Posts Categorized: Book Proposal

Writing a book proposal can be almost as hard as writing a novel. In 2001, when I was first looking to get published, the idea of writing a book proposal was frankly pretty scary. In fact, I did what most writers seem to do, that’s knock together a crappy book proposal that turns out to… Read more »

The aim of a query letter is to provide everything an agent needs to NOT reject your book without consideration — all in one short letter. I have previously outlined the technique I have used to write query letters that resulted in me getting more than 20 books published. However, a number of writers have… Read more »

Writing a killer query letter, synopsis and extract can be very tough. At BubbleCow, we have always helped writers using our copy editing service to prepare their books for submission to agents and publishers. It is part of the service. In recent months I have found myself increasingly using Google+ hangouts to help writers to… Read more »

In this post I will show you how to write a query letter that is able to convince agents and publishers that your book has the potential to be published. I will also show you how to avoid writing a query letter that fails to address key issues and misses important information. I can trace… Read more »

In this post I will show you how to write a query letter that will ensure that your book’s narrative, genre and place in the market is clearly understood. It will allow you to write a query letter that will give your book the best possible chance of receiving a fair assessment from potential agents… Read more »

When preparing your book for submission to an agent or publisher, you must remember that the agent or publisher will be assessing you, your book and your concept for commercial viability. In other words, the agent or publisher will be looking at your book and trying to determine if all the boxes have been ticked… Read more »

Book proposals are BubbleCow’s ‘thing’. At BubbleCow we help writers to polish their book proposals to the highest possible standard. This post with show you how to write a successful book proposal. Though there is no one standard book proposal, there are a number of tricks and tips you can use to produce a book… Read more »

Book genres are essential. I was recently browsing in a large bookshop when I can across a section with a sign declaring ‘Dark Fantasy.’ There it was in the cold light of day - a new genre. Without any fanfare or fuss, the bookshop had promoted Dark Fantasy from a minor sub-genre to a genre… Read more »