The Garikow Project Gains Momentum

I believe it's fairly common that the busier one gets, the less time we devote to blogging. So, I will make more of an effort to keep this blog active throughout the weeks and months to come. There is a boatload of new information to share about The Garikow Project.

Today, May 16, 2010, I return to my blog more inspired  than ever from the Pennwriters Conference held in Lancaster this weekend. Although it more applicable to the fiction writers, I was able to get a few great pieces of information regarding the world of nonfiction which will be very beneficial in the months to come.

I have some great news about The Garikow Project and how it's progress has grown within the last year. Here we go: First, I completed my first nonfiction book proposal after finishing an online writing course last summer. It took approximately four months from start to finish to knock out the proposal. By the middle of August 09 the proposal had been revised a few times, and I felt like it was time to test the waters. I was ready to submit.

I studied the Writer's Market for quite a while in order to come up with a quasi-marketing plan. My first approach was to query University Presses. During the last four months of the year, I send out a dozen proposals to my top 12 choices. Alas, I joined the ranks of writers who had their first proposal rejected. I believe I'm in good company. I wish I would've known back then what I just learned at the writing conference.

...more to follow...