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MARKETING MATTERS: Taming the Marketing Monster, Part 2

March 25, 2009 //  by Kathleen Y'Barbo//  Leave a Comment

Blogger: Kathleen Y’Barbo, Publicist

Location: The Woodlands, TX Publicity Office

Weather: Cloudy and 75 degrees

Last week I talked a bit about the Marketing Monster, that huge scary thing lurking in the shadows that promises to pounce without warning.

Many …

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Characters–Cardboard or Electric?

March 24, 2009 //  by Etta Wilson//  9 Comments

Blogger: Etta Wilson

Location: Books&Such office, Nashville

Weather: 70s and breezy

One thing is clear–a whole lot of people are writing about “fictional character development”! According to Google today, there are 372,000 entries for that topic. Reading a few of …

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Character Creation

March 23, 2009 //  by Etta Wilson//  8 Comments

Blogger: Etta Wilson

Location: Books & Such office, Nashville

Weather: Low 60s and spring buds high and low

Some recent reading has caused me to think a lot about the role of character in our writing. The time-honored rule in …

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Books to Movies

March 20, 2009 //  by Rachel Kent//  8 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Since it’s Friday, here’s a fun movie quiz:

1) What book was the movie “Slumdog Millionaire” based on?

2) What words do the letters in WALL-E’s name stand …

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What can be done in film, can’t always be done in print.

March 19, 2009 //  by Rachel Kent//  8 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Let’s start today by talking about point of view. In many films, the point of view shifts frequently. The audience sees a snippet of one character’s view, and …

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MARKETING MATTERS: Taming the Marketing Monster, Part 1

March 18, 2009 //  by Kathleen Y'Barbo//  Leave a Comment

Blogger: Kathleen Y’Barbo, Publicist

Location: The Woodlands, TX Publicity Office

Weather: Sunny and 75 degrees

Maybe you love doing publicity, speaking, book signings, and the like. Great! Publicists like me love you! But what if you’re like the majority of …

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Don’t let your book fall flat like these films!

March 17, 2009 //  by Rachel Kent//  15 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa CA

What makes a movie interesting? How does it keep your attention to the end?

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” a strange story about a boy who was …

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Movie Mania

March 16, 2009 //  by Rachel Kent//  11 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Dim the lights and grab some popcorn! We’re going to the movies.

This week, I’m going to talk about movie techniques and how they relate to writing. Each …

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The Writing Day

March 13, 2009 //  by Wendy Lawton//  5 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA

Weather: Sunny and warm

Okay, we’ve been talking about writers’ habits, spaces and rituals. Let’s get down to the nitty gritty. What does the real writer’s day look like? …

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Writing Rituals

March 12, 2009 //  by Wendy Lawton//  Leave a Comment

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA

Weather: Sunny and warm

What is it about writers that we tend to have little rituals that mark our work.

I can’t write unless my office is orderly. In …

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