by Linda S | Jul 30, 2021 | Writing, Marketing & Publishing Tips
The goosebump moment every writer hopes for—LOVING their new book cover. After countless hours—maybe years, possibly even decades spent writing and editing your manuscript—you hold your breath as you open that email, praying to all that is holy that the JPEG face your...
by Linda S | Jun 16, 2021 | Writing, Marketing & Publishing Tips
Dreams come true, my friend. Hold onto yours TIGHTLY. I’m so happy to share this week’s announcement of my Beautiful Writers book deal in Publishers Marketplace (and in Publishers Weekly, shortly). This was lonnnnng in the making. I could have given up or...
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...