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8 ways a writing coach helps you get killer results
Imagine Jane, slaving over a blank canvas every day, by herself. Forgoing meals and sleep in the name of her craft. Barely getting by on whatever meager income her paintings bring in. It’s all for my art, she says. The epitome of the starving artist, right? Well that sucks. And too many writers are doing […]
My mom, tenacity + goodies for you
In the summer of 1980, my mom was eight months pregnant with my brother. The house – a split-level in the woods of New Hampshire – needed to be painted. So she did it. By herself. I remember watching from the driveway, looking up at her perch on the ladder to the second story, as […]
The Mother of All Query Letters
by Guy Bergstrom Dear Agent Sir or Madam, I am writing to you, or your agency, to acquire literary representation in Manhattan, Hollywood, London and wherever else such deals are made to publish books and turn them into movies. Why? Because my 333,333 1/3rd-word fictional novel (Book One of a 1 million-word trilogy) is guaranteed […]
Sometimes, you have to cross the streams
As the world mourns the incredible comedy genius of Harold Ramis, let’s recount the badass things he taught as Dr. Egon Spengler. Ladies and gents, I give you the top five take-home lessons from the single best movie of the 1980s, Ghostbusters. #1 – Dr. Egon Spengler: Vinz, you said before you were waiting for […]
Difficult doesn’t make it good
by Guy Bergstrom While in the Belgium, home of the world’s finest chocolate and 250 types of beer – 250! – I saw something that made me think. No, it was not the beer. Though the beer was excellent. This is what made me think: a concert on BBC or PBS or whatever with a […]
The first sentence is a promise
The first sentence of a book is like the air between mouths just before a first kiss. It’s a promise. It fills you up, yet makes you want more. It’s the precise combination of slight humidity and warmth that takes your hand and invites you in for tea. Readers open your book, glance at page […]
I said yes
For a species who wants so badly to feel empowered and inspired, we humans spend a lot of time telling ourselves no. No, I’ll pass on girls’ night. I have to get up early. No, I can’t lock myself in my office to write for an hour a day. I have too much to do. […]
Don’t Pick Your Platform. Build it.
A guest post by Desiree Wolfe As authors, it’s easy to think your book will be your platform. You’ll maybe have a website and a fancy page on Amazon and you’ll be all set. Newsflash: you’re wrong. Really fucking wrong. So much more goes into getting your book the fame it deserves. Your author platform […]