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I’m feeling generous today.

Back in December, I offered subscribers to the Your Book Publishing Coach newsletter a special deal: a free download of a class Suzanne Lieurance, the Working Writer’s Coach, and I did on on writing queries and book proposals, for the University of Masters online university.

For only the next 7 days, this audio training will be available for free download.

If you have ever contemplated getting paid to publish your book or article, you will want to check out this gift right away.

If you want to get paid for your writing, you need to convince an editor that your article or book idea is worthy of being published in their magazine or by publishing company.

How do you do that? By writing a knock-out query (for magazines) or book proposal.

Writing for pay is not the only way to go, but it’s the best way. Not only for the obvious reason (you get paid!).

Getting published anywhere helps establish your credibility, but getting published in a magazine that pays its writers catapaults you up the ladder of expertise.

Likewise, having a published book of any kind lends you a lot of credibility. But being published by a traditional publisher, as opposed to self-publishing, opens many more doors. The media are much more likely to go with someone published by a publisher who
took all the risk.

Believe me, the media can tell the difference at a glance.

Writing a killer query or book proposal is an art, but it’s one that can be learned if you have the right guide.

Suzanne Lieurance is widely known as “the working writer’s coach.” A successful author herself, she specializes in helping people make the transition to full-time freelance writer (who of course, gets paid!).

I help individuals and companies become the leading experts in their fields through publishing books and other information products.

In this recording of the class Suzanne and I did, you will learn exactly how to write powerful queries and book proposals that will get you published. You will discover the proprietary book proposal outline I used to sell every book I ever proposed (11 in
all, plus a book I resold despite three agents telling me “nobody’s buying reprints.” I got two publisher offers for that book–Abundant Gifts).

I urge you to access this recording now. Don’t wait–I’m taking the page down on February 5.

I want you to learn how to write winning book proposals and queries, with the heartfelt wish that the year ahead will be full of many abundant blessings for you.

And may one of them be a contract for your upcoming book!

Steve Harrison is offering an encore of his teleseminar, “The Three Big Secrets for Getting Booked as a Guest on Top National TV Shows” tomorrow at three different times.

If you missed it, here’s your opportunity to learn things like:

A few weeks ago, I ran a series of articles on my blog about how to get on the Oprah Winfrey Show.

This Thursday, Jan. 18, you have a unique opportunity to learn how to be a guest on a top national TV show like Oprah, Good Morning America, the Today Show or Fox News Channel. One of the speakers will be a woman who used to book guests for Oprah ’s show.

There are few faster ways to instantly reach millions of people nationwide and skyrocket your sales than getting big-time TV publicity. That’s why I want you to know about this 90-minute free teleseminar that will take place THIS Thursday, January 18^th. It’s hosted by Steve Harrison, publisher of Radio-TV Interview Report (RTIR). His topic will be: “The Three Big Secrets for Getting Booked as a Guest on Top National TV Shows.”

In addition to Steve and the former Oprah guest booker, you’ll hear from a Fox News Channel producer and some other surprise guests.

Together they’ll teach you things unknown to 95% of all publicity-seekers.

I’ve said this before–Steve Harrison’s teleseminars are some of the most content-rich free teleseminars I ever listen to.

Even if your book isn’t written or published yet, I urge you to tune in and take good notes. You will then have the knowledge you’ll need for later.

In fact, knowing these secrets of publicity even before you write or publish your book is optimal for a number of reasons.

It can help you approach your topic in a way that you KNOW will be media friendly, from the very start. While you write your book, you can plan ways to establish your platform in such a way that when your book is published, you will be ready immediately for this kind of high-level publicity.

The call is being offered at three different times on Thursday. Register now, before you forget.

Here’s what Steve promises to reveal on the 90-minute call:

• How to increase your odds of getting on Oprah, Fox News, CNN, Today Show, Montel and other top shows.
• Understanding the mindset of national TV producers and what gets them to book you as a guest.
• The strategy a husband-and-wife team used to land an appearance on the Today Show.
• What you should send TV producers (and what you shouldn’t).
• An important lesson from one self-published author who got on Oprah and saw sales soar as a result.
• The most important question you must be able to answer to land a national TV appearance.
• The biggest mistakes to avoid when pitching TV producers (including ones that could bget you black-balled forever!).
• Case histories of four other authors and entrepreneurs and the strategies they used to get on top TV shows.

Even if you’re not sure you can make it, register for the call anyway—Steve often has the replay available afterward. Once registered, you’ll receive all the details within five minutes.

Who knows … maybe we’ll be seeing you on national TV very soon!

The latest issue of Your Book Publishing Coach newsletter is ready … and it’s a very good one, if I do say so myself. Full of truly insider information, such as …

• How to Get Someone Else to Pay for Publishing Your Book
• How to Find a Literary Agent
• Submitting Articles Online: How to Get Published Instantly

PLUS not only the download link to the University of Masters class on “How to Write Powerful Queries and Book Proposals,” but a very generous discount to membership to ALL the University of Masters online classes for one month.

Oh yes, and I’m also making available my list of 28 ezine article directories (newly checked and updated).

People have told me I give away too much valuable “insider” information for free. Maybe they’re right. Maybe that will change soon.

Until it does, I encourage you to download and read the latest issue.

Print it out and put it into a notebook. Do it for the back issues as well. Read them with a pen (to take notes with) and a highlighter.

If you’re serious about getting your book published and/or selling more of what you already have published, you will want and need this information. If not now, then later.

Also, feel free to pass on these newsletters to anyone else who is interested in writing, publishing, and/or promoting a book or other information product.