Tom Kertscher / tkerch@yahoo.com
Get Your Book Published:
Help
With Your Book Proposal
You have an idea for a book; maybe
you’ve done some research and even written a few chapters.
Now what?
How do you find a publisher?
And how do you convince a publisher that your book is
a winner?
You need a compelling book
proposal. The proposal not only presents your idea, it makes a strong case for
why your book will sell.
What I’m offering is help in writing your proposal.
I can’t make any guarantees; getting
a book published is difficult. But my proposals were successful in getting my
two books published. And I know that I can give you a great start on your
proposal, or improve one you already have.
Here’s how it works – all by e-mail:
1.
If you have a
proposal, or a partial one, submit it to me. (If you don’t, I will send you a fill-in-the-blank
format that you can use to create a proposal.)
2.
I edit and
critique the proposal and send it back to you. The critique will include
suggestions on what to keep, what to delete, what needs work and what you might
do to make the proposal stronger.
3.
You make
revisions and return the proposal to me. I critique it a second time and send
it back to you.
Tom Kertscher / tkerch@yahoo.com
The cost is $40.
Depending on where you’re
starting from in this process, you’ll either have a proposal that is ready to
submit to publishers or one that puts you well on your way.
You’ll feel better about where
you are in developing your book. And just eliminating some of that anxiety will
put you in a better place for what we all would prefer to work on: writing.
To get started, just send me
an e-mail.
And best of luck in your
writing.
Tom Kertscher
tkerch@yahoo.com
Tom Kertscher,
a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel news reporter, is the author of:
·
Cracked Sidewalks and French Pastry: The Wit and
Wisdom of Al McGuire (
·
Brett Favre: A Packer Fan’s Tribute (Cumberland House Publishing, 2006, with new editions
in ’07 and ‘08).
Tom recently signed an
agreement with an agent and is at work on two more books, one about sports and
another about the last words people say before they die.
Tom has taught classes for
Milwaukee Recreation and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on how to get a
book published.