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Looking Back to Help Others Move Forward

February 20, 2022 //  by Debbie Alsdorf//  16 Comments

I still remember the day a California Bay Area newspaper featured an article titled “Accidental Author Shares God’s Word.” I smile remembering that it was in the front section of the paper as if this was news. It was true, …

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Authors’ Magical Thinking

June 28, 2020 //  by Janet Grant//  13 Comments

I’m sympathetic regarding what a pain it is to create a proposal. When I was writing books, I felt grumpy when I had to do a proposal. That’s when I dipped into what I call Authors’ Magical Thinking.

That’s when …

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Can You Trust Your Agent?

May 16, 2019 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  15 Comments

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blogger: Cynthia Ruchti

Can you trust your agent? Coming alongside a client often puts an agent in the position of saying, “Don’t do that.” Kindly, of course. Or firmly. Depends. Much like the difference between a mother who urges her …

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The Case for the Book Proposal

February 11, 2019 //  by Wendy Lawton//  9 Comments

Last week, Janet Grant wrote about the importance of writing an excellent comparative book section in your book proposal. You can find that post here. Those kind of specifics are invaluable.

But I can almost hear the collective writerly …

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Refining a Proposal

October 26, 2017 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  39 Comments

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Writers spend innumerable hours, bags of M&Ms (or baby carrots, but let’s be real), and cups of coffee/tea refining proposals before they’re sent to an agent to send to an editor. refine proposals

Later that afternoon, the agent sends …

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Don’t Put Me to Sleep!

July 18, 2017 //  by Rachelle Gardner//  17 Comments

Blogger: Rachelle Gardner

Hi Rachelle,
I’m working on a book proposal, and was wondering if I should interject my personality/humor into it? Or are they usually personality minus? I believe I tend to write better when I can be humorous …

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Writing Success: A 3-Pronged Approach

March 22, 2017 //  by Mary Keeley//  35 Comments

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Let your heart not grow weary from the increasing volume of proposals competing for fewer publishing slots. If you are patient, you’ll continue to have opportunity with traditional publishers as long as they are still acquiring. I …

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Productive Communication

August 10, 2016 //  by Mary Keeley//  15 Comments

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You reach a milestone when your manuscript is finally “perfect,” and you are now ready to pitch it to agents. Then it dawns on you. “Whoa, I’m actually going to have to TALK to these people.” Yes …

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Why You Need a Book Proposal

February 8, 2016 //  by Rachelle Gardner//  25 Comments

Blogger: Rachelle Gardner

Authors sometimes ask me, “Why do I need a book proposal? My book is finished—can’t I just send you that? I don’t see the need to write a proposal.”

So, here is a quick outline of the …

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Why Agents Don’t Submit Your Proposal Right Away

November 30, 2015 //  by Janet Grant//  14 Comments

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A misconception writers have about agents is that, when a client submits a proposal, the agent downloads it, adds his/her contact info to the submission and blasts it out that same day to every even-vaguely possible …

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