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Washing Your Hands Like a Writer

December 11, 2018 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  16 Comments

blogger: Cynthia Ruchti

WASH YOUR HANDS

Have you been washing your hands like a writer? Like a food service worker? Like a doctor?wash hands writers

During our weekly agent meeting online, the Books & Such agents have been reading and discussing Originals: …

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Goal, Motivation, Conflict: The Importance for Authors

June 29, 2017 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  14 Comments

Goal, Moviation, Conflict

by Cynthia Ruchti

Every novice novelist soon learns about goal, motivation, and conflict. The mysterious GMC factor drives a good novel. And it isn’t produced by General Motors Corporation.

Debra Dixon wrote a classic resource for writers–…

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What Motivates You?

April 5, 2016 //  by Wendy Lawton//  73 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Last week we examined the question, “What Inspires You?” I loved your answers on the subject of inspiration last week– God, faith, nature, story, places, poetry, long drives. . .

This week we are going …

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Keeping Yourself Motivated to Write

August 29, 2014 //  by Rachel Kent//  35 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

What motivates you to keep writing? We are all faced with the ups and downs that come on the roller coaster of publishing, but when we get discouraged it can be tempting to just give up. Here …

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What motivates you?

October 31, 2012 //  by Rachel Kent//  60 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

We’ve talked before about setting goals as a motivation tool, but I am curious to find out this week what your biggest motivator is. What pushes you to write or work when you don’t feel like it?…

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Celebrating a writing achievement

August 8, 2012 //  by Rachel Kent//  71 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

We have a private Books & Such client Facebook group, and recently the authors were discussing what writing achievements they celebrate and how. Lots of ideas were shared; so I thought I’d bring all of you into …

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Evaluating 2011 Goals

November 15, 2011 //  by Rachel Kent//  5 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

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

Here are a few of my goals from last year. These goals were realistic goals for me, and I’ve been somewhat succeeded at them because of it.

Change …

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Set Realistic Goals

November 14, 2011 //  by Rachel Kent//  14 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

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

I don’t know about you, but each year I set goals for myself. This isn’t usually how I operate personally, but at the agency we like to have …

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Questions to Answer Before Creating a Proposal

April 25, 2011 //  by Rachel Kent//  23 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

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

This week I would like to focus on the Who, What, When, Where, Why (and How) questions you should answer for each project before creating a book proposal.…

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The 5 W’s of Motivation

October 21, 2009 //  by Rachel Kent//  6 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

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

What helps you to write? Do you write better at a specific time of day? Are you best off with a cup of tea on your desk, or …

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