Jill Nagle

About Jill Nagle

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Author Jill Nagle is founder and principal of GetPublished, http://www.GetPublished.com, which provides coaching, consulting, ghostwriting, classes and do-it-yourself products to emerging and published authors. Her most recent book is How to Find An Agent Who Can Sell Your Book for Top Dollar http://www.FindTheRightAgent.com.

Jill@getpublished.com

Writing From The Edge: Trembling Your Way to Publication

A few nights ago in the final class of the third incarnation of the Book Proposal Boot Camp, we reviewed parts of one author’s proposal and all concurred: Though her author bio and marketing analysis sections sparkled, her overview rambled and...
Date Posted: February 24, 2005

Taming The Book Proposal

Oh, that most maddening of documents! For so many of us eager to move forward with our nonfiction projects, it looms large like a guard at the queen’s castle, blocking the path to publication.
Date Posted: February 24, 2005

The Arrogant Writer: Five Ways to Nurture and Defend your Muse

Arrogance has a bad rap. We think of arrogant people as unpleasant to be around, full of themselves, and incapable of taking an interest in anyone else.
Date Posted: February 24, 2005

Platform Development Tip #1: Switch Writing Hats!

Platform-Building Tip #1: Switch Writing Hats!Around eighty percent of nonfiction books today are written by “experts,” that is people who have a) earned credentials in the field they’re writing about, b) germinated information via...
Date Posted: February 24, 2005

Harnessing The Wisdom of Procrastination

The Heart of The Delay: Harnessing the Wisdom of Procrastination, AKA Writer’s BlockI am sure that at in some era, at some desk, with some kind of paper (and perhaps some very special ink), some writer has breezed through a lengthy and...
Date Posted: February 24, 2005

For Beginners: 10 Ways To Prepare To Get Published

(Skip directly to ten for the fastest shortcut!)Like any field, excellent writing requires study, practice and mentorship. Very few successful authors ever published their first draft of their first work.
Date Posted: February 24, 2005