Blogger: Michelle Ule
Sitting in both today and tomorrow for the traveling Janet and for Wendy.
Over the next two days I’m going to talk about the marketing you do before you start writing. Today we’ll start with in your …
proposals
Fatal Submission Mistakes
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
I sense much submission angst out there in writer land. I think a quiz is in order to help you identify some of the fatal submission mistakes a writer might inadvertently make.
Take the quiz and then …
The Psychology of Submission Timing
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Recently I found myself explaining to a client that I am in a bit of a press to get submissions out. “I feel like I only have six good weeks until every publisher sort of mentally shuts …
Competing for Readers
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
One of the parts of the proposal that often stymies writers is the competitive analysis section. That’s where the writer is asked to tell what books are similar to his, while highlighting why his offers a different …
The Publishing Quest: Hurry Up and Wait
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
If you are a planner, no career is tougher than that of a published writer. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could sketch out a timeline? In a perfect world it might look something like …
Secret Weapon– Perfecting the Proposal
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
You know what I love about some of my newer clients and many of you who are still unagented and unpublished? You don’t take things for granted. You worry about format for submission. You take care to …
Confusing Feedback
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
The long-awaited letter arrives in that dual creased self-addressed, stamped envelope you remember tucking into the proposal and sample chapters you sent an agent many months ago. When your query resulted in an invitation to send that …
What Makes a Good Nonfiction Query?
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Part 3 of 3
Today I’m going to talk about what we like to see in a nonfiction query and what causes us to ask for a full proposal. I’ll start with statistics so you can see …
Assumptions of an Unpublished Writer: It’s Not Personal
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Have you ever received a rejection for one of your projects? I bet that, if you’ve been submitting your project for any longer than two months, you have …
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The “Where” Questions
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Today, I have a couple of “where” questions for you. These are questions you should answer before putting together your proposal.
The first “where” question: Where are you …