{"id":4721,"date":"2022-04-12T21:02:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T21:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marieclaudearnott.com\/?p=4721"},"modified":"2023-02-17T18:06:01","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T18:06:01","slug":"the-book-proposal-boot-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marieclaudearnott.com\/?p=4721","title":{"rendered":"The Book Proposal Boot Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My first step toward publication was to pitch a polished manuscript. Then came the first hurdle: would my first ten pages pass the test of rejection? After they did came another hurdle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Would my book proposal be up to par? I knew how much effort I had put into it, but I couldn&#8217;t be sure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And so, I enrolled in another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.writersonlineworkshops.com\/\">Writers Digest<\/a>&#8216;s Agent One-on-One boot camp. 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