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The Rules of Genre

August 11, 2010 //  by Rachel Kent//  8 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

Location: Greater Philadelphia Christian Writers’ Conference; Philadelphia, PA

Genres establish certain rules for how books should be written. For example, a romance novel should start with the female perspective, and the male and female protagonists should meet

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Genres

August 9, 2010 //  by Rachel Kent//  24 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent (formerly Rachel Zurakowski)

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

Hi, everyone! I’m back. 🙂 Last month Michelle (who is awesome) took over my week of blogging for me while I was on my honeymoon.…

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Worst Case Scenario– Career Stall

April 15, 2010 //  by Wendy Lawton//  9 Comments

Blogger:  Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office

Weather: 73º and sunny

Yesterday I set up a worst case scenario about fickle genre fashion using the yet undiscovered (or just plain fictitious) genre, edgy Brit-lit. Here’s what I …

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Worst Case Scenario–Genre Fail

April 14, 2010 //  by Wendy Lawton//  11 Comments

Blogger:  Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office

Weather: 68º and partly sunny

Yesterday I set up a brand new worst case scenario. Here it is: You have an amazing book burning a hole in your life. You …

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Where Do Your Ideas Come From?

July 1, 2009 //  by Michelle Ule//  8 Comments

Blogger:  Michelle Ule

Location: Sunny Sonoma County

I’m recently returned from visiting both the Pacific Northwest and Washington, D.C. On both trips, I stopped along the way for a little business–and spoke with booksellers.

One chatty woman at the Oakland …

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