Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Summer Showers
What is a fiction series? The answer to that question is not as apparent as we might at first think. A fiction series can be defined as a …
One Book or More?
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: mid-80s
While it’s tempting to talk about the excess rain and devastating floods here in Nashville, I’m turning to things more bookish–due in part to several proposals I’ve seen lately. …
Friday Free-for-All
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Annapolis, MD
Weather: Low 70s and overcast
All week I’ve been thinking and blogging about poetry—its appeal to different ages, its forms, its seemingly universal origins. I don’t know if I’m any closer to a definition …
Poetry: Fiction’s Rib
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Low 70s and Lovely
The essence of my ruminations on poetry is how it can enliven and engage readers in our other writing, particularly fiction. I’m reading Brenda Vantrease’s The …
Poetry in Every Tongue and Place
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: High 70s
Some sources claim that poetry is the oldest form of literature. Reading the Psalms and the Iliad or the Odyssey suggests that may be true. (Wish I could …
The Look of Poetry
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Slight chance of showers
Recently an author asked me how many poems she should include in a manuscript for a picture book of poetry. I had no idea how to …
April When Poems Blossom
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Fair and low 70s
I love April! For many of us it signals the sure re-awakening from winter. Each spring I count the different blooming plants and trees in my …
Friday Free-for-All
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: 60 and rainy
I’ve been writing this week about ways writers can suggest to their readers how to communicate in untried ways, how to slow the frenetic pace of their …
Music in the Air
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville office
Weather: 70 and Sunny
I love living in Music City USA! The musical options here just get more exciting all the time. Last week I heard Brahms’ Symphony #3 played by …
Claiming Race and Nation
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Cool and Rainy
I’ve just filled out the Census Form, providing vital information, and I’m eager to hear the compiled results telling how people, both citizens and non-citizens, define their …