Lynne Golodner

Author, Writing Coach & Marketing Entrepreneur

You know that person you were when you were little, before the pressures and stresses of having to earn a living or support a family? Back when you engaged in activities simply because they were fun and you were driven to do them? For me, that person loved writing.

When I was younger, I carried around a corduroy-covered journal (which now sits behind my desk as a reminder to be true to my Self!), and I filled the pages with stories, poems, and short plays. Writing has always been my way of figuring out the world, of capturing momentary beauty and stunning silence.

As a journalist, I’ve written about home, architecture, real estate, food, faith, and family, and I am the author of eight books. I’ve lived in New York, Washington, D.C., and Detroit, and in 2007, I pivoted from full-time journalist to marketing entrepreneur when I created Your People LLC.

I was a single mother of three young children when I built Your People – a marketing and public relations company that uses storytelling, relationships, and higher purpose to build reach for our clients. I’ve worked with yoga businesses, nonprofits, entrepreneurs, and schools and universities and won lots of awards for my marketing expertise and successes!

These days, I specialize in helping authors and writers build their brands and hone their craft through my Author Brand Marketing Mastermind, The Writers Community, and private 1:1 Writing Coaching. I also do Book Coaching & Editing.

For more than 20 years, I’ve taught writing at the university level, at University of Detroit Mercy and WritingWorkshops.com.

I’m also the host of the Make Meaning Podcast, which I launched in 2018 on my father’s 80th birthday. He was my first guest, and I interview authors, writers and people in publishing.

I was a Fulbright Specialist from 2017-2020, and I am a graduate of the University of Michigan (BA, Communications/English) and Goddard College (MFA, Writing). The mother of four, I live in Huntington Woods, Michigan with my wonderful husband, Wayne State University archivist Dan Golodner.

Other places you’ll find me: Your People, Make Meaning, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

Lynne in the News

Painted Pomegranates and Needlepoint Rabbis

Detroit Jewish Book Fair

The Make Meaning Podcast

Writers figure out what they believe and make sense of the world by putting words on the page.

How authors, writers and those in publishing go from idea to book-length story to published with a sought-after audience is the focus of this podcast!

Make Meaning Podcast host Lynne Golodner is a former journalist, multi-title author, award-winning marketing strategist who knows just how to ask the right questions to yield rich, inspiring responses. She shares her own writing process and creative pursuits in lively conversations with stunning writers of great books, compelling stories, and life-changing articles.

Merle Saferstein has been journaling since 1974, so when she decided to comb through her nearly 400 journals to create a book, she knew it would not be an easy endeavor. It has taken the better part of the last two decades to create LIVING AND LEAVING MY LEGACY, volume 1, which debuted in June 2022 to much acclaim. Volume 2 will be published in June 2023.

In the latest episode of the Make Meaning Podcast, host Lynne Golodner interviews Merle Saferstein – the first guest to make a repeat appearance on the Make Meaning Podcast! – about journaling, legacy, ethical wills and writing on a daily basis to clear your mind and be a historian for your life. (Listen to Merle’s first interview on the Make Meaning Podcast here.)

In this episode, Lynne and Merle discuss: