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Where Do You Get Your Book Ideas?

June 13, 2012 //  by Rachel Kent//  61 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

I would like to know where you get your book ideas. Here are some of the scenarios I’ve heard, but please weigh in with yours.

1) Dreams–I have three clients who have written books that they …

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Marketing: A New Baby, a Family Adventure and a Shameless Sales Pitch

August 23, 2011 //  by Michelle Ule//  13 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Location: Santa Rosa, Calif.

My comments about home parties from yesterday not withstanding, probably the people most interested in your book finally being published are your long- suffering family and friends. They’re the ones who have heard …

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One Writer’s Journey: Editing

April 15, 2011 //  by Michelle Ule//  16 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Location: Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference

I knew I would have to be edited at some point, I just didn’t have any idea what that meant. My colleague Liz Johnson, who wrote A Star in the Night…

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One Writer’s Journey: Actually Writing the Story

April 14, 2011 //  by Michelle Ule//  13 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Location: In Santa Rosa packing for Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference

What excitement! A contract!  I can write “novelist,” on my IRS 1040 for 2010! A dream has come true.

Or has it?

Don’t I have to …

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One Writer’s Journey: Cake and Champagne!

April 13, 2011 //  by Michelle Ule//  22 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

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

I’ve been talking about being a writer my whole life. Even my elementary school-aged daughter, however, was on to my lack of publishing success when she asked ten …

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One Writer’s Journey: Waiting

April 12, 2011 //  by Michelle Ule//  19 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

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

One of the most frustrating aspects of the publishing life is all the waiting around you have to do. Over on my personal blog, I recently wrote about …

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One Writer’s Journey: Getting the Opportunity

April 11, 2011 //  by Michelle Ule//  19 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Location: Just back in the office from Budapest

In addition to being agents and an editorial assistant, several Books & Such staff are also published writers. Janet Kobobel Grant has co-written books on prayer and breast cancer, …

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