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: 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: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
As you can see from my picture, I’m somewhat young. Often in my job, I have to “convince” people I’m an adult through my hard work, integrity, and …
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Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Agents may dole out hundreds (or thousands) of rejections each year, but we experience rejection from the other side too. Each day we receive rejections from publishing houses …
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Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: The rich green vineyards of Northern California
Janet has been known to say that many books need to be written, which do not need to be published. I’ve written several of this type myself. You can …
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Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Back in the Santa Rosa office.
I’m not only “our” editorial assistant here at Books & Such, but I’m a writer myself.
I’ve written at least five novels (with others lying around in various states of …
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Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Washington, D. C. where it’s too muggy for me.
“I can write anything,” an eager writer emailed our office. “Just tell me what genre is selling, and I’ll write a book for you.”
The trick to …
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Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: From beautiful Anchorage, Alaska
Weather: Scattered showers and 63º
Where’s Miss Etta? This was Etta Wilson’s week to blog and I’m guessing many of you tuned in to hear more of her wisdom for children’s writers. …
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Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
As I’m reading proposals, so often I see really great writing, but the project has little hope of publication because the audience is so small. Here are some …
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Blogger: Michelle Ule, Books & Such Assistant
Location: London
Weather: A lovely contrast to Santa Rosa’s drought condition.
How does the saying go? The United States and England are two nations separated by a common language? We’re laughing at the …
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Blogger: Michelle Ule, Books & Such Assistant
Location: Paris
Weather: You don’t want to know
While everyone else in the office is preparing for Mount Hermon’s Christian Writers Conference, I slipped out early on a long planned trip to Paris …