Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office
Last time I blogged I promised you, dear readers, that for just this once I would refrain from blogging about gruesome realities like Career Killers, Kisses of Death, …
Children's books
A New Wrinkle
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville office
Weather: Low 90s and muggy
A sentence on page 20 in Publishers Weekly‘s recent July 19 issue on children’s books for this fall caught my eye: “…It’s unclear whether parents …
Can You Cuddle with an e-Book?
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Hot and cloudy
Being a kids book’ advocate, I don’t think you can start little ones too early in grasping new experience from a book. Well, maybe I draw the …
When Is a Book a Book?
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Hot and muggy
A recent quote in Newsweek from Anna Quindlen caught my eye: “Well, what is a book really? Is it its body or its soul?” I think that …
Seen Any Kids’ Books Lately?
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Hot as you-know-what
The title for this post has a broader meaning than at first may come to mind. As I read the summer movie listings, review publishers’ offerings of …
Words and Pictures–A Balancing Act
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Still hot
After writing about words for three days, I’ve realized that the hardest writing may be description–not dialogue–because description is more visual. It calls for painting pictures with words, …
“More, More, More,” Said the 10-year-old
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Hot and sticky
Young readers’ enthusiasm still thrills me. From the time most of them first discover they can decipher those symbols on the page and glean meaning from them, …
The Look of Poetry
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Slight chance of showers
Recently an author asked me how many poems she should include in a manuscript for a picture book of poetry. I had no idea how to …
Historical Kids
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Holding down the fort in Santa Rosa while everyone else attends the Mount Hermon Christian Writer’s Conference.
“I don’t know why you kids bother to read fiction,” said Mrs. Klocki, my eighth-grade history teacher. “You should …
What’s Faith Got to Do with It?
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Low 40s and Rain
I’m still thinking about all those junior high students in the “Letters to Authors” contest I was judging last week –I’ve blogged a bit about their …