Inside every nonfiction book proposal you will find two table of contents. The first one appears on the second page of the proposal; it helps an agent or an acquisitions agents find the different parts and sections of the proposal. The second appears as the first part of The Outline, the second section of the book proposal. It functions as…
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A while back I wrote a series on this blog that described the different sections of a nonfiction book proposal.I called it Demystifying the Nonfiction Book Proposal. (you can find the first post here.) I stopped, however, after I finished the first of the three parts of a nonfiction book proposals, The Introduction. I’d like to finish up that series…
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Any aspiring author who has ever wanted to become a traditionally published author asks two important questions: How do I find a literary agent and how do I attract a literary agent and publisher to my work? It’s not enough to just get a list of agents and start contacting them. You need to find an agent appropriate for the…
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I’ve been hearing lots of talk about National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). That’s not surprising since it’s already October 9th and the annual novel writing contest begins in three and a half weeks. I haven’t heard much mention of National Nonfiction Writing Month (NaNonFiWriMo), though. I realize that NaNoWriMo has been around longer than NaNonFiWriMo, and more writers write novels…
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I’ve been hearing lots of talk about National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). That’s not surprising since it’s already October 9th and the annual novel writing contest begins in three and a half weeks. I haven’t heard much mention of National Nonfiction Writing Month (NaNonFiWriMo), though. I realize that NaNoWriMo has been around longer than NaNonFiWriMo, and more writers write novels…
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