Three Proposals on Their Way!

I did it! I did it! I did it! I sent Justifying Jackie book proposals out to three publishers last Thursday! What an enormous sense of accomplishment and gratitude to finally be able to breathe and think about something else!

Yes, I still have at least a dozen more to send, but those first few had to be the toughest. I had to create it all from nothing. Now that I have the bones of my proposal completed, I think sending to other potential publishers will go more smoothly.

I customized each packet according to that specific publisher's submission guidelines and publishing focus, but they all contained the same basic components—

• Cover letter
• Ten-page proposal, which included the next seven bullet items:
• Synopsis
• Comments on Justifying Jackie’s playing-card illustrations
• About the Author
• Market Analysis
• List of Experts and Mentors
• Audience Feedback
• Promotional Ideas
• SAS postcard for acknowledgement of receipt
• Three-page mock-up of Justifying Jackie
• Samples of my writing and photography
• An interview of me in Finding Our Way
• SASE

Now, after a few days of rest and recovery, I'm ready to forge ahead and get proposals ready for those other publishers!

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

George Bernard Shaw