I first heard about you and The Book Proposal Book through word-of-mouth as I was developing my book proposal. An an unaffiliated scholar, I craved guidance through the process. Following your instructions helped me to land a contract offer from a commercial academic press last month. I'm now seriously considering a career pivot to academic editing once the book is finished and plan to take your Developmental Editing course sequence at that point!
Thank you for sharing your story, Amy. I'm so glad to hear that the book provided the guidance you needed. Congrats on your contract! Would love to have you in the DE course someday too!
I got your Book Proposal Book and it was tremendously helpful in preparing my SUCCESSFUL book proposal! My book comes out with a major academic publisher this June! Wooooooo!!!!!! I came to the newsletter subsequent to the book. In a future newsletter, I'd love for you to write about how to draft more books. How does it feel different? Is it easier? Is it more challenging in some ways? How much can or should someone repeat what is in a previous book so as to accommodate new readers? Another topic could be how to do a book proposal with a coauthor. My pal and I did this VERY successfully so maybe we could coauthor a post with you! Thank you for your work -- you've been very helpful to us and your book is worth every penny and more.
Congratulations on your book, Sharon! So happy to hear that the book helped with your proposal. Second books (and beyond) would be a great topic for a newsletter -- I will keep it in mind. And co-authoring is another great topic. I might be in touch to ask for your tips!
I think I heard of you through Publish not Perish. I teach a writing class in Malawi. My students are not ESL in the sense that English is used all of the time in education and business. At the same time, they are not native English speakers and writers because their home language is often some Bantu language. We want our students to write as Malawians but to be heard by any English reader so I am researching the best ways of doing that.
Hello! I saw some of your tweets about academic publishing and signed up for one of your free talks as a result. The newsletter has been a nice addition to my weekly reads!
I heard about you through Publish Not Perish! I'm a first-year PhD student, so am quite far off from anything close to a book, but I subscribed because I appreciate future-oriented information as I work on picturing what I'll be doing after this! :) Thanks for all you do!
This is an investment of time for future me. When the youngest has gotten sufficiently independent I plan to undertake my phd with the intention of using the research as basis for a book (rather than an academic career). I enjoy gleaning insights and bookmarking items to return to in the future. Thank you for the ‘demystification’ - it really does provide an alternative to the usual academic focused higher education pathway.
Thank you for your comment, Tamara. As someone who also isn't on the traditional academic trajectory I know how important it is to talk openly about what publishing looks like when the goals and rewards are a bit different. And I've noticed a lot of academics want more from their book authoring experiences as well, beyond just ticking a box on their review form. Glad you're a reader here!
Thank you for reintroducing yourself as I am a recent edition to your newsletter. I attended a workshop you did at the end of last year for the New York corridor and enjoyed it very much. You were also very thorough in answering a question of mine. I had published a monograph in 2021. Although I am very proud of it, I am disappointed that it is reaching only a small audience. I think it deserves a bigger audience, but I don't know if there is anything I can do about it. For my next book, I am hoping to reach a larger audience, but again, I am unsure of the steps to do that. I thought your post on tracking time (a link from your end of the year 2022) was fascinating and would also like to see more posts along those lines.
Thank you for attending the workshop, Grace, and for reading the newsletter! I have a couple posts coming up about book promotion that will hopefully give you some things to think about for the next book. I appreciate your feedback about the time-tracking post -- I will keep thinking about practical behind-the-scenes stuff I can write future newsletters about.
My friend sent your free workshop to attend. I enjoyed the layout, the discussion, and community you built just through an online chat based community. I am trying to find ways to attend more Manuscript works opportunities. Thank you!
Jenni, you were randomly selected to receive a complementary ebook copy of The Book Proposal Book. Could you please email me at laura@manuscriptworks.com so I can get your information to send it to you? Thanks!
I published my dissertation (I was pleased with it--I spent a lot of time asking people how to turn a dissertation into a book, so I had good advice to draw from). I've edited and co-edited a couple of books, and I'd really like to finish one of the two book projects I want to complete next. But without the structure of graduate school--and with the demands of being junior faculty in an institution where teaching comes first--I am always looking for writing guidance.
Thanks for sharing your experience, Monica. If you haven't read the Publish Not Perish newsletter yet, you might enjoy it too. It has realistic, practical advice about getting writing done.
Jared, you were randomly selected to receive a complementary ebook copy of The Book Proposal Book. Could you please email me at laura@manuscriptworks.com so I can get your information to send it to you? Thanks!
I first heard about you and The Book Proposal Book through word-of-mouth as I was developing my book proposal. An an unaffiliated scholar, I craved guidance through the process. Following your instructions helped me to land a contract offer from a commercial academic press last month. I'm now seriously considering a career pivot to academic editing once the book is finished and plan to take your Developmental Editing course sequence at that point!
