« And The Winner Is… | Home | The Many Careers of ME »
The Project
By Nancy Lindquist | July 28, 2007
I’m currently in the middle of a book submission project for a large publisher of mainstream stuff. I can’t talk to much about it, because people steal ideas, all the time, and I want this out the door before I speak publicly about it.
I’ve never done a book proposal before. In the past, I’ve always written the book and then sent the thing off with a letter, outline and synopsis. This one is different. They want to know what I’m going to do to market the book, how I’m going to help edit the book and who my audience is. Typical, but I’m a little lost about it. I don’t really edit. Oh, I can, if I have to, but I am certainly not the comma police. I’m not sure if I should tell them I would hire an outside grammar and punctuation person, or not?
So, I’m buried and a little scared. This is a big deal and if it goes, it could be worth a lot of money, or not. Only 12% of writers make a living at it. That’s a dang low number.
July 31st, 2007 at 2:00 pm
Best of luck!
Hopefully, since you are a published author, this will help with your submission.