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Original Posting 16 April 2010

Writers' Digest, October 2004, pages 26 to 33, has a collection of short "nuggets of wisdom" related to getting published. Maria Schneider is the author of the compilation. Take a deep breath, and here we go:

"A book proposal is a package sent to a publisher that includes a cover letter and one or more of the following: sample chapters, outline, synopsis, author bio and publications list." 2004 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market

I'm not sure I would call that a nugget of wisdom. Although I suppose if you're not sure where book proposal is, this certainly helps. Most of the submission guidelines have details about exactly what that publisher expects: three chapters and synopsis, whole manuscript, or whatever. And putting together the right package and sending it in the approved method is a key part of the whole process.

Before that, you've got a pile of writing to do...