by Linda S | Nov 9, 2022 | Inspiration & Motivation
I’ve got a quickie shine-your-light reminder for you today. This morning, while recording a podcast, the interviewer asked how I stave off writer’s block. I took a beat and blurted out the first thought that popped into my head; that whenever the words...
by Linda S | Nov 1, 2022 | Inspiration & Motivation
No glam shots today. Instead, real-life editing pics with a client. Connection and brainstorming over a manuscript is pure JOY to me, even if the dang glasses hurt the bridge of my nose (is it just me?). I ask questions, listen for what’s said and isn’t...
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...