Every year on October 31st, I feel the spirits get activated and start to move. Not the ghosts and goblins, mind you, but rather the muses of many nonfiction writers preparing themselves for a month of intense work on projects. They will start and finish a work of nonfiction in 30 days as they take the Write Nonfiction in November…
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For those of you planning to write a book during WNFIN and then pitch it during the post-WNFIN Virtual Pitch Slam, I thought you might like to know who will be judging your pitches. I’ve got a fabulous line-up of literary agents! The literary agents who will make up the panel of judges for the first ever post-WNFIN Virtual Pitch…
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I’m the type of nonfiction writer with a mission. Maybe you feel the same way. I don’t simply write for my own sake. I write to fulfill my mission: to author change. I want to help my readers create change on some level. No matter the topic I choose to write about–writing and publishing, human potential, practical spirituality, dance, or…
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Aspiring writers come to conferences from all over the country–and even the world–hoping to get in an elevator with an agent and to give their “elevator pitch.” They pay to go to “pitch slam” or “pitchapalooza” sessions where they have 3-10 minutes to tell an agent or editor about their idea. They hope to leave with a card in hand…
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Lots of Write Nonfiction in November participants write books, although you can take on a shorter nonfiction project. This year, those who do, indeed, decide to write a book from scratch, have the chance to participate in a post-WNFIN virtual pitch slam. Even though WNFIN is not a contest, participants who do, indeed, write a book in a month during…
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