Archives for November 2009

The eBook Revolution is Here! Is it Passing You By?

November 16, 2009 By Ruth Tuffnell Leave a Comment

We’re half way through the month of November. That means we are also half way through the Write Nonfiction in…
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How Nonfiction Writers Can Find The Right Writers’ Conference

November 15, 2009 By Ruth Tuffnell Leave a Comment

Writers’ conferences provide a wonderful resource for writers of all types. More and more conferences are providing great information not…
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Making the Perfect Nonfiction Pitch

November 14, 2009 By Ruth Tuffnell 1 Comment

Let’s backtrack for a day to the all-important topic of pitches and query letters. I just received an expert blog…
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Editing IS Marketing: Boning Up on First Impressions

November 13, 2009 By Ruth Tuffnell Leave a Comment

Since we are on the topic of editing (see yesterday’s post), I thought we should follow that line of thinking…
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Ten Top Editing Errors to Avoid

November 12, 2009 By Ruth Tuffnell 2 Comments

Yesterday we discussed query letters and how to make them immaculate. However, all the writing nonfiction writers turn in to…
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Five Things to Avoid for a Pristine Query Letter

November 11, 2009 By Ruth Tuffnell 1 Comment

If you want to sell your nonfiction writing, at some point you’ll have to write a query letter. This holds…
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Make Every Word Count When Pitching to Agents or Acquisition Editors

November 10, 2009 By Ruth Tuffnell 11 Comments

A writer wanting to obtain a literary agent most often has to send an agent a pitch or query letter…
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