Annick Press
It looks like I'm doing nothing but outlines these days. The publisher at Annick Press wants to see an outline proposal for a non-fiction series he wants me to work on. The good news is that I have a template to build from, so the main part of the work will be in researching. The concept of the series is to look at different cultures and what they created. The first in the series was The Inuit Thought of It. Naturally, I'm doing what the Chinese thought of. I'm looking forward to this project, as it might be a good foot in the door with a larger publisher. If I play my cards right, I might be able to sell Annick some fiction down the line.
Time and time again, I keep seeing reminders of how much this industry operates on relationships. You can be a great writer, but if you don't have the right connections, you are stuck. I just have to make sure I don't burn any bridges in the publishing world... I burned enough bridges in TV.