Meet the author
Ron Seybold is the author of the novels Sins of Liberty and Viral Times, as well as his fatherhood+baseball memoir Stealing Home. He is the director of Austin’s Writer’s Workshop, coaching and editing authors who create books in fiction and nonfiction. An interviewer for Austin Liti Limits, he’s also a Community Member of the Writers’ League of Texas. His newsletter and Substack, The Write Stuff, has been serving writers each Friday for more than four years. A graduate of the University of Texas journalism program and a US Army veteran, he helps authors develop their stories for publication. With his wife, the yoga teacher Abby Lentz, he lives and writes in Austin, an oasis where the grandchildren visit and the family poodle Ella campaigns for walks and fetches with a smile. Visit his online author services and coaching site at workshopwriter.com.
A two-time finalist in the Writers’ League of Texas contests for memoir and historical fiction, he’s reported on the radio, acted in melodramas and Shakespeare’s comedies and dramas, and launched a tech business publication with his wife. He’s appeared as a panelist for the Writer’s League Third Thursday program, speaking on workshop group fundamentals.
He volunteers at the Austin Bat Cave literacy program, tutoring in public schools. Ron served a three-year tour of Army duty to pay for his UT degree through the GI Bill. He’s also cycled 43,000 miles over the last 22 years, starting with fundraising rides for the Hill Country Ride for AIDS. Dozens of miles a week on a bike are good practice for finishing lengthy projects like books.
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Many skills lead to becoming a published author. I track the industry and train writers in expression and storytelling. Publishing has been my lifelong career.
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Authors usually become editors. Revision is writing, the art of seeing your own work more clearly. Outside eyes help in reading behind you. It starts with trust.