Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
You know how some blog post titles overreach, over-promise, and smack of snake oil salesmanship? That would not be this post’s title. The real con is the lie that we are more efficient when we multitask …
Productivity
Artificial Deadlines
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
As I may have mentioned, ahem, I’m on a productivity kick. Last week I listened to a great Craig Groeschel Time Management podcast, It’s About Time. The podcast is actually meant for leaders but …
Surprised by Joy and Hope
Blogger: Mary Keeley
Yes, the title of today’s post is a takeoff on C. S. Lewis’s and N.T. Wright’s books, Surprised by Joy and Surprised by Hope respectively. Not for the spiritual giants who wrote them, but for the …
Wisdom and Incremental Goals
Blogger: Mary Keeley
For any author who, at one time or another, has felt as if you’ve used up every creative brain cell and have little left to give toward your writing dream, I have words of wisdom from famous …
Snowed Under
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Many of you got a good dose of snow over the weekend. I’m not going to talk about being snowed in but about that horrible feeling of being snowed under.
I decided to use these first few …
Critical Mass vs. Cannibalism: What Authors Need to Know
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
I read an article in Publishers Weekly recently that advised writers to publish a lot: “The more books you have out there, the easier the marketing game is….This principle applies to any creative pursuit. The more …
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Edit Your Book to Perfection
Blogger: Mary Keeley
You just crossed the last “t” and dotted the last “i” and now your current book draft is finished. Many a brand new writer wants to think they’re almost at the finish line, but if you’re a …
Conquer Your Time Management Giants at Last
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
We all struggle with time management, but as social media steals away more and more of our minutes, our angst over lost time grows. Here at Books & Such, we’re always brainstorming how to get to …
Influential in 2016
Blogger: Mary Keeley
In a recent New York Times interview Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, commented that reading is “one of the chief ways that I learn, and has been since I was a kid. These days, I also get …
Strengths and Weaknesses
Blogger: Mary Keeley
So much about the writing life has to do with time and no more so than in this season of the year. Time for meeting your self-imposed deadline or the publisher’s due date is at a premium, …