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Attractive Author Qualities: Discernment

April 24, 2009 //  by Rachel Kent//  11 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

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

The final author quality I’m going to cover this week is discernment. Discernment is, essentially, the ability to make wise choices. It’s being able to weigh multiple …

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Attractive Author Qualities: Professionalism

April 23, 2009 //  by Rachel Kent//  9 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

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

The third quality I admire in authors is professionalism. I’m not saying that you need to wear a suit and tie or a dress and nylons whenever …

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MARKETING MATTERS: Taming the Marketing Monster, Part 2

March 25, 2009 //  by Kathleen Y'Barbo//  Leave a Comment

Blogger: Kathleen Y’Barbo, Publicist

Location: The Woodlands, TX Publicity Office

Weather: Cloudy and 75 degrees

Last week I talked a bit about the Marketing Monster, that huge scary thing lurking in the shadows that promises to pounce without warning.

Many …

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Work Habits

March 10, 2009 //  by Wendy Lawton//  Leave a Comment

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA

Weather: Warm and sunny

One of my treasures is The Writer’s Desk, a book of duotone photographs of writers in their private workspaces taken by renowned author photographer, …

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The Work of Writing

March 9, 2009 //  by Wendy Lawton//  Leave a Comment

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA

Weather: sunny, 49º

Nothing seems harder than actually getting down to the work of writing. Writers are constantly alternating between feeling waves of guilt for not meeting writing goals …

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A "Restful" Quiz

January 27, 2009 //  by Etta Wilson//  10 Comments

Blogger: Etta Wilson

Location: Books & Such office, Nashville

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My new Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary lists one definition for the noun “rest” as “freedom from activity or labor.” That’s what I had in mind at the …

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Dividing Time Between Work and Rest

January 26, 2009 //  by Etta Wilson//  6 Comments

Blogger: Etta Wilson

Location: Books & Such Nashville office

Weather: 35 degrees, sunny

The other day I heard a commentary with a biblical perspective on time and our use of it. In Genesis 1 we hear over and over in …

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Herding Cats

January 16, 2009 //  by Wendy Lawton//  Leave a Comment

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, California

A friend just sent me a Susan Branch calendar. On the front is a quote I can’t stop thinking about: “I’m trying to arrange my life so I don’t …

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One Spoonful at a Time

January 15, 2009 //  by Wendy Lawton//  Leave a Comment

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, California

So did you find an area or two in which to ramp up your organizational skills? One of the fun things about taking a quiz like the one I …

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The Organized Writer

January 12, 2009 //  by Wendy Lawton//  24 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such, Central Valley Office, California

Last week Janet blogged about a newfangled year and our New Year’s resolutions. I’m guessing more than a few among us resolved to be more organized in 2009. I …

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