Nonfiction Book Proposals and the Publishing Process (Online)
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
Location: Online Class
This is a live, online class via Zoom.
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?
Created by published authors Brooke Borel and Sarah Lohman, this workshop will set you on the path to put together a nonfiction book proposal, get your proposal published, and train you on 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 your 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.
Let's get you on the path to getting published!
