by Linda Sivertsen | Dec 18, 2014 | Inspiration & Motivation
That’s my pops, Alfred Eugene Tisch, on his birthday circa 1999. We were in Carmel-by-the-Sea. My sister, Carol, snapped this moment I’ll forever cherish after we’d annihilated Dad’s German chocolate cake, leaving only a few shavings of...
by Linda Sivertsen | Sep 4, 2014 | Inspiration & Motivation
You’ve heard it a million times. “On your deathbed, you’ll never regret the hours you didn’t spend at the office.” Let me tell you a very personal story that explains why I completely disagree with that. When I was 33, I watched my mother die far too young from...
by Linda Sivertsen | Jan 5, 2014 | Inspiration & Motivation
Ever daydream of bidding wars, big publishing advance checks and royalties, or of even just receiving enthusiastic emails in your inbox from your editor in New York saying she’s riveted by the chapters you’ve sent and she couldn’t be happier to have...
by Linda Sivertsen | Oct 11, 2013 | Inspiration & Motivation
Aaahhhhhh… the money thing. A fellow blogger emailed with an SOS. Feeling exhausted and time-pressured, she was looking for assurance that her long-term commitment to her life’s work would someday—hopefully soon—amount to something lucrative. She wondered if perhaps...
by Linda Sivertsen | May 11, 2013 | Favorites, Inspiration & Motivation
Back in 1996, when my mother was 59, her doctors diagnosed her with cancer. In the next breath they told her there was nothing they could do and that she very likely only had weeks to live. I became obsessed with wanting her to know what kind of mother she’d been....
by Linda Sivertsen | May 9, 2013 | Favorites, Inspiration & Motivation
“Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.” ~Charles Dickens Being the hero of your own life. Ever wonder about that? What does that really mean for us “regular” people walking...