Posted March 29th, 2010 by lisatener
I’m just back from the Harvard Medical School publishing course and, like everyone else who attended–faculty and participants alike–buzzing with excitement. The e-mail I received last night from one of my book writing students, Abby Rodman, sums up the experience well:
“I didn’t anticipate how exciting this conference would
be. The energy, intellect and talent that filled [...]
Tags: book pitches, harvard medical school publishing course, publishing conference
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 April 24th, 2009 by lisatener
As promised, here’s another important insight from the Harvard Medical School CME publishing course.
I’ll share something Regina Brooks, from Serendipity Literary Agency shared with me. Over dinner at Stephanie’s on Newbury Street, Rusty Shelton, Regina and I discovered just how much we had in common when we all ordered the same [...]
Tags: author platform, book market, book publisher, editors, good writing, harvard medical school publishing course, harvard medical school writing course, Newbury Street Boston, publisher, Regina Brooks, Rusty Shelton, Serendipity Literary Agency, Stephanie's, Stephanie's on Newbury Street
Posted April 10th, 2009 by lisatener
It was great to see several blog readers at the Harvard Medical School Publishing Course, including Connor Moore, Jeannette Samanen and Dan Peterson. For those of you who couldn’t make the course, and I know a few of you expressed regret that it didn’t work for you, I’ll be sharing a few pearls of wisdom [...]
Tags: albert lafarge, author platform, book proposal, book proposals, bulk book sales, bulk sales, Connor Moore, Dan Peterson, harvard medical school publishing course, how to get published, Jeannette Samanen, Literary Agent, nonfiction book proposal
Posted April 8th, 2009 by lisatener
I’ve been busy going through all the exciting info gleaned from my three days at Harvard Medical School’s publishing course. I’m planning several blog posts on my private conversations with literary agents and publishers on what they’re looking for, the state of publishing, what authors can do, etc.
In the meantime, here’s a quick post (and [...]
Tags: author platform, book proposal, book publishers, branding, build a case to publish a book, convert website visitors, harvard medical school publishing course, how to write a book, literary agents, state of publishing, website e-mail, Writer's Block, Writing in the Zone
Posted November 24th, 2008 by lisatener
I recently received the brochure for the 2009 course, Publishing Books, Memoirs and Other Creative Nonfiction, which is offered March 26-28 at Boston’s Fairmont Copley Hotel. Several of my writing coaching clients have told me they’ll be there. Will you?
Even if you’re not a medical professional or health writer, I can think of a whole [...]
Tags: book publisher, Dr. Julie Silver, get published, harvard medical school publishing course, Herb Benson, how to get published, how to write a book, Julie Silver, Literary Agent, literary agents, literaryagents, meet literary agents, publishing course, writing coach
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