Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: On the Road–Heading toward North Dakota
Weather: Sunny and hot
Will someone remind me that the next time I blog I need to write about happy things? Why is it I am always coming up with such upbeat themes…
By Wendy Lawton on Jul 16, 2010 in Blog, Writing Life | 13 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office
Weather: Sunny and hot
I keep revealing these potentially career killing comments I’ve recently heard from editors. To put them into perspective, ninety-nine out of a hundred comments I hear from editors are…
By Wendy Lawton on Jul 15, 2010 in Blog, Writing Craft | 12 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office
Weather: Sunny and mid-nineties– again!
Here’s another comment I recently heard from a frustrated editor talking about a writer: “I just wish he would spend less time networking—Twittering and Facebooking— and more time writing…
By Wendy Lawton on Jul 14, 2010 in Blog, Social Networking, Writing Craft | 11 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office
Weather: Sunny and mid-nineties
Last week I spoke to an editor about a potential client who published a recent nonfiction book with their publishing house. Here’s what the editor said, “The manuscript took us…
By Wendy Lawton on Jul 13, 2010 in Blog, Writing Craft | 22 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office
Weather: Hot, hot, hot.
Yesterday was the 50th Anniversary of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird. It’s the perfect time to look at becoming a master of the craft of writing.
This week we’re going…
By Wendy Lawton on Jul 12, 2010 in Writing Craft, Writing Life | 28 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
This week we’ve talked about a few of the ways the publisher-author relationship can go askew. It’s not that anyone intended that to occur; it’s just that life looks…
By janetgrant on Jul 9, 2010 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Publishers | 2 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Let’s say your relationship with your publisher has gone swimmingly through the editorial process. Your editor got you, and you got your editor. What a team!
Now your manuscript has…
By janetgrant on Jul 8, 2010 in Authors, Blog, Marketing & Publicity, Publishers | 8 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
As I was saying in my blog post yesterday, you can communicate not only inappropriate items to your publisher but, in addition, you can communicate too often. I’m in…
By janetgrant on Jul 7, 2010 in Blog, Publishers, Writing Life | 7 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Since most of us will be out grilling, watching parades, and oohing and ahhing over fireworks on our grand Independence Day, this blog post will remain up through Tuesday.…
By janetgrant on Jul 5, 2010 in Blog, Publishers, Writing Life | 15 Comments
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
This week I’ve touched briefly on significant impediments to writers being able to produce quality work. Physical ailments, such as hand problems and blindness, can be frustrating for writers with…
By Michelle Ule on Jul 2, 2010 in Authors, Blog, Life, Productivity, Writing Life | 5 Comments
