Blogger: Etta Wilson
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I’ve been searching children’s books for idioms and trying to discover at what age kids begin to understand that symbolic phrases can add to or give the …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Mid-60s and Rainy
I’ve been searching children’s books for idioms and trying to discover at what age kids begin to understand that symbolic phrases can add to or give the …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such, Nashville Office
Weather: Clearing and 60s
One culture I’ve overlooked in thinking about idiom and simile is the Native American. Sharon Creech’s 1995 Newbery Medal winner, Walk Two Moons, is built on the …
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Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley, California Office
Weather: Still drippy but a little warmer
Sometimes our literary pilgrimages will offer new insight into the milieu of the writer. Such was the case with our most extensive …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books and Such Nashville office
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What a lot of dog names and memories we’ve stirred this week! Some fictional and some real. We’ve recalled the great stories about Lassie, Old Yeller, …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville office
Weather: Still hot
Thinking more about humans and dogs, I’m always a little surprised by the great difference in our attitude toward dogs, at least that of most of us, and …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: low 80s
What a colorful world we have, especially at this time of year with pink, red, and yellow flowers blooming everywhere. We are all more attracted to color, even …
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Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: International Christian Retailers Show, Denver, CO
Many writers see agents as just another gatekeeper, barring entry into the garden of publishing. The common lament is, “You can’t get published without an agent, and you can’t get …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I would be remiss if I didn’t talk about the technology gizmos and gadgets at BEA because they are the rock stars of publishing. If publishing is …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Office, Nashville
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How many words should a title have? Well, that depends on a lot of things, but subtitles often carry the freight of conveying the content while the …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Office, Nashville
Weather: Hot for Spring
I was browsing the bookstores and my local library last week, and some things I’ve known for some time about titles were readily evident:
1) Titles are …