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Looking Back to Help Others Move Forward

February 20, 2022 //  by Debbie Alsdorf//  16 Comments

I still remember the day a California Bay Area newspaper featured an article titled “Accidental Author Shares God’s Word.” I smile remembering that it was in the front section of the paper as if this was news. It was true, …

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What Washed Ashore in the Storm

June 28, 2021 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  12 Comments

I’m married to a man who once despised brainstorming. He calls himself a non-writer. I disagree, but that’s a story for another time. Somehow, he’d become convinced that brainstorm was a word on a par with earthquake or tsunami or …

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Make a Pilgrimage to a Bookstore

August 12, 2019 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  20 Comments

blogger: Cynthia Ruchti

Why should a writer routinely make a pilgrimage to a bookstore?

I chose the word pilgrimage on purpose for two reasons.

  • It’s true that far fewer bookstores exist than even ten years ago. So it may be
…

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Be Sure to Write a Different Book Next Time

July 11, 2019 //  by Rachel Kent//  12 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

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, Indiana Jones-type. She claimed that her readers never noticed …

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A Visit to the Bookstore

June 5, 2019 //  by Rachel Kent//  24 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

I’m beyond excited that my nephew asked for books for his birthday! He turned 14 on Sunday. I looked and looked for books that I thought were just right for him and then decided I couldn’t be …

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Tips to help you find a blog topic.

February 4, 2019 //  by Rachel Kent//  9 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

I don’t know about you, but I usually struggle with finding a blog topic. I am lucky to one of 5 bloggers on the Books & Such page. I know most of you run your own blogs …

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Top Ten Things Good Books Are Missing

December 27, 2018 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  5 Comments

blogger: Cynthia Ruchti

 

What are the Top Ten things that make a great book?

  1. Great cover
  2. Great title
  3. Intriguing beginning
  4. Fascinating characters
  5. A believable but interesting plot
  6. Surprising heroes
  7. Well-timed plot twists
  8. Meaningful takeaway value for the reader
  9. Written
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An Innovative Approach–Case Study

September 6, 2018 //  by Wendy Lawton//  19 Comments

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What do publishers and agents mean when they say they are looking for books that approach the subject in a new way or books that are innovative? We already know that books that are a rehash of …

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Giveaway Time! And Book Recommendations.

March 8, 2018 //  by Rachel Kent//  32 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

I have a pile of books stacking up and I’d love to pass them along to you, dear blog readers!

Please comment below with the title and author of a book you read recently that you would …

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Anticipation of Good Things: Christmas and Book Publishing

December 8, 2017 //  by Rachel Kent//  12 Comments

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A Christmas tradition that I love is one that I now believe was established by accident and out of necessity. Every Christmas, my parents would have the children wait in the hallway with the door closed before …

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