Many writers who choose to participate in NaNonFiWriMo do so instead of participating in NaNoWriMo. They don’t want to be NanoRebels or they simply choose to take part in a purely nonfiction event with an educational twist. But they want to write a complete nonfiction book, not a shorter work like an article or an essay. Although a nonfiction book…
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Although you can take on any number of different nonfiction projects during Write Nonfiction in November (WNFIN), finishing a book in 30 days tends to be one of the larger goals writers set out to achieve during the challenge. For those who might also write fiction, I suppose this gives them a clearer sense that they are paralleling National Novel…
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A while back I ran a series here in which I described each section of a nonfiction book proposal. (Find the first post here.) I did not, however, discuss the section called “Chapter Summaries” in detail. I get asked a lot of questions about this section by my clients, especially when helping them with their book proposals, so I thought…
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Today’s guest post is written by book publicist Scott Lorenz Scott, president of Westwind Communications. Apple is a category killer in computers, mobile phones, tablets and is playing an increasingly important role in publishing and selling ebooks on iTunes for the iPhone and iPad. We can all learn a lot from Apple so when their ‘Genius Manual’ was revealed recently,…
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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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