Blogger: Rachel Kent
Last night I was reading with my daughter and she picked the book When Sophie Gets Angry–Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang. It’s a Caldecott Honor Book about a little girl, Sophie, whose sister takes her toy …
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A Way You Can Help Your Agent
Blogger: Rachel Kent
In the publishing industry we are all juggling many tasks and often wear multiple “hats” each day. I know authors who are currently working on edits for one book, writing a second book, and putting a proposal …
Let’s Put the C Back in CBA: Friday Free-for-All Bible Verses
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Recently, these verses have been coming to mind a lot for me:
“Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be …
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Fried Friday Free-for-All: Avoiding Burnout
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Wikipedia talks about “burnout” this way:
“The most well-studied measurement of burnout in the literature is the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Maslach and her colleague Jackson first identified …
Destressing Step 4: Find Relaxing Activities
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Each of us is wired differently, but one aspect we all have in common: Certain activities relieve stress. When life overflows with tension, we need to make …
Destressing Step 3: Form a Circle of Supportive Colleagues
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
The same prisoner I wrote about yesterday was in solitary confinement the majority of his eight years as a Vietnam POW. He and other prisoners developed a …
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Destressing Step 2: Hopeful but Realistic
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I’ve found when dealing with long-term stress that the best posture for me to take is one of hopefulness and optimism but not unrealistic. In other words, …
Destressing Step 1: Regain Control
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Last month I wrote about how publishing is ranked high among the most stress-filled occupations one could be involved in. I believe that’s not just true for …
Four Things I Would Change in Publishing
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
We’ve all unwrapped the new year, expressing ourselves in the individual ways we’ve celebrated the tossing out of the old and the ushering in of the new. …
Best of the Blog 2009: Why Read?
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I found on the internet that the average reading speed is 200–250 words per minute in non-technical material–about 2 minutes per single-spaced page. In technical and scientific material, …