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Friday Free-for-All: Genre Switch?

August 13, 2010 //  by Rachel Kent//  8 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

Location: Greater Philadelphia Christian Writers’ Conference, Philadelphia, PA

Many writers write in a specific genre for a specific audience. They’re able to follow the guidelines for writing in that genre well, and it comes naturally. Sometimes authors …

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Breaking the Rules

August 12, 2010 //  by Rachel Kent//  11 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

Location: Greater Philadelphia Christian Writers’ Conference, Philadelphia, PA

 

When a writer creates a book that’s outside the boundaries established for a genre, the book can lose its place in the market. But this can be a

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The Rules of Genre

August 11, 2010 //  by Rachel Kent//  8 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

Location: Greater Philadelphia Christian Writers’ Conference; Philadelphia, PA

Genres establish certain rules for how books should be written. For example, a romance novel should start with the female perspective, and the male and female protagonists should meet

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Genres

August 9, 2010 //  by Rachel Kent//  24 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent (formerly Rachel Zurakowski)

Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Hi, everyone! I’m back. 🙂 Last month Michelle (who is awesome) took over my week of blogging for me while I was on my honeymoon.…

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Career Killers: Speed Writing

July 15, 2010 //  by Wendy Lawton//  14 Comments

Blogger:  Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office

Weather: Sunny and hot

I keep revealing these potentially career killing comments I’ve recently heard from editors. To put them into perspective, ninety-nine out of a hundred comments I hear …

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Career Killers: Playing Around the Edges

July 14, 2010 //  by Wendy Lawton//  11 Comments

Blogger:  Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office

Weather: Sunny and mid-nineties– again!

Here’s another comment I recently heard from a frustrated editor talking about a writer: “I just wish he would spend less time networking—Twittering and Facebooking— …

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Career Killers: Sloppiness

July 13, 2010 //  by Wendy Lawton//  22 Comments

Blogger:  Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office

Weather: Sunny and mid-nineties

Last week I spoke to an editor about a potential client who published a recent nonfiction book with their publishing house. Here’s what the editor said, …

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Career Killers: Skipping the Apprenticeship

July 12, 2010 //  by Wendy Lawton//  28 Comments

Blogger:  Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office

Weather: Hot, hot, hot.

Yesterday was the 50th Anniversary of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird. It’s the perfect time to look at becoming a master of the craft …

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