Nathan Bransford, Author  Thursday, February 15, 2007  How to
Write a Book Proposal  A few readers have registered their
complaints that the blog has lately been heavily focused on
fiction queries and manuscripts and novels, and what about poor,
neglected nonfiction? Doesn't nonfiction have feelings too? When
nonfiction is pricked does it not bleed???  Apparently so.  The
art of writing a nonfiction book proposal is sort of like
cooking lasagna. There are a thousand ways of making it,
everyone has their own recipe, but most every lasagna will have
a few basic ingredients and chances are it's going to taste good
in the end. The below recipe, if you will, applies to just about
every kind of nonfiction, from history to self-help to narrative
nonfiction.  Also, people often ask if they need to write the
whole nonfiction book before they query an agent. Not so! Or at
least not usually so. An agent can often sell nonfiction
projects on proposal, meaning you write the proposal first, then
sell the project, then writ