Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
We’ve all unwrapped the new year, expressing ourselves in the individual ways we’ve celebrated the tossing out of the old and the ushering in of the new. …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
We’ve all unwrapped the new year, expressing ourselves in the individual ways we’ve celebrated the tossing out of the old and the ushering in of the new. …
// by Wendy Lawton// 22 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, California
Are you an Organization Master, an Organization Meister, or Organization Challenged?
I promised a quiz to test your organizational acumen and here it is! Just click …
// by Wendy Lawton// 34 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley, California Office
Yesterday, while waiting for the doctor, I had my Kindle out, reading a manuscript. The doctor had to stop and play with it before we could get down to …
Best of the Blog 2009: Confessions of a Kindle DevoteeRead More
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Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley, California Office
Last week one of my longtime writing friends hit a wall with her novel. She began to doubt her skills, her story and even her genre. Here’s what I …
// by Janet Grant// 25 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
The other day I wrote about the new kid on the block: The concept that, by offering something for free, you can make a living. My response: …
Best of the Blog 2009: Trendspotting: “Free” Is Not a Business PlanRead More
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
If the publishing industry is shrinking, what is it doing to stay relevant–and alive? In talking to editors and publishers at the two major book trade shows, …
// by Rachel Kent// 19 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office; Santa Rosa, Calif.
It’s fun to remember what made us who we are today. Well, the good things, at least. I’d rather forget the humiliating moments that probably affected me the …
Best of the Blog 2009: Books that make a differenceRead More
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Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Late night, romantic, safe, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I’ve just finished a stint during which I read several queries in succession. It can be grueling work, having to page through so many hopeful letters introducing tales writers …
Best of the Blog 2009: Querying the American PsycheRead More
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
As summer winds down, we’re feeling the drag of “dog days.” Wikipedia says the Greeks and Romans coined that term after Sirius, the “Dog Star” and the brightest star in the …
// by Wendy Lawton// 37 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley, California Office
I returned from vacation only twenty hours ago and I’ve decided to extend my holiday frame of mind this week by talking about my favorite kind of travel — …
Best of the Blog 2009: Literary Pilgrimages— Prince Edward IslandRead More