Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Mount Hermon Writers Conference
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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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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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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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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 …
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Blogger: Michelle Ule, Books & Such Assistant
Location: London
Weather: A lovely contrast to Santa Rosa’s drought condition.
How does the saying go? The United States and England are two nations separated by a common language? We’re laughing at the …
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Blogger: Michelle Ule, Books & Such Assistant
Location: London
Weather: Well, what do you expect?
My family camped through New Zealand several years ago. Everyone packed his or her own entertainment, and I brought along Scrabble. Our ten-year-old read all …
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Blogger: Kathleen Y’Barbo, Publicist
Location: The Woodlands, TX Publicity Office
Weather: Rainy and 65 degrees
Last week I touched on a few ways to carve out time to publicize your book. This week I’d like to take a look at …
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Blogger: Michelle Ule, Books & Such Assistant
Location: Paris
Weather: Chilly but full of romance
The United States publishes the majority of English language books in the world. At Books & Such, we receive queries from all over the globe. …
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Blogger: Michelle Ule, Books & Such Assistant
Location: Paris
Weather: You don’t want to know
While everyone else in the office is preparing for Mount Hermon’s Christian Writers Conference, I slipped out early on a long planned trip to Paris …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such office, Nashville
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Interviewers often ask authors about the connection between a fictional character and the author’s mother, father, husband, wife, child, and the author him or herself. Just last …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such office, Nashville
Weather: 65 and spring rain
Do protagonists have greater appeal to readers if they are human, or is it more important that a character simply exhibit some human characteristics? Animal characters …