Thank you for sharing your story, Amy. I'm so glad to hear that the book provided the guidance you needed. Congrats on your contract! Would love to have you in the DE course someday too!
Love this! Long term that’s the kind of pathway I’d like to take - congrats on your success so far
I got your Book Proposal Book and it was tremendously helpful in preparing my SUCCESSFUL book proposal! My book comes out with a major academic publisher this June! Wooooooo!!!!!! I came to the newsletter subsequent to the book. In a future newsletter, I'd love for you to write about how to draft more books. How does it feel different? Is it easier? Is it more challenging in some ways? How much can or should someone repeat what is in a previous book so as to accommodate new readers? Another topic could be how to do a book proposal with a coauthor. My pal and I did this VERY successfully so maybe we could coauthor a post with you! Thank you for your work -- you've been very helpful to us and your book is worth every penny and more.
Congratulations on your book, Sharon! So happy to hear that the book helped with your proposal. Second books (and beyond) would be a great topic for a newsletter -- I will keep it in mind. And co-authoring is another great topic. I might be in touch to ask for your tips!
I think I heard of you through Publish not Perish. I teach a writing class in Malawi. My students are not ESL in the sense that English is used all of the time in education and business. At the same time, they are not native English speakers and writers because their home language is often some Bantu language. We want our students to write as Malawians but to be heard by any English reader so I am researching the best ways of doing that.
Hello! I saw some of your tweets about academic publishing and signed up for one of your free talks as a result. The newsletter has been a nice addition to my weekly reads!
Thank you for reading, Laura!
I heard about you through Publish Not Perish! I'm a first-year PhD student, so am quite far off from anything close to a book, but I subscribed because I appreciate future-oriented information as I work on picturing what I'll be doing after this! :) Thanks for all you do!
That's great that you got here through another newsletter. Thank you for reading both!
This is an investment of time for future me. When the youngest has gotten sufficiently independent I plan to undertake my phd with the intention of using the research as basis for a book (rather than an academic career). I enjoy gleaning insights and bookmarking items to return to in the future. Thank you for the ‘demystification’ - it really does provide an alternative to the usual academic focused higher education pathway.
Thank you for your comment, Tamara. As someone who also isn't on the traditional academic trajectory I know how important it is to talk openly about what publishing looks like when the goals and rewards are a bit different. And I've noticed a lot of academics want more from their book authoring experiences as well, beyond just ticking a box on their review form. Glad you're a reader here!
Thank you for reintroducing yourself as I am a recent edition to your newsletter. I attended a workshop you did at the end of last year for the New York corridor and enjoyed it very much. You were also very thorough in answering a question of mine. I had published a monograph in 2021. Although I am very proud of it, I am disappointed that it is reaching only a small audience. I think it deserves a bigger audience, but I don't know if there is anything I can do about it. For my next book, I am hoping to reach a larger audience, but again, I am unsure of the steps to do that. I thought your post on tracking time (a link from your end of the year 2022) was fascinating and would also like to see more posts along those lines.
Thank you for attending the workshop, Grace, and for reading the newsletter! I have a couple posts coming up about book promotion that will hopefully give you some things to think about for the next book. I appreciate your feedback about the time-tracking post -- I will keep thinking about practical behind-the-scenes stuff I can write future newsletters about.
My friend sent your free workshop to attend. I enjoyed the layout, the discussion, and community you built just through an online chat based community. I am trying to find ways to attend more Manuscript works opportunities. Thank you!
Thank you for this feedback, Kalasia. It means a lot to me that you had such a positive experience with the free workshop!
I'm a relatively recent addition here and have been enjoying receiving support in a low commitment, time-flexible kind of way.
Jenni, you were randomly selected to receive a complementary ebook copy of The Book Proposal Book. Could you please email me at laura@manuscriptworks.com so I can get your information to send it to you? Thanks!
Thank you for reading!
I published my dissertation (I was pleased with it--I spent a lot of time asking people how to turn a dissertation into a book, so I had good advice to draw from). I've edited and co-edited a couple of books, and I'd really like to finish one of the two book projects I want to complete next. But without the structure of graduate school--and with the demands of being junior faculty in an institution where teaching comes first--I am always looking for writing guidance.
Thanks for sharing your experience, Monica. If you haven't read the Publish Not Perish newsletter yet, you might enjoy it too. It has realistic, practical advice about getting writing done.
Ooh. I’m always up to throw my name in the hat for writing advice! Thx!! Nice to meet you!
Jared, you were randomly selected to receive a complementary ebook copy of The Book Proposal Book. Could you please email me at laura@manuscriptworks.com so I can get your information to send it to you? Thanks!
Wishing you all the good luck with your dissertation defense, Jared. And thank you for your kind words about MSU.