As I mentioned in my last post, despite my earlier intentions, I did spend a fair amount of time pitching…
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Writing a Book Pitch Takes Hard Work
I was sitting on the judges panel for the 2012 San Francisco Writers Conference Pitchfest, which is usually a contest—we…
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Sound Bites for Authors
For the next nine days of Write Nonfiction in November, you’ve got to wear your writer’s hat while you work…
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Building Author Platform by Pitching Yourself to the Media
One of the ways to build author platform involves pitching yourself and your expertise to the media. This means offering…
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Making the Perfect Nonfiction Pitch
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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