Posted September 3rd, 2010 by lisatener
When Linda Joy invited me to become an advisory board member of Aspire Magazine, I got goose bumps. Linda is all about delivering inspiration to women–a mission I could get behind.
Two plus years later, my community has grown significantly, partly through knowing Linda and being part of all that is Aspire magazine [...]
Tags: author platform, book writing, Linda Joy, publishing how-to, publishing memoir, publishing nonfiction, write a book
Posted June 16th, 2010 by lisatener
Authors often ask me about the “Resources Needed to Complete the Book” section of the book proposal. My thinking has always been that there’s no reason to include it. An author’s advance will reflect the publisher’s estimate of how many books they think they can sell and how much competition there is from other publishing [...]
Tags: book proposal, Literary Agent, resources needed to complete the book, Rita Rosenkranz
Posted May 20th, 2010 by lisatener
I just got off the phone with an aspiring author (I’ll call him John) who’d sent out forty query letters expecting it would take a while to hear back from agents. Within a day he’d heard back from several with yay (send your proposal) or nay. Now what? He confessed that his book proposal was [...]
Tags: book proposal, nonfiction book proposal, query letter
Posted May 14th, 2010 by lisatener
Here’s question number 2 in this week’s “Burning Questions” series: a question about book proposal rejection.
Ellen asked: “How do you get unblocked after rejection? I sent a proposal and sample for my book to an agent or two. After getting rejected, I have not been able to start again.”
I’d like to answer Ellen’s [...]
Tags: author rejection, book proposal, book proposal rejection, how to get published
Posted May 11th, 2010 by lisatener
If you’re on my mailing list, you may know about our e-mail glitch this weekend. As an apology for re-sending the mini-course, I’ve offered to answer burning questions on my blog. For the next few days you’ll find answers to the burning questions that came through.
The first one’s from Janine. “Am I correct in wondering [...]
Tags: pros and cons of self publishing, self publisher, self publishing
Posted April 11th, 2010 by lisatener
I just read a linked-in discussion where someone asked for a clearer definition of “platform” and what should go in your promotion plan. I responded to the discussion and then thought it would make a useful blog post.
Your book promotion plan should:
1. Demonstrate that you know your audience and you know where they hang out [...]
Tags: author platform, book promotion plan, book proposal, how to find a publisher, how to get published, promotion plan
Posted April 2nd, 2010 by lisatener
This weekend an agent told me she wants to represent an author of mine and she hasn’t been this excited about a book since she represented two authors whose books became top sellers.
In our conversation, I happened to ask about another proposal a different client had sent in and she hadn’t seen it. Whoops. Turns [...]
Tags: book proposal, how to get published, literary agents, slush pile
Posted March 22nd, 2010 by lisatener
These past few weeks I’ve been preparing for my presentation for Harvard Medical School’s CME publishing course, which begins on Thursday. I’ll address 200 or so aspiring authors on the topic of blogging and social media in the ballroom of the Fairmont Copley Hotel.
The audience will probably include people who belong to twibes and those [...]
Tags: author platform, book publicity, Carrie Beers, harvard medical school publishing course, lean hospitals, mark graban, sara stein md, social media authors, switched at birth, twitter, youtube
Posted February 18th, 2010 by lisatener
People ask me about the process of getting a literary agent. You probably know you need to submit a query (or meet an agent who says, “Yes, I want to see your proposal”), then submit your book proposal (a significant document often 50-80 pages), then wait.
But what’s it like from the inside? I asked Dr. [...]
Tags: Dr. Randy Kamen-Gredinger, getting published, harvard medical school publishing course, Harvard writers, how to find a literary agent, Jeanne Fredericks, literary agents, writing books
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Posted February 3rd, 2010 by lisatener
I found a response to one of my youtube videos this morning that got me on a roll. After writing a short dissertation in reply, Youtube informed me I only had 500 words to respond. Blog time.
The controversial video is a tongue in cheek joke (and a tad silly). The comment was this:
“Remember, many agents [...]
Tags: book proposal, Literary Agent, literary agents, Michael Larsen, youtube video
