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: 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 …
// by Janet Grant// 6 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
In my continuing report to you on BEA, next up is Editor Buzz, which like the CEO round table, occurs before the convention officially opens. Each of …
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Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Last week one of my clients pointed out that I’d been reading a lot of Jane Austen-related books. He saw on the “What We’re Reading” box on the …
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Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
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I’ll bet my title caused you to scratch your head. How can writing the proverbial breakout novel be the kiss of death? Let me explain. . …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office
Finishing your work well is another challenge for the writer. It’s one thing to start off with gusto, another thing to make it through a potentially drooping middle, and still …
// by Janet Grant// 14 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Shakespeare wrote, “There’s many a slip twixt the cup and the lip.” How true when it comes to writing. You might start your manuscript off with a …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Yesterday I opined about what makes a great beginning to a book. But beyond the first page, a strong structure sustains a reader’s interest, and that’s what …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
“You had me at the first line.” Every author dreams of hearing readers proclaim that the first line of a book grabbed them by the lapels and …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
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I’ve written about the content of titles this week and their length, appropriateness, etc., but I haven’t said much about their looks, their style and where they …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Having recently returned from a writers conference, I’m struck again by how often writers don’t know where their books would fit on a bookstore’s shelves. Yeah, yeah, …