Sell Your Book With a Winning Proposal
Anyone who intends to get a nonfiction book published must write a book proposal first. Here's what you need to know.
Your 10-Second Pitch to Agents and Editors
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 it about?” Do you start rambling aimlessly—and lose her interest? Or do you capture her imagination in seconds with one short sentence that makes her say, “Tell me more!”? A...