Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Whenever I’m on the faculty of the Mount Hermon Writers Conference, I’m always on the lookout for a chance to chat with editors about how their publishing …
Books & Such
Is “Branding” a Four-Letter Word?
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I know, I know, some of you have heard about branding so often that your ears flap shut when the word is uttered. But, having just returned …
Friday Free-for-All
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I stood behind a young woman at the library on Wednesday and laughed when I realized she juggled at least a dozen “Dear America” series books and four
…Everybody Has a Story
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
The world-weary, bottle-blonde peered at my parents through the smoky haze of a Las Vegas nightclub.
Her voice rough after hours of belting out jazzy numbers, my aunt …
On Pet Peeves and Historical Fiction
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I flipped a coin as I filled out my application to UCLA. Heads I’d major in English; tails it would be history.
Heads won. I read poetry and …
On Writing Historical Fiction
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Contemporary Santa Rosa, Calif.
They say if you want to learn about political life in the past, read a history book. If you want to learn about social customs, read historical …
Historical Kids
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Holding down the fort in Santa Rosa while everyone else attends the Mount Hermon Christian Writer’s Conference.
“I don’t know why you kids bother to read fiction,” said Mrs. Klocki, my eighth-grade history teacher. “You should …
Friday Free-for-All
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: 60 and rainy
I’ve been writing this week about ways writers can suggest to their readers how to communicate in untried ways, how to slow the frenetic pace of their …
Music in the Air
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville office
Weather: 70 and Sunny
I love living in Music City USA! The musical options here just get more exciting all the time. Last week I heard Brahms’ Symphony #3 played by …
Claiming Race and Nation
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Cool and Rainy
I’ve just filled out the Census Form, providing vital information, and I’m eager to hear the compiled results telling how people, both citizens and non-citizens, define their …