Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville office
Weather: 35 degrees, sunny
The other day I heard a commentary with a biblical perspective on time and our use of it. In Genesis 1 we hear over and over in …
Life
The Proof’s in the Books
Before we get to the much-anticipated reading list, I want to thank you all for participating this week! I’ve had so much fun.
By the way, I’m teaching a workshop on this subject (entitled “When Your Audience Is the ‘Hoodie …
Through the Eyes of a Twentysomething
Continuing our discussion about what makes a twentysomething reader tic, let’s dissect an imaginary book using a twentysomething mindset. I want to show you how the principles we’ve learned so far about twentysomethings would apply in this case. I wrote …
How Twentysomethings Think and Feel
Because the 20s are years of so many transitions, each twentysomething is at a different place in life. (This makes twentysomethings easy-to-write protagonists!) A few things remain consistent about our generation, however, and these patterns of thought and behavior can …
Twentysomethings: All Grown Up, Right?
Many of you write for twentysomethings, while others of you have these younger readers as part of your “fan” base, but you might not realize it. After all, included in the general adult audience are twentysomethings.
Books that are targeted …
I Resolve…
Bogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
As I considered my New Year’s resolutions, I realized they looked very different if I thought of them not as “resolutions” but rather in terms of “I …