I’m here in Atlanta ready to work all day—if you can call talking about what you love “work.†I’ll present a 3-hour seminar on writing a book proposal this morning and, this afternoon, I’m speaking about the 2 secrets to publishing success. At the same time, the Spring Book Show is going on here at the Hilton Atlanta. It’s not too late to sign up to attend the seminars or the book show, unless you read this sometime after March 29, 2008. In that case, you missed it a good program. (The book show continues through March 30.)
I visited the book show yesterday and was reminded of the competition out there for authors. There are ballrooms full of books in every category and genre and on every subject imaginable. Seeing this many books in one place reinforces what I keep teaching and preaching about the importance of writing a book proposal before you start working on the book of your dreams to make sure that there is room for another book like yours or a really unique book. Before you write yours, you must know what else is out there and this is a mighty important part of the book proposal.
Well, I’m off to teach this and other elements of the book proposal today, in hopes of helping a few more authors succeed in this highly competitive field.