Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
On the PBS News Hour, I recently saw a report on jazz legend Herbie Hancock, who talked about an especially memorable time he performed with his …
The Agents of Books & Such Literary Management Muse About Books, Publishing, and Life
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
On the PBS News Hour, I recently saw a report on jazz legend Herbie Hancock, who talked about an especially memorable time he performed with his …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Yesterday, I wrote about Deep Travel and how it can open our eyes to see in a more focused, new way. Another way that seeing can expand …
Creative Jumpstart: Limitations That Lead to LimitlessRead More
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
One wondrous aspect of writing is that it calls upon us to find that gold vein of creativity. One of the toughest aspects of writing is that …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Mid-70s
British fiction is no doubt the parent of American fiction, and from the passion for the Victorian novel in Britain came the blossoming of novels here in the late …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: mid-70s and dry
Reading a review of Ken Follett’s Fall of Giants, the first book in his new historical trilogy, I found this quote from Follett: “Almost all the …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: mid-70s
As you could see from the list of ACFW awards for historical fiction in Monday’s blog, an author can approach writing stories set in the past a number of …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Mid-80s and rainy
I think I’ve mentioned here that my first employment straight out of college was as a teacher of American history in Virginia. I was expected to spend …
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Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
We’ve spent the week talking about what you should keep. Now I’d like to ask the question, What should you throw away? (Writing related only, please.)
I’ll start …
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Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
What’s in your files?
An author should be able to open up his or her files (typically in a filing cabinet) and find a bunch of information. Here’s …
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Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Databases and Fans
It’s exciting to receive fan letters though it’s often impossible to respond to each one individually. An author should acknowledge and thank the fans, even …