you can skip the query letter and send a proposal, but it should still get right to the point. Don't include sample chapters in an unsolicited proposal; it's not professional and the bulk may keep anybody at the publisher from bothering to open the envelope. Enclosing a Self Addressed Sta...
(continued): Matching Your Article to Suitable Journals 114 Day 4: Reading Relevant Journals 118 Day 5: Writing a Query Letter to Editors 119 Making a Final Decision about Which Journal 125 DOCUMENTING YOUR WRITING TIME AND TASKS 126 FOURTH WEEK IN REVIEW 128 READING THE SCHOLARLY LITERATURE ...
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Proposals can contain an outline, sample chapters, endorsements from relevant tastemakers, and anything else that may attract the attention of an editor at a publishing house, with the goal usually being to secure as high of an advance as possible. A publisher essentially buys the rights to ...
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Writing a non-fiction query letter is like writing your own ticket to the big time. If you want to convince an agent or publisher that your idea has ‘bestseller’ written all over it, the few hundred words that make up your query must be irresistibly compelling. Elsewhere on this site,...
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