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Finding Inspiration

February 13, 2022 //  by Janet Grant//  13 Comments

What causes an author to write about a subject from a different perspective? Where does that idea come from? Knowing what inspired an author in turn can help you in finding inspiration–and cause you to listen to your own internal …

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Platform–A Snarky Commentary

June 12, 2019 //  by Wendy Lawton//  28 Comments

By Wendy Lawton

Okay, confession time: Here at Books & Such I’m known as the platform denier. The skeptic. Card-carrying member of the Book Marketing Flat Earth Society. Yes, I know that an author’s platform can be a powerful thing, …

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Being Gutsy: An Insider Looks at Publishing

April 26, 2015 //  by Janet Grant//  66 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

The publishing committee for the fledging publisher was small: four people. They sat not at a boardroom table but in a circle of chairs in the publishing executive’s office.

The marketing director shuffled through her sheaves …

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Books That Surprise Me

February 24, 2015 //  by Wendy Lawton//  24 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

I read many books. Pre-published books, published books, bestsellers. But there’s nothing that delights me more than books that surprise me. Let me talk about a few.

Several years ago I was in an airport with my …

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Intentional Reading

March 19, 2013 //  by Wendy Lawton//  121 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

I’m just back from visiting my eldest daughter. Rebecca is a reader. I guess I should say, Rebecca is a READER. She is a college instructor but most of the reading she does is fiction, purely for …

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Mergers and Buyouts and Takeovers, Oh My!

October 30, 2012 //  by Wendy Lawton//  24 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Yesterday brought the surprise of the Penguin-Random House merger. If approved Penguin Random House will be the world’s largest book publisher. The announcement caused a groundswell of author angst that very nearly paralleled the anxiety over the …

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