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Hello newsletter reader! I’m glad you’re here. If you haven’t written your first book yet, you may have never encountered an actual book proposal in your life. (Once you publish a scholarly book, you‘ll start getting asked by presses to peer review other people’s proposals, in…
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Hi Manuscript Workers, I was recently asked by an editor at De Gruyter (the publisher that distributes The Book Proposal Book in Europe) to answer a few…
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Hi Manuscript Workers, Today’s newsletter will be a little bit different. I’ve asked Malini Devadas (an academic writing coach who works with clients…
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Hello Manuscript Workers, First, some news: I’m offering an online workshop on August 10, 2022, called Write an Outstanding Book Proposal. It’s a…
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Hi Manuscript Workers, I’ve talked before in this newsletter about what goes in a scholarly book proposal and given tips on how to craft some of the…
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Hi Manuscript Workers, Gotta begin this week’s newsletter with another thank you to everyone who bought a copy of The Book Proposal Book in last week’s…
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Hey there, Manuscript Workers. First of all, a big thank you to those who purchased The Book Proposal Book from Princeton University Press’s 50% off…
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Hi Manuscript Workers, First of all, if you’re feeling angry and depressed about the state of things in the United States right now, know that I share…
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