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…
Read More...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?…
Read More...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…
Read More...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…
Read More...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…
Read More...By Mary Keeley on Mar 21, 2011 in Blog, Fiction, Nonfiction, Writing Life | 11 Comments
Blogger: Mary Keeley
Location: Books & Such Midwest Office: IL
Today, let’s sum up our take-aways from this week’s case studies. There’s no limit to the books we could have analyzed, but I chose phenomenal successes in hopes the clues would be…
Read More...By Mary Keeley on Feb 25, 2011 in Blog, Fiction, Nonfiction, Writing Craft | 8 Comments
Blogger: Mary Keeley
Location: Books & Such Midwest Office: IL
Christian fiction owes the Left Behind Series a debt of gratitude. In the words of Mark Kuyper, president of the Evangelical Christian Publishing Association: “In many ways this series established Christian fiction…
Read More...By Mary Keeley on Feb 23, 2011 in Authors, Blog, Fiction, Writing Craft | 25 Comments
Blogger: Mary Keeley
Location: Books & Such Midwest Office, IL
In the past weeks we have viewed the industry from the publisher’s, pre-production’s, and agent’s perspectives. The natural progression to complete the loop: the BOOKS. Is there any one of us who…
Read More...By Mary Keeley on Feb 21, 2011 in Authors, Blog, Fiction, Marketing & Publicity, Nonfiction, Writing Craft | 9 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
For our free-for-all, I’d like to share what’s next on my reading list, and I’d like to hear what’s next on yours. Don’t worry; your next book doesn’t need to…
Read More...By Rachel Kent on Jan 21, 2011 in Blog, Fiction, Reading, Teen books | 16 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Marked by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
I read this book a little while ago; it’s not one of my most recent reads, but I want to use this book to…
Read More...By Rachel Kent on Jan 20, 2011 in Blog, Fiction, Reading, Teen books | 24 Comments
