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5 Rookie Mistakes in Cookbook Proposals

May 23, 2017 by diannejacob 13 Comments

When there’s a one percent acceptance rate, it’s kind of important not to make mistakes in cookbook proposals. But if you’ve never written one before, how would you know what’s right?

Sure, you can read books on writing proposals and use them as a guide. But somehow, errors in judgement creep in.

Having read dozens of cookbook proposals, I can spot where [Read more…] about 5 Rookie Mistakes in Cookbook Proposals

Filed Under: Proposals Tagged With: food writing, writing book proposals, writing cookbook proposals

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