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Janet Grant

AI Update: Good Enough

June 18, 2023 //  by Janet Grant//  8 Comments

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I’ve continued to read about AI since I wrote my blog post on ways publishing could productively and creatively use this force. This week I spied several articles that caught my attention, causing me to want to share this …

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Nonfiction Book Structure: The Table of Contents

May 7, 2023 //  by Janet Grant//  6 Comments

table of contents invites readers inAs I mentioned in my most recent blog, a strong structure invites the reader into your book. Your table of contents is a big selling point–not only for readers but also for agents and editors. I like to think of …

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Finding Your Book’s Structure

March 26, 2023 //  by Janet Grant//  11 Comments

A strong structure for your book sustains a reader’s interest. So today we’ll consider how to find your book’s structure.

Recently I was looking over the table of contents for a project one of my clients was creating. It seemed …

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AI and Publishing’s Future

February 12, 2023 //  by Janet Grant//  34 Comments

About a month ago, one of my daughters, who works for an online security company, startled me by the question she posed, “What is publishing doing to prepare for people who use AI to write books?”

I hadn’t paid much …

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Let’s Talk about Our Favorite Read–2022

January 1, 2023 //  by Janet Grant//  12 Comments

Here go, skipping off into a brand new year. But before we travel too far into 2023, I’m continuing my tradition of my first blog post each year being a retrospective of the books I dwelled within the year before.…

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Why Writing Authentically Is so Hard

November 20, 2022 //  by Janet Grant//  18 Comments

One aspect of a writer that I look for in a potential client is that she has a sense of who she is and what she should write. Not in a “I love my novel and WILL get it published” …

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When a Tulip is Called a Rose–What IS Traditional Publishing?

October 9, 2022 //  by Janet Grant//  16 Comments

Let’s call things what they really are, shall we? No euphemisms or mislabeling, okay? What exactly is–and isn’t–traditional publishing?

I’ve noted an uptick in new publishing entities entering the market lately that describe themselves as “traditional publishers.” But when you …

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A Writer’s Remembrance for Memorial Day

May 29, 2022 //  by Janet Grant//  25 Comments

While today we memorialize those who sacrificed their lives for our country and recall other loved ones who have passed away, I thought this would also be a good day to remember a touchstone writerly memory. I’m going to share …

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What Happens after a Book Launches?

April 10, 2022 //  by Janet Grant//  11 Comments

This week I received an email from one of my clients, Chase Replogle, whose first book, The 5 Masculine Instincts: A Guide to Becoming a Better Man, released on March 1.  I’ve asked his permission to share our email thread …

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Finding Inspiration

February 13, 2022 //  by Janet Grant//  13 Comments

What causes an author to write about a subject from a different perspective? Where does that idea come from? Knowing what inspired an author in turn can help you in finding inspiration–and cause you to listen to your own internal …

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