Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
During December last year the Books & Such staff revealed in our blog posts the personal side of our lives by giving you a peek into how we celebrate…
By Janet Grant on Dec 5, 2011 in Blog, Christmas | 10 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Santa Rosa, Calif.
As we’ve talked about play and focusing on the rights things this week, I’d like to close out our conversation by mentioning a few ways to use your time as effectively as possible.I can’t…
By Janet Grant on Nov 4, 2011 in Blog, Business of writing, Productivity | 13 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Mount Hermon, Calif., planning the writers conference Career Track
It’s all well and good to talk about play, as we’ve done the last two days, but how do you stay productive and play? Today and tomorrow let’s…
By Janet Grant on Nov 3, 2011 in Blog, Writing Life | 10 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Mount Hermon, Calif., planning the writers conference Career Track
The easy–but often inaccurate–way to see life is in black and white. If we’re playing, we’re not working; if we’re working, we’re not playing, right?
Not so. Stuart Brown,…
By Janet Grant on Nov 2, 2011 in Blog, Writing Life | 13 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Monterey, Calif., planning Books & Such clients’ retreat
Do you play enough? When I was a kid, my classmates and I scoffed at the goof-off who was always waiting for recess so she could quit working. The…
By Janet Grant on Nov 1, 2011 in Blog, Writing Life | 17 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Monterey, Calif., planning our Books & Such clients’ retreat
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately about how important it is for an author to understand the culture of a publishing house or the culture of…
By Janet Grant on Oct 31, 2011 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Business of writing, Publishers | 19 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Yesterday I wrote about a client who engaged in magical thinking when it came to creating a proposal. She thought she could dash off some vaguely formed ideas and…
By Janet Grant on Sep 9, 2011 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Book Proposals | 22 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
In my continuing saga of times my clients have assumed the roles of good clients/bad clients, today I’m going to showcase “bad” client behavior when it comes to preparing…
By Janet Grant on Sep 8, 2011 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Book Proposals | 12 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
In my last post, I wrote about a time one of my clients assumed the role of “bad client.” Today I want to commend one of my clients, who…
By Janet Grant on Sep 7, 2011 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Business of writing, Marketing & Publicity, Writing Life | 14 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
As I read agents’ blogs, tweets and Facebook comments, I’ve been wondering if we’re a bunch of prima donnas. You might have noticed that we’ll often utter such directions…
By Janet Grant on Sep 5, 2011 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Business of writing | 24 Comments
