by Andrea | May 12, 2020 | Resources for authors
If you’re a non-fiction author who wants to take the commercial publishing route, at some point you’ll wonder how to find a literary agent for your book. I asked Cynthia Zigmund, founder of Chicago-based Second City Publishing, an agency that represents and supports...
by Andrea | Oct 9, 2019 | Resources for authors
When you are a thought leader with an idea that is not quite mainstream yet, then a book is one of the best ways to make it known to others. A good example of that is Size Matters: Why We Love to Hate Big Food by Charlie Arnot, published by Springer. Charlie is the...
by Andrea | Sep 22, 2019 | Resources for authors
Eric Liddell was a Scottish track & field athlete who broke the world record of 400 metres at the 1924 Olympics in Paris. He was also a devout Christian: a missionary with a talent for running, rather than an athlete with a strong religious belief. One renowned...
by Andrea | Aug 4, 2019 | Resources for authors
For many authors, writing a non-fiction book is a frantic short-term experience. But sometimes books move forward at a slower pace. They are side projects of the persistent kind. Like The Glass of Wine by James and Penelope Shackelford. Photo courtesy of Daniela Wood...
by Andrea | Jul 21, 2019 | Resources for authors
Registered dietitian Sarah Krieger talks about her experience of co-authoring Weight Loss Surgery Cookbook for Dummies: the challenges, what made her start and kept her going, the main lessons she learnt, and what writing a non-fiction book is really about. ...
