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Think of your book proposal as a business plan for your book. It explains your book’s content, the need it fills and where it fits in the market. Further, it positions you, the author, as the most qualified person to write and promote the book. Continue reading How to Write a Nonfiction Book Proposal
This post is for my long-suffering non-writer friends who have endured my detailed explanations about the book publishing process. It is also for my writer friends who want to show their circle why they still haven’t published their book or why it took so long to get there. In brief, the process is: write and … Continue reading The Book Publishing Flowchart
[Updated Feb 16, 2024, see notes in square brackets.] Authors have a tough time breaking into the traditional publishing world. We send our work via email or online submission portals and rarely meet an agent or publisher face-to-face. Literary Speed Dating is designed as an opportunity to pitch in person. The catch? We only have … Continue reading A Rookie’s Guide to Literary Speed Dating
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