{"id":5501,"date":"2012-03-01T22:19:45","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T03:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisatener.local\/?p=5501"},"modified":"2024-09-30T09:00:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T13:00:34","slug":"pitchapalooza-nora-halls-book-pitch-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/2012\/03\/pitchapalooza-nora-halls-book-pitch-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitchapalooza: Nora Hall’s Book Pitch Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Northshire Bookstore where Nora Hall attended Pitchapalooza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bring Your Book to Life Program<\/a> graduate Nora Hal<\/a>l, recently returned from a Pitchapalooza at the Northshire Bookstore<\/a> in Manchester Center, VT. She e-mailed me, excited to share what she\u2019d learned about pitching your book in this competitive book publishing environment and to share the great feedback she received about her book.<\/p>\n

Lisa<\/span><\/strong>: Describe Pitchapalooza.<\/p>\n

Nora<\/span><\/strong>:\u00a0Just what it sounds like\u2013\u2013a\u00a0fun, fascinating, inspiring\u00a0opportunity to pitch your book. Upon purchasing The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published<\/a><\/em> by Sterry and Eckstut, you\u2019re entered into a random drawing for one minute to pitch in front of the group\u2013\u2013and one minute only.<\/p>\n

Lisa<\/span><\/strong>: Tell us about the day you attended.<\/p>\n

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Nora Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nora<\/span><\/strong>: Sixty equally eager and nervous wannabe authors gathered in the event room of the most interesting book store I\u2019ve ever visited. David Henry Sterry, co-author in this husband\/wife literary team, dispelled our nervousness with humor and a comfortable explanation of how the event would proceed.<\/p>\n

If your name was called, you waited \u201con deck\u201d to be ready to start immediately after critique of the pitch before you. The panel\u2014four extraordinarily knowledgeable book people\u2014consisted of a long-time buyer for Northshire,<\/a> the head of Storey Publishing<\/a> in Massachusetts, and the aforementioned David, and his wife, Arielle Eckstut\u2013\u2013the originators of this fantastical experience for writers.<\/p>\n

Lisa<\/span><\/strong>: Can you share one or two gems you picked up at the Pitchapalooza?<\/p>\n

Nora<\/span><\/strong>: I learned:<\/p>\n

1. Start the pitch with a bang\u2013\u2013grab the listener\u2019s attention. The explanation can come later.<\/p>\n

2. Make the listener laugh\u2013\u2013don\u2019t say it\u2019s funny\u2013\u2013you know the show and tell we all strive for.<\/p>\n

3. A \u201ccomp\u201d title of a well known book is helpful. For mine I might use Men Are From Mars<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Lisa<\/span><\/strong>: And you got to pitch. I know that from the excited e-mail I received from you. What was the feedback?<\/p>\n

\"gettingNora<\/span><\/strong>: The panelists were excited by what I presented. It gave the flavor of the book. It also identified the audience and how the book would help them. They liked my inclusion of a list of products that would spring from the book such as a Survive parlor game and calendars and greeting cars with survival tips. I said nothing about myself or my background so they strongly recommended I do that to establish my credibility. A lot in one minute, but it\u2019s doable.<\/p>\n

Lisa<\/span><\/strong>: Well worth the 3 hour drive\u2026<\/p>\n

Nora<\/span><\/strong>. Absolutely! Even without my good fortune to pitch and receive feedback, I would have left the event knowing this was the best next step I could take for the future of my book. I learned to write in your Bring Your Book<\/a> to Life Program, and\u2014thanks to your extraordinary guidance\u2014I knew I had a book worth promoting. At the Pitchapalooza <\/a>I learned firsthand from the insightful critiques offered by the four wise, but always kind, panelists. I resonated with their joyful approach to the publication process. I left convinced that this is the best time ever for writers to become successful authors.<\/p>\n

Nora Hall blogs at Survive Your Husband\u2019s Retirement<\/a>\u00a0and is developing her author platform for her upcoming book of that title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Bring Your Book to Life Program graduate Nora Hall, recently returned from a Pitchapalooza at the Northshire Bookstore in Manchester Center, VT. She e-mailed me, excited to share what she\u2019d learned about pitching your book in this competitive book publishing environment and to share the great feedback she received about her book. Lisa: Describe…  Read more<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,12,1685,1],"tags":[158,266,156,1090,1092,1091],"class_list":{"0":"post-5501","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-getting-published","7":"category-how-to-get-published","8":"category-how-to-write-a-book-proposal","9":"category-more","10":"tag-book-proposal","11":"tag-getting-published-2","12":"tag-how-to-get-published-2","13":"tag-nonfiction-book","14":"tag-nora-hall","15":"tag-pitchapalooza","16":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5501"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279284,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5501\/revisions\/279284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}