Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Pretty much everyone just wants to be liked, right? Why, we’ve all taken to heart one sentence from Sally Fields’ earnest Academy-Award acceptance speech: “You like me, you really…
By Janet Grant on Jan 30, 2012 in Authors, Awards, Blog, Publishers, Writing Life | 20 Comments
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Home Office, Santa Rosa, CA
We’ve already talked about a nefarious way to break onto The New York Times best-seller list by buying copies of your own book, but what about writing a best-selling book. Is there a trick to…
By Michelle Ule on Oct 12, 2011 in Authors, Awards, Blog, Children's books, Writing Life | 6 Comments
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Main office, Santa Rosa, CA
Those of you who have been following my writing saga on the Books & Such blog may be interested in hearing the latest wrinkle. After releasing on September 1, 2011, A Log Cabin…
By Michelle Ule on Oct 10, 2011 in Authors, Awards, Blog, Business of writing, Christmas, Fiction, Publishing News, Reading, Writing Life | 10 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: From ICRS, Atlanta
Sunday– Four Meetings plus the Annual Books & Such Brunch. Plus the Baker-Bethany-Revell Dinner.
Monday– Ten Meetings plus the Gala Christy Awards
Condition: Totally Exhausted (but happy)
After a full day on the show floor today and ten…
By Wendy Lawton on Jul 12, 2011 in Awards, Blog | 9 Comments
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: mid-70s
As you could see from the list of ACFW awards for historical fiction in Monday’s blog, an author can approach writing stories set in the past a number of ways. Those awards…
By Etta Wilson on Sep 29, 2010 in Awards, Blog, Fiction, Reading, Writing Life | 15 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
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
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Still hot
After writing about words for three days, I’ve realized that the hardest writing may be description–not dialogue–because description is more visual. It calls for painting pictures with words, and that’s really…
By Etta Wilson on Jun 24, 2010 in Awards, Blog, Children's books, Writing Life | 8 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: International Christian Retailers Show, Denver, CO
Many writers see agents as just another gatekeeper, barring entry into the garden of publishing. The common lament is, “You can’t get published without an agent, and you can’t get an agent…
By Wendy Lawton on Jul 14, 2009 in Agents, Authors, Awards, Children's books, Fiction, Nonfiction | 10 Comments
