Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office
Last time I blogged I promised you, dear readers, that for just this once I would refrain from blogging about gruesome realities like Career Killers, Kisses of Death, QueryFails or Worst Case Scenarios. I…
Read More...By Wendy Lawton on Aug 16, 2010 in Blog, Children's books, Fiction, Reading, Teen books | 24 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Barnes & Noble, Santa Rosa, Calif.
While I was in the bookstore, I focused my research on historical romance. Since a picture is worth a thousand words, we’ll start with the pictures of what I saw in the…
Read More...By Rachel Kent on Mar 16, 2010 in Authors, Blog, Fiction, Marketing & Publicity, Teen books, Writing Life | 12 Comments
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I reread teenage comfort novels over the Christmas season: Lenora Mattingly Weber’s Beany Malone series of some dozen books.
Originally published in the 1950s, Weber’s books told the story of a middle-class high…
Read More...By Michelle Ule on Jan 11, 2010 in Blog, Children's books, Fiction, Life, Teen books | 15 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
As you can see from my picture, I’m somewhat young. Often in my job, I have to “convince” people I’m an adult through my hard work, integrity, and success. But…
Read More...By Rachel Kent on Aug 17, 2009 in Life, Marketing & Publicity, Teen books | 8 Comments
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such office, Nashville
Weather: 65 and spring rain
Do protagonists have greater appeal to readers if they are human, or is it more important that a character simply exhibit some human characteristics? Animal characters abound in children’s…
Read More...By Etta Wilson on Mar 26, 2009 in Children's books, Fiction, Reading, Teen books, Writing Life | 0 Comments
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books&Such office, Nashville
Weather: 70s and breezy
One thing is clear–a whole lot of people are writing about “fictional character development”! According to Google today, there are 372,000 entries for that topic. Reading a few of them convinces me…
Read More...By Etta Wilson on Mar 24, 2009 in Authors, Children's books, Fiction, Reading, Teen books, Writing Life | 9 Comments
Before we get to the much-anticipated reading list, I want to thank you all for participating this week! I’ve had so much fun.
By the way, I’m teaching a workshop on this subject (entitled “When Your Audience Is the ‘Hoodie and…
Read More...By Rachel Kent on Jan 23, 2009 in Fiction, Life, Nonfiction, Teen books, Writing Life | 12 Comments
