Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
The week of writing about crazy-driving scenarios wouldn’t be complete if I didn’t mention that sometimes the good folks at the publishing houses drive us crazy. One of those…
By janetgrant on Sep 3, 2010 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Publishers | 11 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Los Angeles
If you read my post yesterday, I talked about agents who poach clients from other agents. But another crazy-making scenario is when a client leaves an agent badly.
Every client an agent picks is chosen…
By janetgrant on Sep 2, 2010 in Agents, Authors, Blog | 8 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Lest you think, based on my posts so far this week, that only writers drives agents crazy, let me hasten to say that agents drive agents crazy!
A perennial problem…
By janetgrant on Sep 1, 2010 in Agents, Authors, Blog | 9 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Connected with my post from yesterday, when I wrote about writers who try to glean free advice from agents, are writers who are in a pickle with their agent…
By janetgrant on Aug 31, 2010 in Blog, Finding an Agent | 19 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Every job has its drawbacks. You know, the stuff you’d just as soon not have to deal with but put up with for the inherent rewards in what you…
By janetgrant on Aug 30, 2010 in Agents, Authors, Blog | 19 Comments
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: High 80s
In the wide-ranging sweep of topics this week, I think I’ve pushed myself and you readers to explore the subconscious for writing motivation. Certainly I want us to look at nationalities,…
By Etta Wilson on Aug 27, 2010 in Blog, Reading, Writing Life | 6 Comments
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Low 90s
Looking at the American Library Association’s lists of awards and prizes over the years, I see several authors and books from other cultures. The Mildred L. Bachelder Award for best work…
By Etta Wilson on Aug 26, 2010 in Authors, Awards, Blog, Children's books | 2 Comments
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Hot
Down at my second home, aka the nearest bookstore, I was looking for a few books I’d seen recommended recently. They were books for adults but with children in major roles. I’m…
By Etta Wilson on Aug 25, 2010 in Blog, Fiction, Reading | 7 Comments
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Sunny and 92
In an online authors’ group, I’ve been reading a recent discussion about whether an author of one race can write effectively about characters of another. Can a Caucasian write an…
By Etta Wilson on Aug 24, 2010 in Blog, Fiction, Reading | 10 Comments
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville office
Africa has been popping up in one way or another during the past year for me. Last fall, I heard the organizer of the centennial for native Tennessean James Agee, who wrote the…
By Etta Wilson on Aug 23, 2010 in Awards, Reading | 15 Comments
