What People are Saying about Words To Live By
"We live in a world filled with words. The words have the power to hurt or heal, inform or inflame. Words are often impart information but seldom deliver wisdom. Bobbi Linkemer has forty years of experience in the writing life. In her memoir "Words to Live By' she effectively demonstrates what mature writers understand—when you remove the extraneous words the remaining sentences have room to breathe. It has been said that Michelangelo was once asked how he sculpted such a piece as David to which he replied "I simply carved away everything that wasn't David." By stripping away al that is unnecessary "Words to Live By" we learn that when life gives a resilient women lemons she can not only give us lemonade - she can leaves us with the recipe!"
—Theresa Nesbitt, MD
Author of Kids Don't Count Calories
"A great read for any woman or writer looking for career inspiration. Words To Live By has more meaning than the title would imply. Bobbi takes us on an up-and-down journey of her 40-year career as a St. Louis-based journalist, writer, editor, and coach. Each chapter along the journey is punctuated by “words to live by,” an epiphany that shaped her personal and career life from that point forward. I love her lighthearted approach to devastating career experiences, as well the peek into the workings of the St. Louis media and corporate world."
Bobette Kyle
Web Marketing Place LLC
"Bobbi, This book is the wonderful story of your great personal achievements. It is showing us "mature" men and women what can be accomplshed in one lifetime and furthermore that we are not done yet. We still have a lot to do and accomplish. You have shown the world that the "golden years" do not mean only to sit on your laurels or on the beach."
Felicia Graber
Author of Amazing Journey:
Metamorphosis of a Hidden Child
"Words To Live By propels the reader through the roller coaster ride that was Bobbi Linkemer’s 40 year path to becoming a writer, editor, and ghostwriter. Insightful, informative, and entertaining, this book is a must read for anyone who has any interest in the writing life at any level."
Robert M. Misick
Author of Crash & Burn:
The Bureaupathology of the
Federal Aviation Administration
“Who knows what causes the planets to align and produce a miracle at precisely the right moment?” In Words to Live By, Bobbi Linkemer confides the rocky adventures of her writing career with the clever hand of subtle humor in nearly every sentence. Each chapter holds a lesson learned from her many trials and hard-won tribulations. Strewn along the path are bits of articles she has written for past jobs that fall into the storyline and further exhibit her talented writing style. Bobbi creates an amusing, inspiring, and impressive journey through the wilderness that writers, and anyone who’s been in the working world, can appreciate as they cling to the ladder of success."
-Linda Austin, Moonbridge Publications,
author of Cherry Blossoms in Twilight
