Sweary History with James Fell

Sweary History with James Fell

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A Story About Book Proposals

A Story About Book Proposals

And how my latest one didn't suck to write

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James Fell
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Writing non-fiction book proposals to get a book deal from a major publishing house sucks. You don’t need to write the entire book before pitching it. A couple of chapters will do. Then you just need an outline for the rest of the book. What they really want is to know that the book will sell. A big part of that is based on enticing them with the idea f…

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