CAMP 2018: So you want to write a book? Tip Sheet
By Leezel Tanglao
Presenters/Panelists
Jane Isay, author and editor (@janeisay)
Diana Henriques, award-winning financial journalist and author (@dianabhenriques)
The lead
Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author Diana Henriques teams up with veteran editor and author Jane Isay to take the audience from the germ of an idea for a book through the thinking, the selling, the writing, the editing, and the publishing process.
The Top Five
You have to love the subject more than life itself.
You have to know who your audience is.
You need a proposal that will get you an agent. And you need an agent that will get you the publisher.
Advances - Average advance is $10K. If you’re starting out and care about the topic, don’t get wrapped up in the money. If you are established, you can ask for more.
You're going to need dialogue, scenes and scenes in which people do things.
The Surprise
You are going to do 80% of the marketing for this book. It's your baby.