{"id":1125,"date":"2011-03-30T05:17:06","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T13:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/publishingblog\/?p=1125"},"modified":"2011-03-30T05:17:06","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T13:17:06","slug":"need-help-writing-your-book-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/publishingblog\/?p=1125","title":{"rendered":"Need Help Writing Your Book Proposal?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve started a new Book Proposal Course today. It will be held every Wednesday for 8 weeks and you don\u2019t even have to get out of your jammies to attend. This is an online course on how to write a more successful book proposal. There is still time to sign up. Go to http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/course_bookproposal.htm<\/a> <\/p>\n

Why write a book proposal? If you hope to land a traditional royalty publisher for your fiction or nonfiction book, it is likely that you will need a book proposal. But the main reason to write one BEFORE you write your nonfiction book and BEFORE you complete your novel or children\u2019s book is for YOU. A book proposal will tell you whether or not you have a viable product as well as who your true audience is and how to reach them. You will learn something about your platform and how to build on it\u2014strengthen it. You will be required to create a marketing plan, so you\u2019ll know how to proceed with book promotion once your book is a book.<\/p>\n

Let me walk you through the book proposal process. This could make the difference between success and failure. <\/p>\n

One of my book proposal students discovered through the course that she was writing the wrong book for the wrong audience. She changed her focus in midstream and ended up landing a book contract with Houghton-Mifflin. Not too shabby, right?<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve written a good book proposal, but you need help recognizing and building on your platform, sign up for my brand new course, \u201cEstablish Your Author\u2019s Platform.\u201d http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/course_platform.htm<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve started a new Book Proposal Course today. It will be held every Wednesday for 8 weeks and you don\u2019t even have to get out of your jammies to attend. This is an online course on how to write a more successful book proposal. There is still time to sign up. Go to http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/course_bookproposal.htm Why […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t