Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Let’s say you missed your book deadline not by a few days, not by a few weeks but by a few months…or years. If you’re seriously late, …
Productivity
When Is a Deadline a Dead Line?
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Santa Rosa Main Office
Today I’m in a mood. Thunderclouds have gathered over my office, and I’m not feelin’ groovy, even if I do live in California. How come?
Because I’m observing authors becoming less …
Writing Within Your Brand
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Camping near Mt. Shasta, Calif.
Weather: Hot! In the 100s.
When an author has established a brand and has an audience, the author needs to work hard to stick with the brand for future projects. That …
A Labor of Love?
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Washington, D. C. where it’s too muggy for me.
“I can write anything,” an eager writer emailed our office. “Just tell me what genre is selling, and I’ll write a book for you.”
The trick to …
Attractive Author Qualities: Discernment
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
The final author quality I’m going to cover this week is discernment. Discernment is, essentially, the ability to make wise choices. It’s being able to weigh multiple …
Attractive Author Qualities: Professionalism
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Main Office; Santa Rosa, Calif.
The third quality I admire in authors is professionalism. I’m not saying that you need to wear a suit and tie or a dress and nylons whenever …
MARKETING MATTERS: Taming the Marketing Monster, Part 2
Blogger: Kathleen Y’Barbo, Publicist
Location: The Woodlands, TX Publicity Office
Weather: Cloudy and 75 degrees
Last week I talked a bit about the Marketing Monster, that huge scary thing lurking in the shadows that promises to pounce without warning.
Many …
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Work Habits
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
Weather: Warm and sunny
One of my treasures is The Writer’s Desk, a book of duotone photographs of writers in their private workspaces taken by renowned author photographer, …
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 …
A "Restful" Quiz
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such office, Nashville
Weather: Finally up from freezing
My new Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary lists one definition for the noun “rest” as “freedom from activity or labor.” That’s what I had in mind at the …