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Revised and with dozens of new examples, this edition of Formatting & Submitting Your Manuscript builds upon the success of the original--providing the comprehensive information every writer needs to prepare stand-out submissions--while also adding new information on specific genres, electronic submissions, and more.

Readers will find an expanded selection of sample manuscripts, query letters, proposals, cover letters, outlines, synopses and more--all featuring callouts that clearly identify and explain critical elements.

From specific fiction genres to nonfiction books to pictures books and poetry, this comprehensive guide provides crucial information for any writer hoping to be published..
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If you want the flavor of Martin Teitel’s new book, imagine illusionist David Copperfield inviting you backstage to reveal how people are made to disappear or levitate Only in Teitel’s case, revelations center on the world of foundations and the $25 billion they disperse each year in the form of grants.

Teitel, so obviously loathe to bureaucracy, is the first (and only) foundation director in America – in the 100 year history of modern foundations – to pull back the thick curtain of confidentiality to reveal how this select club of 70,000 decides which projects to fund.

Generously sharing stories from his 28 years of experience as both grantmaker and grantseeker, Teitel in his new book, "Thank You for Submitting Your Proposal" invites the reader to experience the entire funding process – from the inside out.

From writing letters of inquiry, to constructing full proposals, to surviving site visits, Teitel offers the perspective of someone who has read thousands of proposals and dispensed millions of dollars.+

The book includes another first as well – a 41-page eye-opening section called The Grantseeker’s Reality Check. Here, Teitel distills his years of experience into a rich compendium of do’s and don’ts for proposal writers, board members, and executive directors.

A sampling:

• Six things you can do to help your proposal make the first cut • Eight red flags foundations are wary of. • Five mistakes too many applicants make. • Five questions you can expect to be asked about your proposal • Seven reasonably easy things you can do to improve your proposal

Whether he’s commenting on the arrogance of some in the foundation world, or sharing his own grantseeking experiences (coffee stains nearly cost him a $350,000 grant) or describing how proposals are logged in ("A very bright and well qualified young man, in the case of our office, has this particular task in his job description because – I promised to be honest with you – he has the least seniority in the organization"), Teitel is warm, engaging, and authentic.

He’s funny, too. Here’s what the author has to say about the folly of sending cookie cutter proposals:

"Maybe once in a while this scattershot technique works. I suppose if you went to a mall looking for a ham sandwich, started at one end and went to every single store with your request, you might eventually stumble into a place that could fix you up – after having wasted the time of puzzled clerks in The Sharper Image and Talbots."

"Thank You for Submitting Your Proposal" will have a measurable impact on the world of foundation fundraising. It should lead to better crafted proposals on the part of grantseekers. And for America’s 70,000 foundations, it might well reduce the motherlode of inappropriate requests.

Why has it taken someone in Teitel’s position so long to come forward? Perhaps no one asked – or maybe mystique has its rewards. Whatever the reason, those seeking a piece of the $25 billion foundation pie owe an enormous debt to Martin Teitel, the grantseeker’s superhero..
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Send your letters and proposals like a pro and increase your chances of getting published. Formatting & Submitting Your Manuscript makes it easy by featuring full-size examples of how to present virtually any type of manuscript.

Covering every part of the manuscript submission package, this guide shows you the dos and dont's for creating persuasive but professional correspondence and submission materials, including: query letters, title pages, cover letters, tables of contents, outlines, author biographies, cover pages, endorsements pages, synopses and reply postcards.

There are also examples you can follow for submitting by fax or online, in addition to tips from respected agents and editors who help you avoid the mistakes that shout "amateur!" Spend more time writing and less time worrying about your manuscript presentations. With this guide, you'll gain the confidence you need to format and submit your manuscript quickly and effectively..
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Imelda Stark returns with a different sort of BD/SM romance, her first foray into a novel-length format, and her first to feature a mature male protagonist James Randolph is a fit, successful man whose comfortable life is turned upside down by sudden tragedy. As he is reassembling his broken pieces, he encounters Doctor Nancy, an imperious and mysteriously beautiful woman who seems to recognize in him a dark erotic potential that he has always fantasized about, but never had the courage to actually experience. He soon finds himself plunging breathlessly into her highly sexual world, where he is exposed to experiences of unimagined physical, emotional, and erotic intensity. Along the way, James discovers revealing clues about the origins of his secret fascination with sexual submission, as well as hints about his own hidden dominant side.

Doctor Nancy keeps her precocious new submissive to herself for awhile, but then introduces him to select embers of her local BD/SM coterie in a series of scenes of increasing erotic intensity. Additional players that readers will enjoy meeting include Aysha, a shy young submissive from Turkey with hidden sexual fires, and Mistress Mei Ling, a tall Asian dominatrix whom readers will recognize from Imelda's earlier works.

Readers should note that this novel includes strong images of erotic punishment inflicted on willing participants, as well as a major focus on the psychological roots of our culture's widespread fascination with BD/SM..
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Featuring more than 100 example query letters, proposals, and synopses, the 3rd edition of Formatting & Submitting Your Manuscript gives you more detailed and concrete instruction than ever before! This new edition features expanded instruction for e-mail submissions, updated formatting and submitting guidelines, insider tips from agents and editors, and much more. Increase your chances of publication by submitting your manuscript the right way--let this book be your guide..
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Ramsey presents a new analysis and interpretation of the religious views of the nineteenth-century American philosopher William James. He argues that James was primarily motivated by religious concerns in his writings and that this fact has been obscured by the artificial scholarly division of his "philosophy," "psychology," and "religion"--a symptom of the professionalization which James himself strenuously resisted in his own time. Ramsey believes that James is best understood in his historical context, as a representative of a society and culture struggling to come to terms with modernity. Much of James's religious work is a direct reflection of what has been called "the spiritual crisis of the Gilded Age," a crisis which Ramsey examines in illuminating detail. James's religious vision, in Ramsey's view, hinges on the recognition and acceptance of "contingency"--the knowledge that we are at the mercy of change and chance. With so little else to rely on, James believed, people must learn to submit freely and responsibly into one another's care. Ramsey reintroduces James's thought into the contemporary discussion, and puts forward the kind of religious alternative that James was pointing to in his work: not worship, but acquiescence in a world of mutual relations; not obedience to authority, but conversion to the freedom of responsibility..
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Government agencies distribute billions of dollars every year via grants and contracts for special projects and activities that the government has an interest in. This book shows small businesses how to get their share of all this money. It covers locating government-sponsored programmes, preparing and submitting proposals and budgets, administering a funded programme and dealing with the funding agency's personnel. The final chapter provides a brief overview of the standard government procurement process, including sample programme information..
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