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Query Letters: The Hook, the Book and the Cook

Published on November 12, 2010 By Nina Amir

For those WNFIN participants writing books, once you have at least 25 or 30 pages completed and you know what content will comprise the rest of your manuscript, you can think about composing a query letter. This precursory to a book proposal gets sent out to agents or publishers to see if they have interest [...]

Editing IS Marketing: Boning Up on First Impressions

Published on November 13, 2009 By ninaamir

Since we are on the topic of editing (see yesterday’s post), I thought we should follow that line of thinking into another area: marketing. This gives us another way to look at what we do when we edit our work or have professional editors help us polish our writing. To do this, I’ve asked Carolyn [...]

What Do Agents Look For? Great Writers, Great Professionals

Published on November 8, 2009 By ninaamir

Nonfiction writers looking for traditional book publishing contracts—wanting to sell their manuscripts to small, medium or large traditional publishing houses, need to find themselves literary representation. While finding an agent may not be necessary for many small publishing houses that accept unagented work, most mid-sized and large publishing houses, indeed, only accept agented book proposals. [...]