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To Thine Own Book Be True

April 10, 2009 //  by Janet Grant//  7 Comments

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, …

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Lovely Bones: Book Structure, Part 2

April 9, 2009 //  by Janet Grant//  3 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Location: Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

As I mentioned in my last blog, a strong structure invites the reader into your book. Your table of contents is a big selling point–not only for readers but for …

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Lovely Bones: A Book’s Structure, Part 1

April 7, 2009 //  by Janet Grant//  4 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Location: Mount Hermon Writers Conference

Weather: Springtime perfect

One of the aspects of a nonfiction book that makes it salable is its structure. Sometimes I read a proposal or pick up a book, and a glance …

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Lovely Bones: A Book’s Structure, Part 1

April 7, 2009 //  by Janet Grant//  4 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Location: Mount Hermon Writers Conference

Weather: Springtime perfect

One of the aspects of a nonfiction book that makes it salable is its structure. Sometimes I read a proposal or pick up a book, and a glance …

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Hot Buttons, Hot Books

April 6, 2009 //  by Janet Grant//  8 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Location: Mount Hermon Writers Conference

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I’m co-teaching the Career Track at the Mount Hermon Writers Conference for the next few days, and as I’m hearing tons of book ideas from the conferees, I’m …

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A Day in the Life of an Agent, Part 4

February 6, 2009 //  by Janet Grant//  Leave a Comment

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

I’m rubbing my hands together in anticipation because, next up on my to-do list is working on proposals from my clients. Some agents find this work drudgery …

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The Proof’s in the Books

January 23, 2009 //  by Rachel Kent//  12 Comments

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 …

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How Twentysomethings Think and Feel

January 20, 2009 //  by Rachel Kent//  8 Comments

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 …

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Twentysomethings: All Grown Up, Right?

January 19, 2009 //  by Rachel Kent//  9 Comments

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 …

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