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Highlighting Harrison Ford

May 19, 2010 //  by Rachel Kent//  15 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

A multi-published writer mentioned in conversation with another author that she always makes the heroes in her books look like actor Harrison Ford. You know, the ruggedly handsome, …

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What’s Your Rut?

May 18, 2010 //  by Rachel Kent//  9 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

I believe every author has a writing rut that he or she is inclined toward. Perhaps a certain topic close to the author’s heart leaks into every book, …

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Writing Ruts

May 17, 2010 //  by Rachel Kent//  16 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

I was reading a non-work-related novel over the weekend and found that I was slowly being driven crazy by the continuous mention of CHILDREN! I love kids, don’t …

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Friday Free-For-All

April 23, 2010 //  by Rachel Kent//  13 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Little bits of encouragement picked up along the way can be lifelines to authors during the difficult and depressing moments that sometimes threaten the writing journey.

What is …

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Amazing Success Stories

April 22, 2010 //  by Rachel Kent//  7 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

I think it’s time for some real-life examples of positively rejected manuscripts…that were published.

My client, Sarah Sundin, spent seven years pitching and perfecting her WWII historical romance. …

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Why Are Great Projects Rejected?

April 21, 2010 //  by Rachel Kent//  21 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Why are we receiving these positive rejection letters so frequently? Agents spend a lot of time finding the best projects out there to submit to publishers. We believe …

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So Many Positive Rejections: An Author’s Response

April 20, 2010 //  by Rachel Kent//  15 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Yesterday we discussed an agent’s response to receiving rejection letters that essentially say, “I loved this book, but I’m going to have to pass.”

Thank you to those …

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So Many Positive Rejections: An Agent’s Response

April 19, 2010 //  by Rachel Kent//  8 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 …

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Friday Free-For-All

March 19, 2010 //  by Rachel Kent//  6 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Yesterday we discussed reviews. Crystal mentioned that a well-written review is helpful. That started me to thinking:

What makes a review well-written?

Does a reader need to have …

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How Important Are Those Reviews?

March 18, 2010 //  by Rachel Kent//  8 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Readers often do research before they buy a book, and reviews factor into purchases more and more.

The trend in reviews is changing rapidly with the change of …

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