Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Confession time: Every time somebody posts a photo of a gorgeous private library or a writing enclave overlooking woods and a stream, I have to check my green-eyed covetousness. I often wonder what it would be like …
John Bunyan
Unfortunate Trends: Slump in Book Collecting
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office
Books as disposables. Nothing could be sadder.
In our minimalist age people are not collection books like they once did. It’s another trend I’m mourning. Books are such treasures. when …
Far from Home
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such client retreat, Monterey, CA
Weather: Sunny
So many good travel books are available now–almost as many as cookbooks, but that’s another topic for a later blog. Being here in Monterey opens up all …
#AgentFail: Hitting the Brick Wall
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office
Agent blogs often talk about the writer’s side of finding an agent. We don’t often talk about the agent’s side–finding the perfect project, the perfect writer and offering representation. Much …
Favorite Five: Classic Nonfiction Writers
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office
For our last Favorite Five day, I thought we’d share our favorite “classic” writers. It begs the question, what makes one classic? I’m not sure I have an answer to …