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Book Proposal Boot Camp:
How to Write a Book Proposal
That Sells Without Selling Out |
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Saturday & Sunday,
July 12 & 13 or August 2 & 3,
at Agnes Scott College
Charis Circle is proud to co-sponsor this original workshop with Valerie Boyd, award-winning author of Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston. Sign up for the weekend-long workshop and let Valerie show you how to transform your dream of writing a book into a reality.
The best-kept secret of the publishing world is the book proposal. Like many writers, you may not realize that you can write a 15- to 100-page book proposal, submit it to literary agents and publishers, and actually get paid to write the book of your dreams.
A strong book proposal can secure a book deal and a monetary advance from a publisher, providing you with enough money to launch your research or to take time away from your job to focus on writing your book. With a few months of effort, any writer who has a strong nonfiction idea and some writing talent-even without a lot of experience-can research and write a robust book proposal that will turn publishers' heads. This Book Proposal Boot Camp will teach you how.
For more information including fees and registration, email vjboyd@gmail.com or visit www.valerieboyd.com.
Co-sponsored by Moksha Unlimited and Charis Circle |
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About the Instructor:
Valerie Boyd is the author of Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston (Scribner 2003) and Spirits in the Dark: The Untold Story of Black Women in Hollywood (forthcoming from Knopf). She received significant publishers' advances for both of these titles based on the strength of her book proposals-- elements of which she will share with workshop participants.
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Why Book Proposal Boot Camp?
Valerie has designed the Book Proposal Boot Camp as a forum for sharing her knowledge and experience with talented aspiring writers, as a means of demystifying the publishing process-- and as a way of helping participants recognize and step into their own greatness.
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