Non-Fiction Book Proposals and the Publishing Process
Taught by Sarah Lohman
Sarah Lohman is a culinary historian and the author of the bestselling books Endangered Eating: America’s Vanishing Foods and Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine. She focuses on the history of food as a way to access the stories of diverse Americans. Endangered Eating was a New York Times Editors’ Choice, and was named one of the Best Books of 2023 by Amazon’s Editors, Food & Wine, and Adam Gopnik on the Milk Street podcast. It was a finalist for the Nach Waxman Prize for Food & Drink Scholarship and winner of the Ohioana Library Book Prize for Nonfiction. Lohman’s work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and NPR. Lohman has lectured across the country, from the Smithsonian Museum of American History in Washington, DC to The Culinary Historians of Southern California
You've found a killer true story or you're researching a fascinating subject and you want to write a book about it. But how do you start?
Join published author Sarah Lohman for an introductory workshop on putting together a nonfiction book proposal, getting your proposal published, and the ins and outs of the publishing process. We’ll go over how to:
- Develop your idea
- Compose a book proposal
- Find an agent
- What happens when your book is bought
- The highs and lows of the writing process
- The importance of fact checking and footnoting
- What to expect leading up to you publish date
This class is for you if you are: a nonfiction writer or someone interested in nonfiction writing and relatively new at writing books and proposals. We will not be talking about self-publishing or publishing fiction.
Bring a laptop to take notes. Bonus if you already have a book idea in mind, but it's not necessary; you'll still get a lot out of the class.
Sarah is here to help! She'll share work, provide handouts, and there will be plenty of time for questions. Let's get you on the path to getting published!
