By Wendy Lawton
Wanna see a writer stand frozen with that deer-in-the-headlights look? Just ask them this question: “So. . . what’s your novel about?”
Here’s a list of the WRONG things to answer:
- An issue— “My book is
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Selling Tools
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
This month is the now famous NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month. This is the month many around the world will be focusing on writing a first draft of their novel. I don’t want to pile more …
Soapbox: The Importance of Your Book Proposal
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Last week I wrote about what constituted a “perfect” pitch— you can find that post here— and promised that this week we’d dig deeper into proposals. I’m not going to talk about the nuts and bolts …
Proposals– The Book in a Nutshell
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
The first portion of the proposal we’ll examine is what I call Book-at-a-Glance. Many people teach proposal writing and you will come across at least as many different suggested
A Guide to Proposals: Lesson 2
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Thanks so much for sharing your proposal styles and proposal stories yesterday! That was fun. 
Today I would like to concentrate on the book comparisons or market …