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 …
Nonfiction
What’s on Top?
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: warm and cloudy
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 …
To Thine Own Book Be True
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, …
Lovely Bones: Book Structure, Part 2
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 …
Lovely Bones: A Book’s Structure, Part 1
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 …
Lovely Bones: A Book’s Structure, Part 1
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 …
Hot Buttons, Hot Books
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Mount Hermon Writers Conference
Weather: Bloomin’ beautiful
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 …
A Day in the Life of an Agent, Part 4
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 …
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 …
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 …