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Bad Advice from Good Authors

December 27, 2015 //  by Janet Grant//  16 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

I posted this article a few years ago but find its content just as true now as it was then. Enjoy a conversation among yourselves via the Comments section, as our office is closed until January …

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The Perfect Place to Write

June 18, 2013 //  by Wendy Lawton//  119 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

I have a book that I love. It’s The Writer’s Desk by Jill Krementz. Krementz is the wife of the late Kurt Vonnegut and is considered one of the century’s great author portraitists. The book feels like …

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Bad advice from best-selling authors

February 10, 2013 //  by Janet Grant//  68 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

A few months ago I was at an authorial event and overheard this exchange:

Newbie writer: “I had a book published ten years ago, and it did pretty poorly so I don’t know how I’ll ever …

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Work Habits

March 10, 2009 //  by Wendy Lawton//  Leave a Comment

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA

Weather: Warm and sunny

One of my treasures is The Writer’s Desk, a book of duotone photographs of writers in their private workspaces taken by renowned author photographer, …

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