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All Quiet on the WNFIN Front…Not Really

Published on May 3, 2010 By ninaamir

If you’ve been wondering why it’s been so quiet here, let me explain. I’m getting ready for a change…and I thought it would happen a while ago…but it’s taking longer than expected. Earlier this month I thought this blog would be changing from a free WordPress blog to a hosted blog. That is still going [...]

Five Things to Avoid for a Pristine Query Letter

Published on November 11, 2009 By ninaamir

If you want to sell your nonfiction writing, at some point you’ll have to write a query letter. This holds true whether you are writing a book, an article or an essay. If you remain uncertain about what writing a query letter entails, return to the origins of the word itself. The word “query” means [...]

It’s November 1: Let the Business of Nonfiction Writing Begin!

Published on November 1, 2009 By ninaamir

Are your hands posed over the keyboard ready to begin? Are you waiting, as if for the gun to go off so you can start writing your book, e-book, article, essay, query letter, proposal, or whatever work of nonfiction you’ve chosen to create during the Write Nonfiction in November (WNFiN) 2009 challenge? No need to [...]