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Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Let’s start today by talking about point of view. In many films, the point of view shifts frequently. The audience sees a snippet of one character’s view, and …
What can be done in film, can’t always be done in print.Read More
// by Wendy Lawton// 5 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
Weather: Sunny and warm
Okay, we’ve been talking about writers’ habits, spaces and rituals. Let’s get down to the nitty gritty. What does the real writer’s day look like? …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Office, Nashville
Weather: 61 and rainy
This business of standards of decency for children’s books is one that keeps me thinking. I understand the difficulty of making rules for what words and scenes …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Office, Nashville
Weather: 58 and dreary–just like Santa Rosa
I’m down to the nitty gritty–how do I, as an agent representing authors who write for children and tweens, evaluate manuscripts in the current …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Flying cross country
Weather: Breezy
We may be fairly agreed on what constitutes appropriate reading for children of various age levels, but the whole business of what we adults find offensive is another matter. It probably …
// by Etta Wilson// 12 Comments
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Colorado Springs
Weather: Hot and cold–we’re in Colorado
I am incensed by an article in School Library Journal in early February entitled “A Dirty Little Secret.” The author Debra Whelan is trying to make the case …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Kensington, Maryland
Weather: Freezing day and night
I’ve pursued the question of “What is rest” as I’ve traveled from Tennessee to Virginia to Maryland, and my observations are as wide-ranging as the miles I’ve covered. I …
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Blogger:Etta Wilson
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Weather: 45 and sunny
I’m back at the seminary where my husband and I started our marriage. Serendipitously, we were given a room in the same building where we lived the first two years in …