by Linda S | May 21, 2021 | Favorites, Writing, Marketing & Publishing Tips
GREAT NEWS! There are easy ways to ensure literary agents & publishers LOVE your work. I’ve had the best time recording my top strategies for you here, ready for you to download now. This is one of my favorite things I’ve EVER made! In finding myself giving...
by Linda Sivertsen | Oct 2, 2020 | 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. “Give me your attention. “And I’ll come to liiiiife.” This was me a few years ago when I wrote this post, my...
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—a fantastic 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...
