Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office
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Yesterday I set up a brand new worst case scenario. Here it is: You have an amazing book burning a hole in your life. You …
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Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office
Weather: 68º and partly sunny
Yesterday I set up a brand new worst case scenario. Here it is: You have an amazing book burning a hole in your life. You …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
While at the Mount Hermon Writers Conference, I discussed nonfiction with several editors but found little news beyond that publishers aren’t offering contracts on projects that have …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
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I’ve been writing this week about ways writers can suggest to their readers how to communicate in untried ways, how to slow the frenetic pace of their …
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Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Barnes & Noble, Santa Rosa, Calif.
When I was in Denver at the Jerry B. Jenkins Writing for the Soul Conference, two questions I was asked frequently were, “What’s popular now?” and “What book trends do …
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Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
As you know, there’s much more to writing these days than just producing a book. Some authors would claim that the writing is the easy part! The hard …
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Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Central California Office of Books and Such
After a week of talking nonfiction let’s share some of the nonfiction books that we love. You can just list them or you can tell us why they made …
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Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Central California Office of Books and Such
The X-factor is that indefinable “something” that denotes star quality. In books it’s the something that makes a project an exception that overcomes all our naysaying and all our …
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Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Central California Office of Books and Such
Here’s where the fun of writing a nonfiction book starts. When you have your idea and your material, it’s time to build your book. I want to challenge you …
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Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Central California Office of Books and Such Literary Agency
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Before I begin to pontificate about the “perfect” nonfiction package let me just say for the record:
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Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Central California Office of Books and Such
I’ve been preparing the sessions I will be teaching at the Mount Hermon Christian Writer’s Conference Career Track on writing the nonfiction book. Janet Grant and I led a …