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 24, 2017 | Pub Tip Blog
I’m so upset right now I can’t breathe. Last night when I went to bed, I was SURE I’d finish a chapter I’ve been working on first thing in the a.m. A few scenes, speaking to me all week, would go from ethers to page. I opened my eyes at 6:50,...