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…
By Rachel Zurakowski on Feb 15, 2010 in Authors, Blog, Fiction, Nonfiction, Writing Life | 11 Comments
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…
By Wendy Lawton on Feb 12, 2010 in Blog, Nonfiction | 8 Comments
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…
By Wendy Lawton on Feb 11, 2010 in Blog, Nonfiction | 5 Comments
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…
By Wendy Lawton on Feb 10, 2010 in Blog, Nonfiction | 5 Comments
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:
By Wendy Lawton on Feb 9, 2010 in Blog, Nonfiction | 1 Comment
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…
By Wendy Lawton on Feb 8, 2010 in Blog, Nonfiction | 16 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
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…
By Rachel Zurakowski on Jan 19, 2010 in Blog, Fiction, Life, Nonfiction, Productivity, Writing Life | 12 Comments
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…
By Wendy Lawton on Dec 30, 2009 in Fiction, Nonfiction, Reading | 33 Comments
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…
By Wendy Lawton on Dec 29, 2009 in Authors, Fiction, Life, Nonfiction, Writing Life | 58 Comments
