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by Janet Kobobel Grant
Some authors choose to write discussion questions that will appear at the back of a book or to be available on the writer’s website. Having written a slew of such questions and having been trained in …
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Here are some verses that are wonderful for everyone, but I believe they can be especially helpful for Christian writers. I put a little line about when I think they could be helpful, but they could apply …
blogger: Cynthia Ruchti
Writers often live a good news/bad news existence, toggling from one to the other. A keynote speaker at a recent writers’ conference used the “Oh, that’s good. No that’s bad” children’s book format to talk about the …
Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
I’m a literary agent, but I have a side hustle as an online educator teaching a course for writers at Author School. These days, lots of people have “side hustles” including those who are full-time parents …
By Wendy Lawton
Okay, confession time: Here at Books & Such I’m known as the platform denier. The skeptic. Card-carrying member of the Book Marketing Flat Earth Society. Yes, I know that an author’s platform can be a powerful thing, …
by Janet Kobobel Grant
When literary agents sit on a panel at a writers conference, inevitably questions pop up about what agents are looking for. Generally a lot of heming and hawing occurs in response to the queries.
“I’ll know …
Blogger: Rachel Kent
I’m beyond excited that my nephew asked for books for his birthday! He turned 14 on Sunday. I looked and looked for books that I thought were just right for him and then decided I couldn’t be …
blogger: Cynthia Ruchti
How IS writing like painting?
Not this kind: 
Although, yes, writing at its best is art.
For today’s blog post’s purpose, let’s think about this kind of painting and its correlation to …
Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
I often hear writers debating whether it’s best to write what you love, or try to write to the market. I think this is a false dichotomy. You need both. To build a long-term writing career:
Pay …
By Wendy Lawton
Today is the day after a three-day-weekend, the beginning of summer. It makes us remember the days of childhood when this was the beginning of a long and lazy summer vacation. Anyone finding it hard to get …
