by Linda Sivertsen | Apr 3, 2016 | Writing, Marketing & Publishing Tips
How many words should my novel be? I get this question a lot. And the answer just got trickier in my mind, on account of how much pain it’s recently caused one of my retreat participants—an amazing writer we’ll call Pam. (Not her real name.) Pam came to Carmel over a...
by Linda Sivertsen | Dec 31, 2015 | Writing, Marketing & Publishing Tips
My final writing tip before we head into the New Year is about overcoming Resistance. Danielle LaPorte and I recently had the great pleasure to interview one of our writing idols, Steven Pressfield, for our podcast, and I thought it would be powerful to close out this...
by Linda Sivertsen | Dec 31, 2015 | Writing, Marketing & Publishing Tips
The book AFTER the one you’re writing: My guess is that you have some kind of fear that once you actually finish writing your book, you’ll never write another one. This fear alone keeps many talented writers from completing their masterpieces. But is it a legit...
by Linda Sivertsen | Dec 28, 2015 | Writing, Marketing & Publishing Tips
Hello! I hope you & yours are having the happiest of holidays! Larry and I have been babysitting my son’s puppy for the past few days, and it’s been dog mania with our three and this little one. Just how I love it. I’ve been thinking about you and your...
by Linda Sivertsen | Nov 4, 2015 | Favorites, Writing, Marketing & Publishing Tips
Focus. Focus. “Hey you! Yeah, YOU! FOCUS!” “It’s just you and me here. Leave everything else. Out. There. I’m all you need right now, all that needs you. Give me your attention. And I’ll come to liiiiife.” This has been me and my book for the past month and a half,...
by Linda Sivertsen | Aug 25, 2015 | Writing, Marketing & Publishing Tips
“Nobody who changed the world did it by waiting for an audience.” ~Jeff Goins A writer just emailed me in a bit of a panic. She’s finished her book, but for reasons I’m not yet completely clear on, chose not to work on creating a platform at the same time. What are...
