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Read ’em or Not– Reviews

April 13, 2024 //  by Wendy Lawton//  5 Comments

Just this week I was copied on an email from one of my clients, Jill Eileen Smith, to her publicity manager at her publishing house. They were talking about a stellar review she received on her newest book, The Ark …

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Your Annual Must-Read

September 12, 2021 //  by Wendy Lawton//  16 Comments

During our weekly Books & Such staff meeting last Friday, I mentioned that there are two books that should be considered a must-read for all of our clients. I confessed that for thirteen or fourteen years I reread these books …

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Food for Thought

June 2, 2015 //  by Wendy Lawton//  71 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

First, let me apologize for abandoning you last week. I no sooner posted my blog than I was taken ill and found myself face down in my pillow for 24 hours. Many thanks to my cohort, Janet …

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How Do We Create a Bestseller?

February 19, 2013 //  by Wendy Lawton//  79 Comments

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Who hasn’t picked up a New York Times bestselling book and thought, “Why is this book—or this author—a bestseller? If you are a writer your next thought might come out sounding a little whiney, “My book is …

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Planning Multi-Author Projects

February 6, 2012 //  by Rachel Kent//  7 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

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

Books that include a collection of stories by different authors seem to be becoming increasingly popular. How are these projects planned? Who corrals all of the authors to …

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Breaking the Rules

August 12, 2010 //  by Rachel Kent//  11 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

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

 

When a writer creates a book that’s outside the boundaries established for a genre, the book can lose its place in the market. But this can be a

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