This article is reprinted with the author’s permission. Note in particular #9, 12, and 14. These are items Ausoma can help you devlop.
- Your Professionalism
- Your query letter
- Your pitch
- The freshness, timeliness, salability, and promotability of your idea
- Your style
- The impact of your writing
- Your first line
- Your first page
- Your promotion plan
- The number of books you will sell a year
- The media that will give you time or space
- Your platform
- Your email list
- Your communities of writers, fans and publishing pros eager to help you
- Your test-marketing
- Telling them how many competing books you’ve read, how many drafts you’ve done, and how many readers have given you feedback
- Your passion for the sharing the value of your work
- Your commitment to your craft and your career
- Your credentials
- Your book’s promotion potential
- Your book’s markets: consumers, schools, businesses, film/foreign rights
- Your commitments for a foreword and cover quotes
- Commitments from organizations to buy and promote the book
- Your future books
- Your knowledge of publishing and what it takes to succeed
- Your ability to build your brand
- Your video query showing how well you discuss your book
Mike Larsen / Author, Author Coach / michaellarsenauthorcoaching.com
Co-director, San Francisco Writers Conference:
A Celebration of Craft, Commerce & Community
www.sfwriters.org /laurie@sfwriters.org
San Francisco Writing for Change Conference: Writing to Make a Difference
www.sfwritingforchange.org / laurie@sfwriters.org
1029 Jones Street / San Francisco, 94109 / 415-673-0939
Co-director, San Francisco Writers Conference:
A Celebration of Craft, Commerce & Community
www.sfwriters.org /laurie@sfwriters.org
San Francisco Writing for Change Conference: Writing to Make a Difference
www.sfwritingforchange.org / laurie@sfwriters.org
1029 Jones Street / San Francisco, 94109 / 415-673-0939