The Book Proposal Hit List (Updated)
Update 4.9.08: I added some pieces and removed some others for the second requested proposal.
Added:
The Dick You Can’t Take Back
The Naming of Things
Mine to Give
Removed:
New York City
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Last week I wrote a query letter to a literary agent. The reply was positive – short non-fiction collections are a hard sell, but send me a proposal and I’ll take a look. Figuring out which pieces I wanted to include in the proposal as samples of the what the whole book would be like took me a few days of hemming and hawing, but here’s the list of what made the cut:
Something’s Happened
New York City and How I Quit the Job
Worst-Case Scenario
Vignettes: Reunion
Driving in Space
… my Obama inauguration story, which I have yet to make available here, and…
About The Author: 25 Things About Me
Now, to sum up simply what my book is about. In an overview. See you on the other side.
