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24/07/2025

Do you need to line up beta readers for the book you're just finishing up?

And what is a beta reader anyway?

https://lindengross.com/2025/07/24/beta-readers/

Should you bring on beta readers to review your manuscript? Maybe! Here's what you need to know about finding and working with beta readers.

17/07/2025

AI and writing. It can be ugly. It can be promising. Either way, there are significant caveats to be aware of.

https://lindengross.com/2025/07/17/using-ai-when-writing/

When it comes to generating content, using AI when writing is a huge no-no. But it can provide a huge assist with ideas and marketing.

10/07/2025

Are you compromising your writing time by waiting for that perfect window?

My pup Misha can help you with that.

https://lindengross.com/2025/07/10/writing-lessons-from-my-dogs-making-the-imperfect-perfect/

Life is a compromise. So is the act of writing. My pup demonstrates how you can make imperfect circumstances work perfectly for you.

26/06/2025

Dealing with a treasured friend's substance abuse can be difficult even after they've passed.

The key, for me, lay in coming to terms and reclaiming the love that was always there.

https://lindengross.com/2025/06/26/honoring-truth/

Honoring the truth can be a touchy process when writing the obituary of a close, but flawed, loved one. Here's how I did it.

20/06/2025

If you've wondered about running a discount promotion, wonder no more.

https://lindengross.com/2025/06/19/discount-book-promotion/

20/06/2025

Another writing coach client success story. I just love this!

15/05/2025

Do you need an author website?
Would you know what to include if you did?
https://lindengross.com/2025/05/15/author-website/

What elements do you need in an author website? Here's what my writing coach client, Derek Reed, included in his newly launched site.

24/04/2025

If you haven't read my dad's book THE LAST JEWS IN BERLIN, this is the time!
https://lindengross.com/2025/04/24/the-last-jews-in-berlin

With antisemitism on the rise, the stories in The Last Jews in Berlin of 12 Jews who remained in hiding during WWII are absolutely relevant.

23/04/2025

Yesterday, I wrote about Beauport Financial Services managing partner--and my writing coach client--Derek Reed's book launch and the local media release announcing it.

Here is the national press release we issued regarding "The Imperfect Storm."

https://goodmorninggloucester.com/2025/04/17/gloucester-wealth-managers-book-weaves-fishing-family-roots-with-retirement-planning/

Again, check it out for a terrific example of how to write a media release about your book and to learn more about Derek's must-read new book.

This is definitely not your run-of-the-mill financial book.

"The Imperfect Storm" melds critical retirement planning with his father's adventurous swordfishing stories aboard the Andrea Gail, which he captained until just a couple of months before it sank in the Perfect Storm.

Longtime wealth manager Derek Reed offers a plainspoken playbook in his new investment planning guide, which brings the deeply personal perspective of a Gloucester fishing family to …

22/04/2025

It's book launch day for Derek Reed, financial advisor and managing partner at Beauport Financial Services, LLC. Services in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

"The Imperfect Storm" is not your typical book about how to successfully navigate the seas of retirement, since most of the action-packed stories center around Derek's father, the swordfishing captain of the Andrea Gail up until a few weeks before it sank in the Perfect Storm.

A couple of media releases are going out.

Both are terrific examples of what a book launch media release should be.

So check out this one: https://goodmorninggloucester.com/2025/04/17/gloucester-wealth-managers-book-weaves-fishing-family-roots-with-retirement-planning/

I'll share the other one in the next couple of days.

In the meantime, a huge congrats to my writing coach client, Derek.

So proud of you and your book.

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Longtime wealth manager Derek Reed offers a plainspoken playbook in his new investment planning guide, which brings the deeply personal perspective of a Gloucester fishing family to …

17/04/2025

Want to attract readers?

Check out what one of my pups taught me about that.

https://lindengross.com/2025/04/17/writing-lessons-from-my-dogs-irresistible-enticement/

What does attracting puppies have to do with attracting readers? It's all about supplying the irresistible enticement that keeps them close.

10/04/2025

Letting rejections get you down?

This story might just change your attitude.

https://lindengross.com/2025/04/10/childrens-novel/

Working on a children's novel for eight years after you've gotten off your day job might not work for everyone, but it sure did in this case.