If you want a traditional publishing contract for your nonfiction book, one of the first steps you must take to…
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A Pitch is Still a Pitch
When you hone your subject into a great pitch, you know what your book is about—and you can communicate that…
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10 Ways to Excite Agents and Editors About Your Book
Every year during WNFIN, I ask a few literary agents to offer trips about how to write book proposals and…
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Blast Out Article Queries to Get More Writing Assignments in a Month
Not every nonfiction writer dreams of writing a book. Some dream of bylines in glossy magazines or in newspapers or…
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What Query Letter Errors Mean to an Agent
The adage says, “You only get one chance to make a first impression.” For writers, that first impression often gets…
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Query Letters: The Hook, the Book and the Cook
For those WNFIN participants writing books, once you have at least 25 or 30 pages completed and you know what…
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Are You Pregnant with a Book? Give Birth to It!
If you live in the San Francisco Bay area, please come join me for this workshop… Birthing Your Book How…
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