by Linda Sivertsen | Sep 22, 2010 | Favorites, Writing, Marketing & Publishing Tips
A beautiful man I’ve been dating recently asked me what I want for my future—and what it would look like. As I ran through bits of my list (i.e. to edit books like Jackie O until the day I die, and to get married to my best friend and have a life FULL of fun, ease,...
by Linda Sivertsen | Sep 8, 2010 | Favorites, Writing, Marketing & Publishing Tips
I’m often asked, “What’s the quickest way to sell a book proposal?” My response: Hook ’em! You may have seen me writing on this topic for the Huffington Post, but it’s worth repeating because there’s no way around it. We must put our juiciest words and concepts...
by Linda Sivertsen | Aug 25, 2010 | Favorites, Writing, Marketing & Publishing Tips
I recently had a painful come-to-Jesus talk with an acquaintance about her book. A book I quickly skimmed, but could immediately see offers real value to women who’ve lived with abuse. A book she told me took years to write, born of even more years of abuse at...
by Linda Sivertsen | Aug 18, 2010 | Favorites, Writing, Marketing & Publishing Tips
I used to cringe when my agent sent me rejection letters from an editor at some swanky big publishing house saying no thanks to my work… “The author seems great, but I’m afraid this title isn’t for us.” “Terrific concept, but we...
by Linda Sivertsen | Aug 10, 2010 | Favorites, Writing, Marketing & Publishing Tips
What do blood-sucking leeches and filler words (…“that,” “very,” “truly,” “just,” “pretty,” “so,” “little,” etc.) have in common? They “infest the pond of prose, sucking the blood of words,” writes William Strunk, Jr. & E.B. White–authors of the editorial...
by Linda Sivertsen | Aug 4, 2010 | Favorites, Writing, Marketing & Publishing Tips
Hello Blog’n World! I’m Linda Sivertsen. Writer. Author. Book Proposal chicka. I also take dreamers on retreat to Carmel to craft their writerly masterpieces. It’s here that I’ll be posting weekly publishing tips, known to my newsletter peeps as Pub Tip Tuesdays…...