by Linda S | Oct 12, 2022 | Carmel Writing Retreats
A funny thing happened while launching my book, Beautiful Writers, over the past six weeks. I started smelling the Carmel seashore. Like, for reals—an unexpected happening, seeing as how I’m 703 miles away in the desert of Arizona, loving my life and my horses...
by Linda S | Oct 4, 2022 | Inspiration & Motivation
You’re talented. Amazingly strong. You’ve overcome more in the past ten days than some people do in a lifetime. You know what you know, and you’re great at what you’re great at. You’re on a mission! So, why the high-stakes fear? Have haters from the past taken up...
by Linda S | Sep 27, 2022 | Inspiration & Motivation
During my early writing years, I chased interviews with several celebrities in the desperate hope my agent would finally have those “bigger names” he was always telling me I needed to get my first book deal. If you’ve read Beautiful Writers: A...
by Linda S | Sep 22, 2022 | Inspiration & Motivation
When it’s time to market your book, is it all on your shoulders, or can you look to the Universe for some of the heavy lifting? As I promote Beautiful Writers, I’ve thought a lot about that. I just learned that some of my Beautiful Writers Group members...
by Linda S | Sep 10, 2022 | Inspiration & Motivation
As you know, launching a book into the world is not your everyday occurrence. Certainly not something most of us do with any regularity. As such, we dream and toil over our manuscripts for YEARS, and by the time we release them from the privacy of our laptops into the...
by Linda S | Aug 23, 2022 | Pub Tip Blog
It’s finally here! Pub Day for Beautiful Writers: A Journey of Big Dreams & Messy Manuscripts—with Tricks of the Trade from Bestselling Authors. To celebrate this happy occasion, I invited a few of my fave writers to join me for a writer’s roundup for...
by Linda S | Aug 19, 2022 | Inspiration & Motivation
Book countdown continues! Four days until my book’s birthday. Sheesh! 💜 In preparation for next Tuesday, the 23rd, I just recorded a new episode of the Beautiful Writers Podcast: Pub Day Celebration: A Writer’s Roundup to air that morning. In true dream-come-true...
by Linda S | Aug 17, 2022 | Beautiful Writers Podcast
New York’s # 1 book influencer, author, DAILY podcaster, and publisher, Zibby Owens, is on the Beautiful Writers Podcast! Joining her is Peruvian mountaineer, humanitarian, and social entrepreneur, Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, the first openly gay woman to climb...
by Linda S | Aug 5, 2022 | Inspiration & Motivation
Books on tape. I thank God for them. This week’s found me mainly on my couch surrounded by dogs, listening to beautiful books for upcoming podcast interviews. With less than three weeks until pub day for Beautiful Writers, you’d think it would be a...
by Linda S | Jul 16, 2022 | Inspiration & Motivation, Pub Tip Blog
Happy weekend! Wow, yesterday was magical. I sent a writing retreat client’s query letter to literary agents. This writer is ready, having crafted a beautiful tale. She perfected her book proposal, including several fabulous blurbs, and had it professionally...