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A few weeks ago, I decided to record a video of myself making a potato, corn and poblano pepper chowder. I channeled my inner-Millennial and sourced the recipe ingredients from my local farmers market. I roasted those poblanos and let …
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Hi, I’m Barb. I’m new here.
If you read my interview with Janet last month, you learned that I’m the newest literary agent with Books & Such Literary Management. However, I’ve been with the agency as Rachelle Gardner’s client since …
What motivates you to keep writing? We are all faced with the ups and downs that come on the roller coaster of publishing (and life), but when we get discouraged it can be tempting to just give up. Here are …
blogger: Cynthia Ruchti
Are these THE Top Ten ways to declutter your writer brain? More accurately, they are a few of the ways. But that would have made the title too long and not great for search engine optimization. (SEO–We …
Blogger: Michelle Ule sitting in for Cynthia Ruchti–who is coping with snow and power issues.
“How’s your writing going?” a dear friend wrote.
Photo by Markus Spiske (Unsplash)…Blogger: Rachel Kent
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 the agent or editor you were submitting to. Your …
Blogger: Cynthia Ruchti
Comfy new she-shed-like sunroom + intentional relaxation + days off = binge-watching movies.
I didn’t anticipate it also meant school. Was I entertained? Yes. Relaxed? Oh, yes.
But after a weekend of watching one movie after …
Blogger: Rachel Kent
A multi-published writer mentioned in conversation with another author that she always makes the heroes in her books look like actor Harrison Ford. You know, the ruggedly handsome, Indiana Jones-type. She claimed that her readers never noticed …
Blogger: Rachel Kent
At Books & Such, we love all types of writers. But today, I’d like to tell you about two specific types. Each one has its pros and cons.
The first is The Flexible Writer.
The Flexible …
blogger: Cynthia Ruchti
(I know there’s a thought worth putting on paper. I know there is. An idea. One idea. That’s all I’m asking.)
