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 …
Writing
I’m a Writer Myself
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 …
What Makes Your Agent Worry?
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley, California Office
Weather: Mid-nineties
Who would’ve thought I’d spend my blog week talking agent’s emotions? Yesterday I addressed agent love. Today I’m going to talk about agent angst, and tomorrow I’ll …
Is your “style” taking away from your writing?
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I read at least three proposals from potential clients every week, sometimes more. In many of these proposals, I notice common writing errors, and I’d like to point …
The Work of Writing
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
Weather: sunny, 49º
Nothing seems harder than actually getting down to the work of writing. Writers are constantly alternating between feeling waves of guilt for not meeting writing goals …
So Why Do We Write?
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: San Francisco Writer’s Conference
Weather: Rainy and 49º
This week I’ve touched on some of the subjects that make us cringe: money and the unfairness of compensation; success or the lack thereof; and those sales numbers …