Lisa Tener
Book Writing Coach
Talking About Bulk Book Sales When Stephanie Chandler asked me to speak at this week’s 2019 Nonfiction Writers Conference about Bulk Book Sales, I immediately turned to Martha Rhodes, author of 3,000 Pulses Later to get a feel for how an author I worked with is using that strategy. I knew much of Martha’s success had…
Have you discovered or rediscovered the power of writing longhand? Moving your hand across the paper as the words pour onto the page, coming out faster than you can legibly write? I almost always write longhand when I work on my book. I even edit that way, on paper. However, when it comes to blog…
During a lively conversation with a participant in my book proposal course, he asked, “how to speak to journalists and not give my book away before my book is published?” It’s an important question, especially if you are writing nonfiction that draws on new research or offers a fresh perspective. Be generous but not naive….
Are you experiencing writing overwhelm? There’s a place in the writing process that my friend and colleague, Stuart Horwitz refers to as “the messy middle,” where you may feel overwhelmed and stuck. For me, that messy middle period can drag out to months or years. It can stop a project in its tracks. The overwhelming…
Nonfiction book proposal mistakes can get your proposal tossed into the circular file before the agent or publisher even gets past page one. Agents and acquisitions editors are some of the busiest people I know. They’re looking for reasons to move on, as much as they are looking for the next book they want to…
I’d already started writing this post on what makes a book proposal compelling to agents and publishers when this email hit my inbox: “Friday I signed my book contract! Thank you Lisa for helping me to get to this place. I still can’t believe this is happening. I have a feeling this will open so…
