Tuesday, April 12, 2026
4 to 5:30pm PT / 7 to 8:30pm ET
$125 | online

The academic book proposal is a genre with its own conventions of form and content. By uncovering the goal of each part of a proposal, this workshop will help you develop a coherent proposal that foregrounds your project's argument and contributions in specific and compelling ways. A successful proposal not only pitches your project effectively, but also clarifies for the writer the project's core commitments: why does this book matter, and for whom? 

The 90-minute workshop ends with a q&a to discuss the publishing process and industry, including how to approach acquisition editors. Participants will leave with a worksheet to help put what we've learned into action. 
The workshop fee is $125. Payment is due before the start of the workshop. Participants who schedule a proposal developmental editing project within three months after the workshop can have the workshop fee applied to that project.

Authors I have worked with have books out or forthcoming from University of Minnesota Press, University of Illinois Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, Duke University Press, University of North Carolina Press, Verso, and others.

GETTING DOWN WITH DIRTY DRAFTS

Tuesday, April 12, 2026
4 to 5:30pm PT / 7 to 8:30pm ET
$125 | online

The academic book proposal is a genre with its own conventions of form and content. By uncovering the goal of each part of a proposal, this workshop will help you develop a coherent proposal that foregrounds your project's argument and contributions in specific and compelling ways. A successful proposal not only pitches your project effectively, but also clarifies for the writer the project's core commitments: why does this book matter, and for whom? 

The 90-minute workshop ends with a q&a to discuss the publishing process and industry, including how to approach acquisition editors. Participants will leave with a worksheet to help put what we've learned into action. 
The workshop fee is $125. Payment is due before the start of the workshop. Participants who schedule a proposal developmental editing project within three months after the workshop can have the workshop fee applied to that project.

Authors I have worked with have books out or forthcoming from University of Minnesota Press, University of Illinois Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, Duke University Press, University of North Carolina Press, Verso, and others.