Idea to Author

Ever wanted to write a book? Here’s everything you need to know to get started.

Guests: Novelist Maddie Dawson, children’s author Jennifer Covello, executive editor Marry Norris, and author & publisher Stacey Kannenberg

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Podcast: Recorded August 19, 2010

There’s a book in all of us.  Find out what it takes to go from writing your thoughts on paper to proposal, publisher and promotion. Let’s talk with the experts: successful authors in the self-help, children’s and fiction categories and savvy publishers who know what sells in the bookstores.

Should you go the traditional route and find an agent? How to get the attention of a publisher? What are e-books? When to consider self publishing? What are publishers looking for? How to keep on going and deal with rejection? What needs to be in a book proposal? How to choose a title?

The Stuff that Never Happened by Maddie Dawson

Frittabello and His Angel by Jennifer Covello

Let’s Get Ready for Kindergarten by Stacy Kannenberg

Books by Globe Pequot Press, Mary Norris-Editorial Director

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