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Friday Free-For-All

March 19, 2010 //  by Rachel Kent//  6 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Yesterday we discussed reviews. Crystal mentioned that a well-written review is helpful. That started me to thinking:

What makes a review well-written?

Does a reader need to have …

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Lightening and Sharing the Hero’s Burden

March 10, 2010 //  by Michelle Ule//  4 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Location: NOT New Castle, Delaware where Wendy is busy with her brand-new first grandchild. (She will be back posting tomorrow.)

This week Wendy has been taking us through the heroic journey, likening novel writing and publishing to …

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Friday Free For All–Books Imitating Life

March 5, 2010 //  by Michelle Ule//  3 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

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

I’ve written this week about how specific novels affected the early years of my marriage and thus my relationship with my terrific engineer husband. You don’t have to …

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Love on Ice

February 26, 2010 //  by Etta Wilson//  9 Comments

Blogger:  Etta Wilson

Location: Books & Such Nashville Office

Weather: about 40 degrees

Like many of you I suspect, I’m wrapped up in the Winter Olympics. At a dinner party this past weekend, we had quite a discussion about what …

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That’s Amore!

February 25, 2010 //  by Etta Wilson//  4 Comments

Blogger:  Etta Wilson

Location: Books & Such Nashville Office

Weather: up to mid-40s

How many words are there for love? I wish we had more in the English language to distinguish the kinds of love.

We have parental love for …

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Boys Will Be Men

February 24, 2010 //  by Etta Wilson//  13 Comments

Blogger:  Etta Wilson

Location: Books & Such Nashville Office

Weather: Mid-40s. Still cold!

In the February issue of the review publication BookPage, I read an interview with Richard Whitmire, author of Why Boys Fail. Whitmire, the father of …

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Men in Print

February 22, 2010 //  by Etta Wilson//  5 Comments

Blogger: Etta Wilson

Location: Books & Such Nashville Office

Weather: Mid-40s

We’ve just passed Valentine’s Day, and as usual it  had a lot of emphasis on the romantic relationship. My sweetie tends to get more tender as the years go …

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Friday Free-for-All: Writing Tools and Your Personal Life

February 19, 2010 //  by Rachel Kent//  3 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Writing for the Soul conference, Denver, Colo.

How do the writing tools and skills we’ve discussed this week affect aspects of your life beyond the craft of writing?

The following two questions might help you to …

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Tools for the Writer’s Life: Day 1

February 15, 2010 //  by Rachel Kent//  11 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

As you know, there’s much more to writing these days than just producing a book. Some authors would claim that the writing is the easy part! The hard …

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Friday Free-For-All: Writing Your First Book

January 29, 2010 //  by Etta Wilson//  31 Comments

Blogger:    Etta Wilson

Location: Books & Such Nashville Office

Weather:  30 and snowy

When did you begin writing your first book?

What made you think you could do that?

Was it reading another book?

Knowing someone else who read a …

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