What makes a reader set a book aside with the comment, “Unbelievable!”? And why should a writer care?
Because an agent or editor might set it side too. An author’s goal is to maintain readers’ attention and interest from the …
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Eight Questions to Get to Know Your Audience Better
Who is your book for?
While this isn’t intended to be a trick question, the quizzical looks that I often receive from writers during pitch sessions suggest otherwise.
After a few moments of chin-tapping or staring into space, here are …
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Unusual Distractions and the Writing Life
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Sitting in for Rachelle
In the course of writing a book you often have to write with distractions demanding your attention.
It’s the nature of life in general, but sometimes unusual events intrude.
(Death, birth, fire, natural …
Life Is Research
Blogger: Cynthia Ruchti
Life got in the way of my writing today.
Have those words crossed your mind lately?
Interruptions. Intrusions. Disrupted plans. Upheaval. Kids. Grandkids. Aging parents. Work. School. Volunteer responsibilities. Ordinary and relentless home maintenance…
Memories, good and …
Handling Writing Distractions: 6 Tips
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Sitting in for Janet Grant who is attending the International Christian Retail Show this week.
In the course of a professional writing life you have to write despite distractions.
I experienced that situation recently myself. A series …
Count the Costs Before Writing a Project
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Filling in for Mary Keeley currently at the American Fiction Christian Writers Conference in Dallas.
…“For which of you, desiring to write a book, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has
#Am Writing? A Day in the Life of a Writer
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Sitting in for Wendy Lawton who is at the Oregon Christian Writer’s Conference.
I am living the dream writer‘s life this summer.
I’m on hiatus from the church choir, Bible study teaching and my part-time …
Summer Tips: What’s a Writer to Do?
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Filling in for Janet Grant who is at the International Christian Retailer’s Show in Orlando, Florida.
Summer’s here and if you’re a writer with children, visitors, spouses, or other interruptions, how are you supposed to keep working …
Tools of the Trade
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Every tradesman treasures his tools. We writers are no different. Several years ago, one of my children asked me, “If we had a fire, what would you grab?” I answered without hesitation. My computer. My kids have …
The Excitement (and Commitment) of Novel Research
Blogger: Michelle Ule, substituting for Rachelle Gardner who is on the road today
(Note: Some readers will think all the Books & Such Agents are fanning out across America to clean house as per the April 1 post. Joke! The …