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Submissions & Proposals Start Your Book Proposal With These Three Sections

Award-winning author and podcaster Debra Eckerling breaks down which three sections authors should use to start their book proposals.

Debra Eckerling

Writing Habits and Practices 4 Writing Tips I Learned From Competitive Ice Skating Jocelyn Jane Cox

Submissions & Proposals 7 Book Proposal Pet Peeves From Publishers Debra Eckerling

Write My Query Successful Queries: Sophie Cudd and “A Rather Peculiar Poisoning,” by Chrystal Schleyer Guest Column

Write My Query Successful Queries: Sheyla Knigge and “Soulgazer,” by Maggie Rapier Guest Column

Get Published Literary Agents Don’t Guarantee Any Such Publishing Deal Carol Hoenig

Submissions & Proposals 50 Ways to Get Published: How to Make Your Writing Stand Out to an Editor Marc Berley

Submissions & Proposals I Got 8 Agent Offers; Then, My Book Died on Sub Lauren Kay

Resources How to Craft Query Letters & Other Submission Materials The Editors of Writer's Digest

Submissions & Proposals The Four Elements Amy Collins

Submissions & Proposals Should Writers Pay Submission Fees?Robert Lee Brewer

Submissions & Proposals The 10 Dos and Don’ts of Being Rejected Clare Boyd

Sell My Work Keep 13 in Play: How to Manage the Submission Process as a Freelance Writer C. Hope Clark

Sell My Work What Is an Editorial Calendar in Writing and Publishing?Robert Lee Brewer

Submissions & Proposals What Are Submission Guidelines in Writing?Robert Lee Brewer

Submissions & Proposals Writing Mistakes Writers Make: Not Submitting Your Work Moriah Richard

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