Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books and Such Nashville Office
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I’ve danced around this topic of series for the past few days from the age-level perspective, but there are certainly other things to think about regarding what constitutes a series.…
By Etta Wilson on May 28, 2010 in Blog, Reading | 21 Comments
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
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Young readers’ enthusiasm still thrills me. From the time most of them first discover they can decipher those symbols on the page and glean meaning from them, they are in…
By Etta Wilson on May 27, 2010 in Blog, Children's books | 24 Comments
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
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What is a fiction series? The answer to that question is not as apparent as we might at first think. A fiction series can be defined as a succession of related…
By Etta Wilson on May 26, 2010 in Blog, Fiction | 8 Comments
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
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While it’s tempting to talk about the excess rain and devastating floods here in Nashville, I’m turning to things more bookish–due in part to several proposals I’ve seen lately. Authors often present…
By Etta Wilson on May 25, 2010 in Blog, Book Proposals, Nonfiction | 7 Comments
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Annapolis, MD
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All week I’ve been thinking and blogging about poetry—its appeal to different ages, its forms, its seemingly universal origins. I don’t know if I’m any closer to a definition of what poetry…
By Etta Wilson on Apr 30, 2010 in Blog, Reading | 8 Comments
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
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The essence of my ruminations on poetry is how it can enliven and engage readers in our other writing, particularly fiction. I’m reading Brenda Vantrease’s The Heretic’s Wife, a…
By Etta Wilson on Apr 29, 2010 in Blog, Fiction, Reading, Writing Life | 2 Comments
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
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Some sources claim that poetry is the oldest form of literature. Reading the Psalms and the Iliad or the Odyssey suggests that may be true. (Wish I could do that in…
By Etta Wilson on Apr 28, 2010 in Blog, Reading, Writing Life | 9 Comments
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
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Recently an author asked me how many poems she should include in a manuscript for a picture book of poetry. I had no idea how to answer until I…
By Etta Wilson on Apr 27, 2010 in Blog, Children's books, Reading, Writing Life | 5 Comments
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
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I love April! For many of us it signals the sure re-awakening from winter. Each spring I count the different blooming plants and trees in my yard and set…
By Etta Wilson on Apr 26, 2010 in Blog, Reading, Writing Life | 13 Comments
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
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I’ve been writing this week about ways writers can suggest to their readers how to communicate in untried ways, how to slow the frenetic pace of their lives and how…
By Etta Wilson on Mar 26, 2010 in Blog, Fiction, Life, Nonfiction, Writing Life | 7 Comments
