Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
It’s summer! The beginning of summer is a great time to talk about reading since we’ll all be taking books with us out to the pool and on our vacations.…
By Rachel Kent on Jun 20, 2011 in Agents, Blog, Fiction, Life, Reading, Writing Craft, Writing Life | 20 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
What makes a reader tell others about a book? Today we’ll look at the novel Swamplandia! by Karen Russell to see what caused it to rise from the status of…
By Janet Grant on Jun 8, 2011 in Authors, Blog, Fiction, Writing Craft | 18 Comments
Blogger: Mary Keeley
Location: Books & Such Midwest office, IL
The “Changing World of Publishing” panel discussion at Colorado Christian Writers Conference reinforced what we’ve been observing in the industry and highlighted developments with a fresh perspective. Several of us have blogged…
By Mary Keeley on May 24, 2011 in Blog, Business of writing, Fiction, Nonfiction, Publishers | 19 Comments
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Santa Rosa’s main office on a sunny day
The late Johnny Carson monologued once on the Tonight show about the pitfalls in responding to a woman holding a newborn baby. She wants you to admire it, and usually you can,…
By Michelle Ule on May 6, 2011 in Authors, Blog, Business of writing, Fiction, Life, Reading, Writing Life | 18 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
This week I would like to focus on the Who, What, When, Where, Why (and How) questions you should answer for each project before creating a book proposal.
Naturally, today I…
By Rachel Kent on Apr 25, 2011 in Blog, Book Proposals, Business of writing, Fiction, Nonfiction, Productivity | 23 Comments
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference
I knew I would have to be edited at some point, I just didn’t have any idea what that meant. My colleague Liz Johnson, who wrote A Star in the Night for the same A Log…
By Michelle Ule on Apr 15, 2011 in Authors, Blog, Business of writing, Fiction, Life, Writing Craft | 16 Comments
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: In Santa Rosa packing for Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference
What excitement! A contract! I can write “novelist,” on my IRS 1040 for 2010! A dream has come true.
Or has it?
Don’t I have to actually write the story?…
By Michelle Ule on Apr 14, 2011 in Authors, Blog, Fiction, Life, Productivity, Writing Craft, Writing Life | 13 Comments
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Just back in the office from Budapest
In addition to being agents and an editorial assistant, several Books & Such staff are also published writers. Janet Kobobel Grant has co-written books on prayer and breast cancer, along with…
By Michelle Ule on Apr 11, 2011 in Blog, Business of writing, Fiction, Productivity, Writing Craft, Writing Life | 19 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
I imagine a few purists are cringing at my blog title. Publishing a fashion industry? From the hallowed halls of academia, to the much-revered classics, how can I say such a…
By Wendy Lawton on Apr 7, 2011 in Blog, Business of writing, Fiction, Nonfiction, Publishers, Writing Life | 33 Comments
Blogger: Mary Keeley
Location: Books & Such Midwest office, Illinois
One of Rachel’s great posts last week was on the benefit and importance of watching trends and being alert to hot topics. These days there seems to be an abundance of hot…
By Mary Keeley on Mar 21, 2011 in Blog, Fiction, Nonfiction, Writing Life | 11 Comments
