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BOOKSTORE
NEW! Tutorial / Workbook and 11 recommended reads
FROM "TELLING TO "SELLING"
Make the Mind Shift to move your publishing career into high gear
CONTESTS (April 2010)
One-page synopsis (300 words max) written for your story
CONTEST WINNING SUBMISSIONS
PUBLISHING WIZARD (FREE) TELE-CHATS
Monthly mini-workshops, by phone, with The Publishing Wizard
QUERY CLASSROOMS
The #1 Secret to Query Success, Query Basics, Evaluated Queries, Successful Queries, Queries in process, Dumb Query Tricks, Contest Winners, Perfect Queries, and more
AGENT UPDATES
Who's looking for what? Walk a mile in their shoes
SYNOPSIS LAB
Synopsis basics
MANUSCRIPT FIRST PAGE
Basic Structure, Eliminate weak words, Capture attention immediately
ASK THE WIZARD
Q&A opportunity (on going)
WORKSHOPS / KEYNOTES / PRESENTATIONS
What's coming up
RAISED BY WILD BOOKWORMS
Molli Nickell biography
WRITERS' SERVICES / TUTORING
Revision assistance on queries, synopses, first pages, book proposals
CLASSROOMS TO BE OPENED SOON:
NON-FICTION BOOK PROPOSAL
THE PUBLISHING BIZ
ONE-ON-ONE PITCHING
CUSTOMIZED & PRIVATE GROUP TELE-SEMINARS
You can become published!
You may feel stress over having to write a query, synopsis, first page or book proposal -- vital "sales documents" you must have in order to attract the most appropriate agent to help you move through the publishing maze.
Take a deep breath and relax.
You'll find the information you need in the Online Academy's classrooms. Visit them all, join in on the contests and chats. Everything you learn here will help you make the shift from "telling" to "selling" and jump start your manuscript's path of success from agent to publisher to the shelves of Barnes and Noble.
Thanks for your insightful critique on my query "Survivors.” I now have received three full requests for my manuscript. One of these is from my “dream” agent.
J. Kidd
Molli's my hero. Her unflinching eye for electrifying and pruning helped me figure out how to write a riveting query and punch up my "quickie" elevator pitch.
Mac Wheeler, Tampa Writers' Association, Critique Group leader
Now that Writer's Digest has published my book on writing picture books, I want to say "thank you" for your help and encouragement. I couldn't have done it without you.
Ann Paul, UCLA instructor/children's book author
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A participant in the troll re-education and rehab program, Joey Mctroll has been assigned to us to learn a trade that doesn't involve swallowing everything in sight. Although his intentions are positive, Joey frequently misplaces pages, turns them inside out, or eats them. He adores writers (for lunch with fava beans)
For more information, visit the Agent Update Classroom.
APRIL CONTEST
One-page synopsis (300 words max) for your story. More information available at Contest Classroom.
Hi there,
I'm Molli Nickell,
Online Academy Director, Pom-Pom Queen, and Resident Publishing Wizard
(i.e., consultant). Let's work together to get you published!
I've spent 30 years in the publishing biz as a Time-Life editor and publisher, reading and rejecting submissions. I know what works in today's competitive market, and what doesn’t.
Now, as Director of this Online Academy, I teach writers--like you--how to craft the "sales documents," (query, synopsis, first page and/or book proposal) you need in order to move you into the heart of the toughest critic--someone like I used to be!
Changes abound!
The classrooms listed on the left are open and FREE to visit 24/7.
Warning:
Be mindful and don't trip over excessive adjectives, adverbs, weak words and compound sentences.