Nonfiction

Tools for the Writer’s Life: Day 1

Rachel Zurakowski

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

As you know, there’s much more to writing these days than just producing a book. Some authors would claim that the writing is the easy part! The hard part of…

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Buzzing about Books

Wendy Lawton

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: Central California Office of Books and Such

After a week of talking nonfiction let’s share some of the nonfiction books that we love. You can just list them or you can tell us why they made your list.

Here…

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The X Factor

Wendy Lawton

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: Central California Office of Books and Such

The X-factor is that indefinable “something” that denotes star quality. In books it’s the something that makes a project an exception that overcomes all our naysaying and all our rules.

At a…

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Building the Book

Wendy Lawton

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: Central California Office of Books and Such

Here’s where the fun of writing a nonfiction book starts. When you have your idea and your material, it’s time to build your book. I want to challenge you to do…

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The Perfect Package

Wendy Lawton

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: Central California Office of Books and Such Literary Agency

Weather: Rainy and Cool

Before I begin to pontificate about the “perfect” nonfiction package let me just say for the record:

  • For every rule there is an exception. The exceptions are…

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The Challenge of Selling the Nonfiction Book

Wendy Lawton

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: Central California Office of Books and Such

I’ve been preparing the sessions I will be teaching at the Mount Hermon Christian Writer’s Conference Career Track on writing the nonfiction book.  Janet Grant and I led a great session on it…

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Right Brain vs. Left Brain

Rachel Zurakowski

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)…

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Traveling Abroad and Creativity

Rachel Zurakowski

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Traveling abroad has always been portrayed in literature as a way to refinement. When I think of the dream of traveling to foreign lands, I can’t help but think of…

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Best of the Blog 2009: Confessions of a Kindle Devotee

Wendy Lawton

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley, California Office

Yesterday, while waiting for the doctor, I had my Kindle out, reading a manuscript. The doctor had to stop and play with it before we could get down to business. His…

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Best of the Blog 2009: What’s Stopping You?

Wendy Lawton

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley, California Office

Last week one of my longtime writing friends hit a wall with her novel. She began to doubt her skills, her story and even her genre. Here’s what I wrote to…

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