Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Back in the Central California Books & Such Office
I’m back home, fondly remembering my time away and savoring my return home. That’s your final word for this week– savor.
I thought a lot about that word over Christmas.…
By Wendy Lawton on Jan 13, 2012 in Blog, Life, Writing Craft | 10 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Round Top, Texas
This last fall my husband and I went to a prayer retreat that had one purpose– to help us learn to listen. I was shocked to discover how powerful listening is. I’ve been trying to…
By Wendy Lawton on Jan 12, 2012 in Blog, Fiction, Life, Writing Life | 16 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Round Top, Texas
Yesterday at our meeting here in Texas I gave the morning meditation. It was titled, “So What Do You Want?” Earlier this year I read the account in Mark 10:51 of Jesus leaving Jericho, followed…
By Wendy Lawton on Jan 11, 2012 in Blog, Life, Writing Life | 11 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Round Top, Texas
Every year the agents at Books & Such spend some serious time setting professional goals. We have to commit to paper what we want to accomplish including specific financial and performance goals. Last year was…
By Wendy Lawton on Jan 10, 2012 in Blog, Life, Writing Life | 10 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Round Top, Texas
Elizabeth Barrett Browning said: “God’s gifts put man’s best dreams to shame.” At the beginning of a new year, our job is to dream.
Hopefully by now, you’ve spent time analyzing the past year. Socrates said…
By Wendy Lawton on Jan 9, 2012 in Blog, Life, Writing Life | 15 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
The last few days I’ve been exploring trends in our culture that can inform what we write about or how we reach readers. One idea that’s been around for…
By Janet Grant on Jan 6, 2012 in Blog, Life, Reading, Writing Life | 5 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I like to take the first few days of each year to get my grounding, to stabilize my feet under me, and to consider what the new year might…
By Janet Grant on Jan 4, 2012 in Blog, Life, Publishing News, Writing Life | 14 Comments
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Santa Rosa, Calif.
We didn’t raise our children to believe in Santa Claus. It wasn’t that we told them there wasn’t a Santa Claus; we just didn’t discuss him as a present-provider. We sort of punted on the…
By Michelle Ule on Dec 30, 2011 in Blog, Christmas, Life | 6 Comments
Blogger: Mary Keeley
Location: Books & Such Midwest Office, IL
In my child’s view, the family Christmas Eve celebration never really began until Aunt Elizabeth and Uncle George arrived. They lit up the house with cheer and laughter. That was a special…
By Mary Keeley on Dec 29, 2011 in Blog, Christmas, Life | 3 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Home in Santa Rosa
A couple of months ago my Great Aunt Irene passed away. She was a twin and her twin sister, Eileen, passed away almost ten years ago. I remember seeing them every year at Christmas.…
By Rachel Kent on Dec 28, 2011 in Blog, Christmas, Life | 8 Comments
