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.
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 Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
A multi-published writer mentioned in conversation with another author that she always makes the heroes in her books look like actor Harrison Ford. You know, the ruggedly handsome, …
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Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I think it’s time for some real-life examples of positively rejected manuscripts…that were published.
My client, Sarah Sundin, spent seven years pitching and perfecting her WWII historical romance. …
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Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Yesterday we discussed an agent’s response to receiving rejection letters that essentially say, “I loved this book, but I’m going to have to pass.”
Thank you to those …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Wikipedia talks about “burnout” this way:
“The most well-studied measurement of burnout in the literature is the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Maslach and her colleague Jackson first identified …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Each of us is wired differently, but one aspect we all have in common: Certain activities relieve stress. When life overflows with tension, we need to make …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
The same prisoner I wrote about yesterday was in solitary confinement the majority of his eight years as a Vietnam POW. He and other prisoners developed a …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I’ve found when dealing with long-term stress that the best posture for me to take is one of hopefulness and optimism but not unrealistic. In other words, …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Last month I wrote about how publishing is ranked high among the most stress-filled occupations one could be involved in. I believe that’s not just true for …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
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I’m still thinking about all those junior high students in the “Letters to Authors” contest I was judging last week –I’ve blogged a bit about their …