelist Rosie Walsh from her home in Britain where she humbly shares details of her magic carpet...
by Linda Sivertsen | Jul 30, 2018 | Carmel Writing Retreats
“You might not know you need this, but I can guarantee it will change your life. That’s what I always tell writers about my Carmel writing retreat experience with Linda Sivertsen. Because it changed mine. With my 3rd book deal in the works and Linda busy with...
by Linda Sivertsen | Jun 30, 2018 | Beautiful Writers Podcast
Memoirist and racial justice leader, Austin Channing Brown, is on the Beautiful Writers Podcast to chat about her celebrated debut: I’M STILL HERE: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness. From the book’s first line—“White people can be exhausting,” she had...