by Linda S | Aug 6, 2021 | Pub Tip Blog, Writing, Marketing & Publishing Tips
There’s no greater joy for me than shortcutting a writer’s process. I love sharing things that took me FOREVER to learn that make getting your stories out to the world easier. I feel like this is why I was born. In talking with my client Jessica the other day—the gal...
by Linda S | Dec 9, 2019 | Pub Tip Blog
Humor writer and journalist Joel Stein has kept me laughing for over twenty years with his brilliant columns in Time magazine, the LA Times, Entertainment Weekly, and more. With his hilarious and insightful new book, In Defense of Elitism: Why I’m Better Than...
by Linda Sivertsen | Nov 28, 2017 | Pub Tip Blog
It was the mid-nineties. I was working on my first book, a collection of interviews with people who’d contributed unique gifts to society. I’d just started the first of several recorded discussions with Woody Harrelson about his environmental activism (including...
by Linda Sivertsen | Sep 18, 2017 | Pub Tip Blog
You may have heard me say this before: REJECTION letters—from literary agents, publishers, or gatekeepers at magazines, newspapers, and even blog sites—are a healthy part of the process of writing. Stabilizing, even. They prove you’re moving forward and thinking next...
by Linda Sivertsen | Jul 31, 2017 | Beautiful Writers Podcast, Pub Tip Blog
Guys! Oprah’s agent, THE biggest literary agent in the world, is on today’s episode of the Beautiful Writers Podcast with one of her star clients! Jennifer Rudolph Walsh is the head of the Worldwide Literary Department at WME (William Morris Endeavor). Along with...
by Linda Sivertsen | Mar 2, 2017 | Favorites, Pub Tip Blog
My best DIY tips for leaving the world behind + finishing your book … Hey Beauty! Has this ever happened to you? Your shopping cart begs to be filled, but your feet stand immobile. The mounds of choices stupefy. Would they prefer Russet potatoes or Yukon Golds?...