BRENDA MURRAY: The Real Deal on Nonfiction

Brenda's fun show and tell is over. Now down to the business.

A few hot/popular topics in nonfiction:

• animals
• sharks
• dogs
• snakes
• ocean life
• mammals
• reptiles
• dinosaurs
• the weather
• space/solar system
• war (WWII, Civil War--for older readers)

Brenda acquired projects through several avenues:

• agents
• published authors and illustrators
• packagers
• ideas generated in-house farmed out as work-for-hire

Important considerations when thinking of proposing a non-fiction project:

• are there other things like it out there?
  
• how could you book be different from the competition?
  
• can it be tied to the cirriculum?
• is the author an expert, or what credentials/ties do you bring to the table?
• is it relevants or topical?
• what's your age range?
• how will the book be organized?
• what special featurescould be included?
• where could your book be marketed?
  

--POSTED BY ALICE