Productivity

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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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.
Another article I found from the Monitor on Psychology researched the dedicated memory needed for writing. Dr. David Galbraith, PhD, found in his study that distracting writers with spatial memory tasks,…
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By Rachel Zurakowski on Jan 20, 2010 in Blog, Life, Productivity, Writing Life | 12 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…
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By Rachel Zurakowski on Jan 19, 2010 in Blog, Fiction, Life, Nonfiction, Productivity, Writing Life | 12 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
In college, I minored in Psychology. I find the workings of the mind fascinating and enjoyed all of my Psych. classes. I was doing a little research last week and…
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By Rachel Zurakowski on Jan 18, 2010 in Blog, Productivity, Writing Life | 15 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, California
Are you an Organization Master, an Organization Meister, or Organization Challenged?
I promised a quiz to test your organizational acumen and here it is! Just click the image below and you’ll be…
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By Wendy Lawton on Dec 31, 2009 in Productivity | 22 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
What a fun week. There’s nothing like talking about all the things that could kill a writing career. Cheery little series, right? Okay, I’ll admit it, I employed a bit of…
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By Wendy Lawton on Dec 16, 2009 in Authors, Children's books, Fiction, Marketing & Publicity, Nonfiction, Productivity | 42 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
It’s my turn to blog again. I planned to write on a whole different topic, but this last week I found myself muttering the words “kiss of death” way too many…
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By Wendy Lawton on Dec 14, 2009 in Agents, Fiction, Life, Nonfiction, Productivity, Writing Life | 47 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Welcome to our blog carnival! Throughout the week I’ve been receiving links to blogs about everything related to book publishing and writing. Now I get to share these blogs with…
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By Rachel Zurakowski on Nov 19, 2009 in Authors, Blog, Marketing & Publicity, Productivity, Reading, Writing Life | 19 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Here’s a list of frequent blogger mistakes.
1) Negativity: Don’t always focus on what’s wrong with the world or take the defensive side to everything. Positive bloggers are more attractive and…
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By Rachel Zurakowski on Nov 18, 2009 in Blog, Marketing & Publicity, Productivity, Writing Life | 10 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Literary Agency Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Since I’m hosting a blog carnival on Thursday, I thought I’d spend today and tomorrow blogging about blogging. Today I’ll write about what you should be sure to…
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By Rachel Zurakowski on Nov 17, 2009 in Blog, Marketing & Publicity, Productivity, Writing Life | 7 Comments