Blogger: Rachel Kent
I’m off on my camping trip this weekend and I’ll be digging in to Lizzy & Jane by Katherine Reay. Finally! I’ve done a lot of reading already this summer, but most of the books have been …
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Author Tour
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Last week I promised I’d write more about the multi-stop author tour. It sounds like a dream come true to those just embarking on a writing career, right? A whistle stop trip through the countryside, stopping at …
The Listening Tour
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
I’m just back from a ten-day, twelve-event Lauraine Snelling Book Tour. We drove 1585 miles, made hundreds of connections and listened to just as many stories. As I posted several of the events on Facebook many commented …
Is TV the Superior Medium?
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
If all media had a popularity contest, which would win?
Michael Wolff, in his new book Television is the New Television: The Unexpected Triumph of Old Media in the Digital Age, posits that, hands-down, TV is …
Attracting Customers to What You’re Creating
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Having just returned from the International Christian Retail Show, I couldn’t help but turn my thoughts to the news that independent bookstores are having a good year. And have, as a matter of fact, increased in …
For the love of reading
Blogger: Rachel Kent
I am traveling today, so I will not be able to participate, but I hope you will all interact and chat with each other.
On Wednesday, I took my nephew and daughter to a local bookstore and …
Moral Responsibility and Writers
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Last week in the comments to my blog post on social media as the new locale for public shaming, Carrie Padgett mentioned that a lively online discussion was taking place elsewhere about whether authors have …
Why Writers Write
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
I love finding out what stimulates writers to write. And what urges them on to write a particular piece.
This past week, I read an article about a poet, Jane Hirshfield, who believes poems can transform …
How Does an Author Get Branded?
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Interacting with writers at writing conferences provides me with insight into what conceptions–some accurate, some not–wannabe authors have about the industry. During the recent Mount Hermon Writers Conference, individuals who sat at my table for dinner …
Welcoming Readers
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Yesterday, I was reading an article in the CBA Retailers + Resources magazine (April 2015) about welcoming little children into Christian bookstores (to increase sales) by having a large children’s section with toys and books for sale …