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.…
Writing Craft
Career Killers: Speed Writing
Blogger:Â 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 …
Career Killers: Playing Around the Edges
Blogger:Â 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— …
Career Killers: Sloppiness
Blogger:Â 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, …
Career Killers: Skipping the Apprenticeship
Blogger:Â 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 …