Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Yesterday Gina brought up an excellent reason for why some multi-published authors might end up writing the “same” story more than once. She pointed out that authors often write on…
By Rachel Zurakowski on May 20, 2010 in Authors, Blog, Book Proposals, Fiction, Publishers, Writing Life | 12 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I’ve spouted a number of opinions about how a writer can break out from the pack this week. I could have added so much more, including:
–the importance of knowing…
By janetgrant on May 7, 2010 in Blog, Fiction, Finding an Agent, Marketing & Publicity, Nonfiction, Publishers, Writing Life | 12 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I received a rejection for a client’s project on Friday. Interestingly, all of the editors’ responses to this book have been just about the same.
The rejections look something like this:…
By Rachel Zurakowski on Apr 19, 2010 in Agents, Blog, Fiction, Finding an Agent, Publishers, Writing Life | 8 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: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Researching at a bookstore is fun and you can learn a lot, but you can find out about trends in other places as well.
Spend some time looking at books online…
By Rachel Zurakowski on Mar 17, 2010 in Authors, Blog, Marketing & Publicity, Productivity, Publishers, Publishing News | 1 Comment
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: 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
