Blogger: Rachel Kent
First, I’d like to announce that KRISTA QUINTANA was randomly selected as our winner for the Starbucks gift card for participating in the survey. Congratulations to Krista!
We had more than 370 people respond to our survey …
Fantasy
The Book That Inspired My Love of YA Fantasy
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I think a lot of younger readers would say the Harry Potter series introduced them to young adult fantasy. Some might say it was Twilight. For my …
The Inside Track: Commercial Appeal
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
You thought I was going to say that in order to get my attention you need to write an outstanding book, didn’t you?
That almost goes without saying but …
The Rules of Genre
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Greater Philadelphia Christian Writers’ Conference; Philadelphia, PA
Genres establish certain rules for how books should be written. For example, a romance novel should start with the female perspective, and the male and female protagonists should meet
Tell Me, What’s the Buzz?
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
In my continuing report to you on BEA, next up is Editor Buzz, which like the CEO round table, occurs before the convention officially opens. Each of …