Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Wikipedia talks about “burnout” this way:
“The most well-studied measurement of burnout in the literature is the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Maslach and her colleague Jackson first identified the construct ‘burnout’…
By janetgrant on Feb 5, 2010 in Blog, Life, Publishers, Writing Life | 5 Comments
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
This week I’ve talked about how books differ through the years–whether it’s the subject of 1950s Beany Malone, the behavior of 1794 heroines in The Mysteries of Uddolpho, the language of Adventures…
By Michelle Ule on Jan 15, 2010 in Blog, Fiction, Publishers, Reading | 15 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
For the year that our agency’s blog has existed, Friday’s post was Kathleen Y’Barbo’s domain, as she wrote about marketing and publicity insights in her role as Books and…
By janetgrant on Jan 8, 2010 in Publishers, Writing Life | 13 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
To recap, I have four wishes for the publishing industry in 2010. They include:
By janetgrant on Jan 7, 2010 in Blog, Publishers, Publishing News, Writing Life | 12 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, CA
In my continuing list of 2010 wishes for publishing, my third wish is that publishing associations would work together rather than protect their territory.
Because publishing is in such a state…
By janetgrant on Jan 6, 2010 in Blog, Publishers | 12 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
My #2 wish for the publishing industry (after #1 that overwork and stress could be reduced) is that publishers would not overbuy titles, resulting in many (most?) projects receiving…
By janetgrant on Jan 5, 2010 in Blog, Marketing & Publicity, Publishers, Writing Life | 13 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
We’ve all unwrapped the new year, expressing ourselves in the individual ways we’ve celebrated the tossing out of the old and the ushering in of the new. For me,…
By janetgrant on Jan 4, 2010 in Blog, Publishers, Writing Life | 17 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley, California Office
I used to have a terrible worry habit. When I was young I was a master at the worst case scenario. It’s been more than twenty years since I began to…
By Wendy Lawton on Dec 28, 2009 in Authors, Publishers | 20 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
In World War II GIs were given four succinct words of advice about what not to say when writing home, carrying on a conversation, or if captured: loose lips sink ships. I’d like to suggest that loose lips can also…
By Wendy Lawton on Dec 15, 2009 in Authors, Fiction, Publishers, Writing Life | 53 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
I’ve been collecting publishing myths lately. I’m amassing quite a collection. I think it’s time to do a little myth busting.
Let’s talk about the alleged Catch 22 that frustrates writers. I…
By Wendy Lawton on Dec 4, 2009 in Agents, Publishers | 27 Comments
