Writing Composites: Why Write Real First
Writing Composites: Is it Legal? Ethical? Dangerous? Therapists, doctors and coaches often worry about including client cases in a book. Should they be writing composites? What if the client recognizes herself? What if the someone else recognizes the client? Is this even legal? They’re right to be concerned—legally, ethically and morally. And what might the effects be on someone who sees herself in a book? Or someone who recognizes someone he knows? Option 1: The Waiver You have several options to address these concern, however. If you have a great story and think the client may be amenable (and it’s… Read more
The Thoughtful Mother’s Day Gift: 7 Unconventional Books That Moms Will Love
I volunteered at my son’s elementary school book fair yesterday. In the middle of my 30-second-training (those new moms-in-charge sure simplified our “system” from last year!) three third graders came over to pay for a book, a book and two girls. I couldn’t quite figure out what was going on—all the huddling, negotiating and pooling of change. The training mom solved the mystery for me, “One of their classmates was having a bad day and they all decided to share their book fair change to buy her a book.” Yes, my eyes teared up. These kids knew something. A good… Read more
Featured by Oprah Network: Author Spotlight on Cara Bradley—Again!
I had the pleasure of working with Cara Bradley on her book proposal for On The Verge: Wake Up, Show Up and Shine and introducing her to her literary agent, Rita Rosenkranz, as well as her editor, Kelly Malone. In the process, I witnessed how willing Cara was to take my coaching, as well as Rita’s, and keep improving the proposal, deepening the writing, working on platform. So, it’s no surprise to see how much attention the book is getting. Still, the specifics carry an element of suprise. It thrilled me to hear from Cara that four pages of her book… Read more
10 Tips to Query Literary Agents—Successfully!
Once you write a book proposal, it’s time to query literary agents, the folks who will pitch—and sell—your book to publishers. Here are 10 tips to help you get to “yes” from those agents you query: Have the book proposal finished and ready to go. There’s nothing worse for killing momentum than getting a big yes, only to have to scramble for days to get the proposal in shape. Even worse is sending a proposal with typos or that isn’t completely polished. You want to make your best case. You usually only have one chance with each literary agent. Have a… Read more
17 Steps to Get a Book Deal
Curious about the steps to get a book deal? I held a free Q&A call on How to Write a Book Proposal today and a more step-by-step free training last week entitled Fast Track Your Book Proposal. There were such great questions about the process and I realized an overview of the steps to get published and get a book deal would be instructive: how it can work, how to make it work for you, and how to improve your chances of getting a great book deal. While I have numbered these steps to get a book deal, the order is approximate and… Read more
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