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The Golden Pencil: The Freelance Writer’s Resource

March 23rd, 2007

Book Proposal – A Final Rejection

Imagine my surprise when I got one last rejection on my self-published book, Powerfully Recovered! (If you’re curious, I began this saga way back in early September of last year.)
This one is a personal rejection, complete with an apology for taking so long to respond… my sense is they were really thinking about it, but […]

By Anne Wayman -- 4 comments

December 8th, 2006

Book Proposal - Final Rejections Are In

Sigh… I’ve finally gotten the last couple of rejections for Powerfully Recovered! And it keeps selling several copies a month all on its own.
I honestly don’t know what to do next. I’m proud of the book; I know it helps people because they email me and tell me so. I firmly believe it deserves a […]

By Anne Wayman -- 8 comments

September 14th, 2006

Book Proposal – Three More Markets

My original market list had 7 publishers; I added one I already knew about. Today, from that first list I’ve identified three more.
One wants only a query letter – if they like the letter, they will ask for the proposal. You’ve simply got to read the submission guidelines… I feel best when I read the […]

By Anne Wayman -- 1 comment

September 5th, 2006

Book Proposals

I got into self-publishing back in the late 90s when my book, Powerfully Recovered! A Confirmed 12 Stepper Challenges the Movement got something like 19 positive rejections. It was the beginning of the POD movement and the book has been a steady, but small seller in both paperback and ebook versions.
Several months ago an agent […]

By Anne Wayman -- 8 comments