I am away the week of April 5-9 at a writing retreat. Sorry…I likely will not publish any posts this week. Tune in next week for the next “chapter” of How to Blog a Book. <<Previous Post Next Post>>
Subsidiary Rights and Spin-Offs
If you were submitting to an agent or publisher, the next part of a proposal you would write would be the one called subsidiary rights. When you sell your book to a publishing house, the publisher acquires primary rights. This enables them to sell the book as is or in adapted or condensed form. To […]
Overview: Write a Pitch for Your Book
Now that you have a title for your book and you know what your book is about, it’s time to write a pitch. This is your “elevator speech,” the one you’d give to an agent or an acquisition editor if you happened to meet them in an elevator or at a conference. Writing a pitch […]
Overview: Create a Title for Your Book
Your blogged book (or any book) needs a title, and possibly a subtitle, that entices readers into its pages or posts. Sometimes books have creative titles; however, many nonfiction books have tell-it-like-it-is titles that let readers know exactly what they will find within a book’s pages. To come up with a great title, you need […]
The Overview: Your Book’s Message
The first section of your book proposal, your overview, includes a lot of information. If you actually write the proposal and submit it to an agent, this section will have a hook (like the lead to an article), a pitch, details about page numbers, illustrations, etc., and a possibly a brief look at your markets. […]
The Parts of a Proposal
You can find many books on how to write a book proposal. Lots of information exists on the Internet as well. In my experience, the following list, which is divided into two sections—Introduction and Outline, includes the fourteen vital sections of a book proposal Sometimes these sections are included in a different order; some books […]
How to Begin Blogging Your Book: Start with a Business Plan or Book Proposal (part 5)
Now that you have a pretty good sense about your book’s theme and what you want to write about, we are going to get serious. Really serious. Yesterday was just a taste of what’s to come… As I mentioned, everyone who wants to write a book—blogged or otherwise—needs to go through the proposal process. You […]
How to Begin Blogging Your Book: Identify Your Book’s Theme (part 4)
(Note: A post was added after part 1 of “How to Begin Blogging Your Book.” That’s what happens when you blog a book in real time. Sometimes you realize you’ve written something in the wrong order.”) Lest you wonder why I’m focusing so much on your blogged book’s subject, theme, etc., let me explain. Part […]
How to Begin Blogging Your Book: Figure Out What Resources You Need (part 3)
I mentioned in my last post that you don’t need to be the expert on your subject per se to blog a book. By blogging about a subject and offering great information, you become the expert. I’m a trained magazine journalist, and when I was in journalism school I was taught that a good journalist […]
How to Begin Blogging Your Book: Hone Your Subject (part 2)
(Note: Since I’m blogging this book in real time, I want to note that I added this in between what was part 1 an part 2 of “How to Begin Blogging Your Book” after writing part 2.) While you might think you know what you’re blogging about, it’s always good to hone your subject. Plus, […]