Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville office
Weather: 70 and Sunny
I love living in Music City USA! The musical options here just get more exciting all the time. Last week I heard Brahms’ Symphony #3 played by the Nashville Symphony…
By Etta Wilson on Mar 24, 2010 in Blog, Life | 7 Comments
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Mid-40s. Still cold!
In the February issue of the review publication BookPage, I read an interview with Richard Whitmire, author of Why Boys Fail. Whitmire, the father of two daughters and formerly an…
By Etta Wilson on Feb 24, 2010 in Blog, Life | 13 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Writing for the Soul conference, Denver, Colo.
How do the writing tools and skills we’ve discussed this week affect aspects of your life beyond the craft of writing?
The following two questions might help you to consider a response:
What…
By Rachel Zurakowski on Feb 19, 2010 in Blog, Life | 3 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Wikipedia talks about “burnout” this way:
“The most well-studied measurement of burnout in the literature is the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Maslach and her colleague Jackson first identified the construct ‘burnout’…
By janetgrant on Feb 5, 2010 in Blog, Life, Publishers, Writing Life | 5 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Each of us is wired differently, but one aspect we all have in common: Certain activities relieve stress. When life overflows with tension, we need to make a conscious…
By janetgrant on Feb 4, 2010 in Blog, Life, Reading | 9 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
The same prisoner I wrote about yesterday was in solitary confinement the majority of his eight years as a Vietnam POW. He and other prisoners developed a “Morse” code…
By janetgrant on Feb 3, 2010 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Life, Writing Life | 8 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I’ve found when dealing with long-term stress that the best posture for me to take is one of hopefulness and optimism but not unrealistic. In other words, it’s a…
By janetgrant on Feb 2, 2010 in Blog, Life, Writing Life | 9 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Last month I wrote about how publishing is ranked high among the most stress-filled occupations one could be involved in. I believe that’s not just true for those who…
By janetgrant on Feb 1, 2010 in Blog, Life, Writing Life | 10 Comments
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Low 40s and Rain
I’m still thinking about all those junior high students in the “Letters to Authors” contest I was judging last week –I’ve blogged a bit about their responses on gender…
By Etta Wilson on Jan 28, 2010 in Blog, Children's books, Life | 8 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Literary Agency Main Office, Rain-soaked Santa Rosa, Calif.
The comments you wrote about outlining on Monday’s blog left me wondering a couple of things. First, I was wondering (and have no way to prove it)…
By Rachel Zurakowski on Jan 21, 2010 in Blog, Fiction, Life, Nonfiction, Productivity, Writing Life | 25 Comments
