by Cindy Ervin Huff | May 18, 2015 | Conference Tips
Preparing and doing a pitch is probably my least favorite thing to do. I find it hard to memorize and say it smoothly. There. I’ve admitted it to everyone. I love being a character on stage. I’m pretty comfortable with public speaking, I am the one nominated on...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | May 11, 2015 | Conference Tips
“Go! Learn things.” Leroy Jethro Gibbs, NCIS Research before you attend a conference is a huge key to success. Go to the conference website click on each faculty member, agent, editor and publisher attending. Read, read, and read. Click on links directing you to their...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | May 10, 2015 | Conference Tips
You’ve made your business card and you may or may not have opted for a sell sheet. Another option is a synopsis of your book. A more complete presentation of your project is a proposal. It is a sell sheet on steroids containing pages and pages of information. Let me...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | May 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
Clips and samples show the writing world what you can do. Appointments with publishers go smoother when you can show rather than tell what you write. Let me define the two. Clips These are articles, poems, stories, devotionals, editorials, whatever you’ve had...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | May 4, 2015 | Conference Tips
When I attended my first conference, I didn’t have one of these. I had nothing to really pitch. No one told me about them, and I never saw one before that first conference. If you have a book to pitch, a one sheet helps showcase it and draw the attention of editors...
