Pitching a Nonfiction Book for General Readers: webinar!

Catherine Fletcher (Manchester Metropolitan University) and I are offering a free webinar for Renaissance Society of America members (anyone can join) as part of the RSA's Professional Development webinar series.

Thurs, Nov 6, 2025, at 12-1pm. EST / 5-6pm GMT (& recorded)

Widen your publishing prospects by learning how to pitch a nonfiction book for general readers as an early modernist. Join us online for an introduction to the world of trade-list publishing and the genre of creative/narrative nonfiction.

Topics will include: how trade-list book proposals differ from those for academic monographs, working with a literary agent, research and writing timelines, book proposal sections, sample writing, differences between the UK, US, and other markets, and more.

#history #earlymodern #histsci #publishing #histodons #VastEarlyAmerica #renaissance

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https://www.rsa.org/news/711892/Pitching-a-Nonfiction-Book-for-General-Readers.htm

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WHILE WE BLEED IS OUT TODAY! Rapier duels, flintlocks, devious nobles & feuding cities abound in this Renaissance-inspired action #fantasy where redemption could prove bloodier than revenge. Check it out at YOUR preferred store!

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Portrait of Henry VIII, by Hans Holbein the Younger, c. 1537.

The King holds his place, rigid and silent. His gaze does not shift. You are already being judged.

https://www.universalcompendium.com/tables/xfam/0201-0400/0201%20-%20tudor/notes/images/henry-viii-hans-holbein-younger-thyssen-bornemisza.htm

#art #portraiture #renaissance

Today, our colleague @sourisnumerique is presenting her PhD research work in the #ISWC2025 doctoral consortium on "Viewsari: Enabling New Perspectives on the Renaissance with a Knowledge Graph of Giorgio Vasari’s The Lives" which focusses on the analysis of this important art historical text including, as e.g. artwork recognition & identification, etc.

#semanticweb #knowledgegraphs #vasari #renaissance #arthistory #dh #digitalhumanities @nfdi4culture @NFDI4Memory @fiz_karlsruhe @lysander07

My novel WHILE WE BLEED is out tomorrow! Still a few hours left to pre-order this #Renaissance inspired action #fantasy for just 99 cents. Check it out and pick your store!

https://books2read.com/u/4Ae2kK

#writingcommunity #indieauthor #bookboost #Bookstodon #books #indieauthors #writing #grimdark #amwriting

Erasmus von Rotterdam: Vertrauliche Gespräche (1518) – Liberal Konservativ Lesen