by Linda S | May 4, 2023 | Inspiration & Motivation
I thought delays and drama had singled me out. Until Danielle LaPorte & I started the Beautiful Writers Podcast, and I learned of the unexpected setbacks many bestselling authors faced. 💚 Steven Pressfield wrote for seventeen years before he sold a single piece. 💜...
by Linda S | Apr 8, 2023 | Inspiration & Motivation
YES! I finally kicked the nasty cold and cough that made me sound like a heavy smoker living on cheesecake for the past month and went to the ZOO! When was the last you spent the day marveling at apes, giraffes, elephants, and flamingos so close you could see the bugs...
by Linda S | Mar 20, 2023 | Inspiration & Motivation
I realized the other day that I’d just missed Guru Singh’s birthday, the man who’d predicted it all. As in, my writing career, back when I didn’t think I’d amount to much more than Head Poop-Picker-Upper on the mean streets of Beverly...
by Linda S | Mar 11, 2023 | Inspiration & Motivation
Okay, you’ve got the ache, but no writing credentials. No school newspaper bylines. No teachers calling you “gifted.” No stellar grades in English. Or worse: you got bad grades; your papers returned covered in red ink. A teacher said you’re not gifted. A writing group...
by Linda S | Feb 26, 2023 | Inspiration & Motivation
My agent couldn’t get me a book deal to save either of our lives. It didn’t matter that I’d been writing for years and had hundreds of pages of a beautiful manuscript. Or that he’d sold thousands of titles, and had been sending out my book...
by Linda S | Dec 31, 2022 | Inspiration & Motivation
Hello, Beautiful. Are you aching to dance with your muse? Share your writing with a whole lot more people. I get it. Me too! We’ve got skills! Stories to tell! A POV that heals! Our voices are unique only to us and our God/Muse has put us in situations we’ve triumphed...