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Writing Creative Nonfiction That Editors Can’t Refuse

Deborah A. Lott, MFA August 30, 2012 2 Comments

Though there are always matters of taste and every literary journal is different, I suspect that many editors respond to creative nonfiction queries as I do.

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Finding an Agent for Your Novel: How to Write a Perfect Query Letter

Kristen Weber April 29, 2012 No Comments

The power of a query letter cannot be overestimated. An agent forms a first impression of you and your manuscript from your query letter, and

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Sell Your Book With a Winning Proposal

Christina Blackette Schlank April 29, 2012 No Comments

It’s one of the most frequent questions I get as a nonfiction editor and book collaborator: Do I need to write the whole book before

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Your 10-Second Pitch to Agents and Editors

Monica Faulkner April 29, 2012 No Comments

You’re at a writers’ conference where you’re lucky enough to meet a literary agent. When you tell her you’ve written a book, she asks, “What’s

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