Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Yesterday we discussed an agent’s response to receiving rejection letters that essentially say, “I loved this book, but I’m going to have to pass.”
Thank you to those of you who…
By Rachel Zurakowski on Apr 20, 2010 in Authors, Blog, Fiction, Nonfiction, Productivity, Writing Life | 15 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office
Weather: 74º and sunny
Yesterday I set up a worst case scenario about a stalled career. Here’s what I said: All your life you wanted to be a writer. You persevered, landed an agent…
By Wendy Lawton on Apr 16, 2010 in Authors, Blog, Fiction, Nonfiction, Publishers, Writing Life | 12 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office
Weather: 73º and sunny
Yesterday I set up a worst case scenario about fickle genre fashion using the yet undiscovered (or just plain fictitious) genre, edgy Brit-lit. Here’s what I wrote:
You’ve read nothing…
By Wendy Lawton on Apr 15, 2010 in Authors, Blog, Fiction, Nonfiction, Publishers | 9 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office
Weather: 68º and partly sunny
Yesterday I set up a brand new worst case scenario. Here it is: You have an amazing book burning a hole in your life. You have the material,…
By Wendy Lawton on Apr 14, 2010 in Blog, Marketing & Publicity, Nonfiction, Publishers | 11 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
While at the Mount Hermon Writers Conference, I discussed nonfiction with several editors but found little news beyond that publishers aren’t offering contracts on projects that have a limited…
By janetgrant on Apr 8, 2010 in Blog, Nonfiction | 6 Comments
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: 60 and rainy
I’ve been writing this week about ways writers can suggest to their readers how to communicate in untried ways, how to slow the frenetic pace of their lives and how…
By Etta Wilson on Mar 26, 2010 in Blog, Fiction, Life, Nonfiction, Writing Life | 7 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Barnes & Noble, Santa Rosa, Calif.
When I was in Denver at the Jerry B. Jenkins Writing for the Soul Conference, two questions I was asked frequently were, “What’s popular now?” and “What book trends do you see…
By Rachel Zurakowski on Mar 15, 2010 in Blog, Fiction, Marketing & Publicity, Nonfiction, Productivity, Publishers | 3 Comments
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
