Making the perfect pitch
Subtitle: how to catch a literary agent's eye
By: edited by Katharine Sands.
Contributors: Sands, Katharine.
Publisher: The Writer Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Waukesha, WI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
Subjects: Authorship -- Marketing; Literary agents
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-279) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction -- Katharine Sands -- Chapter 1.; title: A morning in the life of a literary agent -- James C. Vines -- Chapter 2.; title: Five questions to ask before sending your query letter -- Kristen Auclair -- Chapter 3.; title: Notes to the new writer -- Anna Ghosh -- Chapter 4.; title: I am willing to be seduced, amazed, charmed, or moved -- Sarah Jane Freymann -- Chapter 5.; title: Practicing pitchcraft -- Katharine Sands -- Chapter 6.; title: Setting, protagonist, problem : an interview with Donald Maass -- Katharine Sands -- Chapter 7.; title: Talent always jumps off the page -- Ethan Ellenbert -- Chapter 8.; title: The providential diamond -- Joseph Regal -- Chapter 9.; title: Getting ahead of the curve : an interview with Robert Gottlieb -- Katharine Sands -- Chapter 10.; title: Niche your pitch : from first proposal to profitable career -- Michael Larsen -- Chapter 11.; title: It's the quirks that make it interesting : an interview with Barbara Lowenstein -- Katharine Sands -- Chapter 12.; title: Making your book into a movie -- Laurie Horowitz -- Chapter 13.; title: Pitches that worked -- Rita Rosenkranz; title: Chapter 14.; title: In the singles bar of the literary persuasion -- Esmond Harmsworth -- Chapter 15.; title: The secret is reduction -- Andrew Stuart -- Chapter 16.; title: The serendipity of slush : an interview of Jane Dystel -- Katharine Sands -- Chapter 17.; title: I want to hear a diva do opera : an interview with Sheree Bykofsky -- Katharine Sands -- Chapter 18.; title: I love to tell a publisher: "Have I got a virgin for you!" : an interview with Harvey Klinger -- Katharine Sands -- Chapter 19.; title: 15 minutes to fame : pitching at a conference -- Jason Cangialosi and Andrew Welchel -- Chapter 20.; title: A nation of many tribes : an interview with Jim Fitzgerald -- Katharine Sands -- Chapter 21.; title: How much is a black dress? : an interview with Meredith Bernstein -- Katharine Sands -- Chapter 22.; title: Adventures in copywriting -- Debbie Babitt -- Chapter 23.; title: Don't be buffeted by whims : interview with David Vigliano -- Katharine Sands -- Chapter 24.; title: Booking in L.A. -- Erin Reel -- Chapter 25.; title: The art of the poetry pitch -- Amy Holman -- Chapter 26.; title: Pitching your children's book -- Andrea Brown -- Chapter 27.; title: Confessions of an acquisitions editor -- Phoebe Collins -- Chapter 28.; title: Crafting the nonfiction proposal -- Elizabeth Zack -- Chapter 29.; title: The nearly perfect proposal -- Robert Shepard -- Chapter 31.; title: The telling detail : an interview with John Ware -- Katharine Sands -- Chapter 31.; title: It has to be cutting-edge work -- Peter Rubie -- Chapter 32.; title: How I learned to sell sex, death, & rock 'n' roll -- Lori Perkins -- Chapter 33.; title: Pitchcraft, the Zen of, and the secrets of the galaxy -- Patrick Lobrutto -- Chapter 34.; title: The perfect pitch : low and inside -- Andrew Zack -- Chapter 35.; title: Intelligence and imagination : an interview with Ellen Levine -- Katharine Sands -- Chapter 36.; title: Publishing as a circus -- Elizabeth Pomada -- Chapter 37.; title: This pen for hire : pitching collaborative projects -- Tonianne Robino -- Chapter 38.; title: Pitch perfect : in three or four easy steps -- Jandy Nelson -- Chapter 39.; title: Pitch and catch : building a relationship -- Jeff Herman -- Chapter 40.; title: Selected resources : how to find and contact an agent -- Katharine Sands.