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THE GATEKEEPERS:

All About Agents and Editors—Getting them, working with them, and growing as a career author



The Course Objectives



In order to succeed in this industry, you, the writer, must know it intimately from all sides. If you were a clothing designer: you wouldn’t start without creative talent, the right materials, and a pattern to guide you. If you opened up a retail business, you wouldn’t expect to: sell your products without knowing how to produce or… Continue

PUBLISH THAT BOOK: How to Write a Nonfiction Book Proposal That Sells



Nowadays, big publishers simply don't read unsolicited material. They depend on agents to muck through the "slush pile" in search of the gems. If you want to get a book published, knowing and using the correct format for a book proposal is paramount.



Nonfiction books -- a market easier to break into than fiction -- are the backbone of publishing. In this workshop, you'll… Continue

Hey, All - -



I am hoping that everyone on this site will feel free to give me

instructions on how to create book trailers. I work on an eMac, I used

OS X and have upgraded to Tiger, and I have good software for my web

sites as I use Adobe GoLive CS2 (still learning how to utilize

everything.) Now I know GoLive has some great capabilities for making

"book trailers", which is what I'm intersted in primarily as I just

started my own publishing company,… Continue