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Best of the Blog 2009: Querying the American Psyche

December 21, 2009 //  by Michelle Ule//  13 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Location: Late night, romantic, safe, Santa Rosa, Calif.

I’ve just finished a stint during which I read several queries in succession. It can be grueling work, having to page through so many hopeful letters introducing tales writers …

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Best of the Blog 2009: Kiss of Death: The Renaissance Writer

December 16, 2009 //  by Wendy Lawton//  42 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA

What a fun week. There’s nothing like talking about all the things that could kill a writing career. Cheery little series, right? Okay, I’ll admit it, I employed a …

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Blog Carnivals

November 16, 2009 //  by Rachel Kent//  11 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

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

Last week I found out about blog carnivals. Perhaps I’m behind the times and everyone else knows what these are, but just in case, here’s a definition from …

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Selling Paper

September 29, 2009 //  by Michelle Ule//  8 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Location: Santa Rosa, where the grape vines are starting to dry out.

Have you ever gotten so fed up with a book that you’ve thrown it across the room and demanded to know why anyone bothered to …

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I’m a Writer Myself

September 28, 2009 //  by Michelle Ule//  9 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

My favorite scene in the movie Shakespeare in Love is when Will jumps into a Thames River boat and orders the oarsman to “follow that boat,” as he …

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Agents and Rejection

July 23, 2009 //  by Rachel Kent//  9 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Agents may dole out hundreds (or thousands) of rejections each year, but we experience rejection from the other side too. Each day we receive rejections from publishing houses …

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Dealing with Rejection

July 22, 2009 //  by Rachel Kent//  6 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

After weeks, possibly months, of waiting for an answer to your submission, you receive a short, polite letter (or email) informing you that your project isn’t right for …

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To Publish or Not?

July 2, 2009 //  by Michelle Ule//  6 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Location: The rich green vineyards of Northern California

Janet has been known to say that many books need to be written, which do not need to be published. I’ve written several of this type myself. You can …

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