Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office
Weather: 61º and rainy
Early on in my life I learned that if I pictured the very worst thing that could happen and figured out some strategies for dealing with …
The Abyss
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Old New Castle, Delaware
Weather: 51º and rainy
As we continue looking at the hero’s journey, we’ll examine step four, The Abyss. This is one that’s familiar to almost anyone who’s following the writer’s journey.
Step …
The Writer’s Challenges
Blogger: Wendy Lawton (Brand New Grandmother)
Location: Old New Castle, Delaware
Weather: 63º and cloudy
I appreciate Michelle filling in for me yesterday and I love how she highlighted some of those delightful detours on the journey by reminding us …
The Threshold
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Old New Castle, Delaware
Weather: 59º and sunny
As we continue talking about the writer’s journey let’s look at the second step.
Step Two: The Threshold
This is the jumping off point for the adventure. Once …
The Writer as Hero
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Old New Castle, Delaware
Weather: Warm 57º and sunny
Each time I approach my blog week, I try to think back to some of the concerns of the past few weeks to see if I can …
Buzzing about Books
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Central California Office of Books and Such
After a week of talking nonfiction let’s share some of the nonfiction books that we love. You can just list them or you can tell us why they made …
The X Factor
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Central California Office of Books and Such
The X-factor is that indefinable “something” that denotes star quality. In books it’s the something that makes a project an exception that overcomes all our naysaying and all our …
Building the Book
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Central California Office of Books and Such
Here’s where the fun of writing a nonfiction book starts. When you have your idea and your material, it’s time to build your book. I want to challenge you …
The Perfect Package
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Central California Office of Books and Such Literary Agency
Weather: Rainy and Cool
Before I begin to pontificate about the “perfect” nonfiction package let me just say for the record:
- For every rule there is an
The Challenge of Selling the Nonfiction Book
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Central California Office of Books and Such
I’ve been preparing the sessions I will be teaching at the Mount Hermon Christian Writer’s Conference Career Track on writing the nonfiction book. Janet Grant and I led a …