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Do Awards Really Matter?

January 20, 2024 //  by Wendy Lawton//  19 Comments

Writers often ask, “Do awards really matter? Are some writing awards more valuable than others? Let me address those questions today.

Awards do matter for a number of reasons. Let me count some of the ways in a quick list …

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Laura Ingalls Wilder and Racism

July 11, 2018 //  by Janet Grant//  43 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Last week the American Library Association (ALA) announced that the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, a prestigious children’s literature prize, would henceforth be called the Children’s Literature Legacy Award. You can read the announcement on the award’s …

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The Best Best of the Worst

April 22, 2014 //  by Wendy Lawton//  69 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Last week I invited you to come up with the worst first sentence with which to open a book in our Best of the Worst Contest. Goodness! You are a creative community indeed. We had 206 entries …

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The Best of the Worst

April 15, 2014 //  by Wendy Lawton//  208 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

One of the things you may not know about me is that I won the infamous Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest in 1999 for the worst first line in children’s literature.

My line read:

The greedy schoolbus crept through …

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2012 Christy Award finalists: How many have you read?

July 18, 2012 //  by Rachel Kent//  31 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

As many of you know, Monday night the 2012 Christy Award winners were announced at the International Christian Retail Show in Orlando. My clients, Anne Elisabeth Stengl and Melanie Dickerson were both finalists in different categories. I’m …

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Every Author Just Wants to Be Liked

January 30, 2012 //  by Janet Grant//  21 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

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

Pretty much everyone just wants to be liked, right? Why, we’ve all taken to heart one sentence from Sally Fields’ earnest Academy-Award acceptance speech: “You like me, …

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Best-Sellers: Two Writers Weigh In

October 12, 2011 //  by Michelle Ule//  6 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Location: Home Office, Santa Rosa, CA

We’ve already talked about a nefarious way to break onto The New York Times best-seller list by buying copies of your own book, but what about writing a best-selling book. Is …

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Best-Sellers: The New York Times and Me

October 10, 2011 //  by Michelle Ule//  14 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Location: Main office, Santa Rosa, CA

Those of you who have been following my writing saga on the Books & Such blog may be interested in hearing the latest wrinkle. After releasing on September 1, 2011, A …

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Book Show: The Christy Awards!

July 12, 2011 //  by Wendy Lawton//  9 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: From ICRS, Atlanta

Sunday– Four Meetings plus the Annual Books & Such Brunch. Plus the Baker-Bethany-Revell Dinner.

Monday– Ten Meetings plus the Gala Christy Awards

Condition: Totally Exhausted (but happy)

After a full day on the …

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Digging Deeper: Historical Eras and Novels

September 29, 2010 //  by Etta Wilson//  15 Comments

Blogger:  Etta Wilson

Location: Books & Such Nashville Office

Weather: mid-70s

As you could see from the list of ACFW awards for historical fiction in Monday’s blog, an author can approach writing stories set in the past a number of …

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