Agent Reveals Pet Peeves So Writers Can Avoid Them
Now that you know where to find an agent, and you know the essentials of writing a book proposal – which you will submit to land a contract with an agent, it’s time to learn how not to blow your big...
View ArticleMake Every Word Count When Pitching to Agents or Acquisition Editors
A writer wanting to obtain a literary agent most often has to send an agent a pitch or query letter before ever entering into a conversation about representation. Additionally, if aspiring authors...
View ArticleMaking 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 post from agent Katharine Sands, editor of Making the Perfect Pitch: How to Catch a...
View ArticleBuilding 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 them solid, interesting, pertinent, newsworthy, unique information they need or...
View ArticleSound 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 on your writing projects. But when you read this final series of blog posts, you must put on...
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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 changed the rules at the last minute this year, when my literary agent and...
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Pitching Book Ideas at Book Expo America (Part 2)
As I mentioned in my last post, despite my earlier intentions, I did spend a fair amount of time pitching book ideas at Book Expo America. In this post I’ll tell you a bit about what that was like,...
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Write a Book During WNFIN 2012 and Pitch it to Agents!
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...
View ArticleWNFIN Virtual Pitch Slam Panel of Agent Judges Revealed
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...
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Angles and Themes Make Your Book Idea More Marketable
This post is a blogged draft excerpt from The Author Training Manual (Writer’s Digest Books, March 2014). Read the previous blogged excerpt, here. A nonfiction book begins with an idea. This can be...
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Pitch Influencers to Garner Attention for Your Book
Today, Penny Sansevieri (@Bookgal), CEO and founder of Author Marketing Experts, Inc. and a best-selling author and internationally recognized book marketing and media relations expert, explains how...
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The Periodic Elements of the Nonfiction Book Proposal
Literary agent Mark Gottlieb sees a lot of book proposals every week. That’s a lot of nonfiction book ideas passing across his desk at Trident Media Group every year. In this guest post, he provides...
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