52 min
#Authoring Episode 4: Selling Nonfiction, and How to Choose Book Ideas with Bestselling Author Sheila Weller #Authoring
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From selling a book idea to selling yourself as the best person to write it, a stellar book proposal is a must. Jennifer and Kim chat about the specific parts of a proposal – with examples from the winning proposals that sold their books – including your author biography, market research, a promotion and marketing plan, and the sample chapters.
We also chat with bestselling author Sheila Weller, writer of a fantastic new biography of Carrie Fisher, about how she comes up with her book topics.
And, score!, Jennifer offers listeners a free annotated copy of her book proposal for Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted: And All the Brilliant Minds Who Made The Mary Tyler Moore Show a Classic!
Resources:
Sign up for Jennifer’s newsletter and book proposal sample Sheila Weller’s Carrie Fisher: A Life on the Edge Publishing expert Jane Friedman on How to Write a Book Proposal
From selling a book idea to selling yourself as the best person to write it, a stellar book proposal is a must. Jennifer and Kim chat about the specific parts of a proposal – with examples from the winning proposals that sold their books – including your author biography, market research, a promotion and marketing plan, and the sample chapters.
We also chat with bestselling author Sheila Weller, writer of a fantastic new biography of Carrie Fisher, about how she comes up with her book topics.
And, score!, Jennifer offers listeners a free annotated copy of her book proposal for Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted: And All the Brilliant Minds Who Made The Mary Tyler Moore Show a Classic!
Resources:
Sign up for Jennifer’s newsletter and book proposal sample Sheila Weller’s Carrie Fisher: A Life on the Edge Publishing expert Jane Friedman on How to Write a Book Proposal
52 min