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 chance to participate in a post-WNFIN virtual pitch slam. Even though WNFIN is not a contest, participants who do, indeed, write a book in a month during…
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This final section of a book proposal is pretty self-explanatory. You will simply attach two or three of your best chapters to the end of your book proposal. That said, aspiring authors tend to have some questions about the Sample Chapters anyway. Let me cover a few. Which chapters should you attach? As I said, usually your best chapters, but…
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Many writers who choose to participate in NaNonFiWriMo do so instead of participating in NaNoWriMo. They don’t want to be NanoRebels or they simply choose to take part in a purely nonfiction event with an educational twist. But they want to write a complete nonfiction book, not a shorter work like an article or an essay. Although a nonfiction book…
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Although you can take on any number of different nonfiction projects during Write Nonfiction in November (WNFIN), finishing a book in 30 days tends to be one of the larger goals writers set out to achieve during the challenge. For those who might also write fiction, I suppose this gives them a clearer sense that they are paralleling National Novel…
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A while back I ran a series here in which I described each section of a nonfiction book proposal. (Find the first post here.) I did not, however, discuss the section called “Chapter Summaries” in detail. I get asked a lot of questions about this section by my clients, especially when helping them with their book proposals, so I thought…
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Today’s guest post is written by book publicist Scott Lorenz Scott, president of Westwind Communications. Apple is a category killer in computers, mobile phones, tablets and is playing an increasingly important role in publishing and selling ebooks on iTunes for the iPhone and iPad. We can all learn a lot from Apple so when their ‘Genius Manual’ was revealed recently,…
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Inside every nonfiction book proposal you will find two table of contents. The first one appears on the second page of the proposal; it helps an agent or an acquisitions agents find the different parts and sections of the proposal. The second appears as the first part of The Outline, the second section of the book proposal. It functions as…
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