Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Hot and sticky
Young readers’ enthusiasm still thrills me. From the time most of them first discover they can decipher those symbols on the page and glean meaning from them, …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Hot and sticky
Young readers’ enthusiasm still thrills me. From the time most of them first discover they can decipher those symbols on the page and glean meaning from them, …
// by Etta Wilson// 8 Comments
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Summer Showers
What is a fiction series? The answer to that question is not as apparent as we might at first think. A fiction series can be defined as a …
// by Etta Wilson// 7 Comments
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: mid-80s
While it’s tempting to talk about the excess rain and devastating floods here in Nashville, I’m turning to things more bookish–due in part to several proposals I’ve seen lately. …
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Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
We know, we know, it’s Etta’s turn to blog this week. She’ll be back tomorrow to talk about book series.
In the meantime, we’ve been ruminating on a …
// by Rachel Kent// 7 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Two days ago, Kristen brought up a hard-to-answer question about series romance. To view her comment click here. Her question left me thinking about who’s really in …
// by Rachel Kent// 12 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Yesterday Gina brought up an excellent reason for why some multi-published authors might end up writing the “same” story more than once. She pointed out that authors often …
// by Rachel Kent// 15 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
A multi-published writer mentioned in conversation with another author that she always makes the heroes in her books look like actor Harrison Ford. You know, the ruggedly handsome, …
// by Rachel Kent// 9 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I believe every author has a writing rut that he or she is inclined toward. Perhaps a certain topic close to the author’s heart leaks into every book, …
// by Rachel Kent// 16 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I was reading a non-work-related novel over the weekend and found that I was slowly being driven crazy by the continuous mention of CHILDREN! I love kids, don’t …
// by Wendy Lawton// 13 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office
Weather: A sunny Friday
We’ve talked about avoiding the too-clever query and giving too much information. We’re going to wind up this week by talking about those queries that fail …