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What Participants Are Saying...

“Deborah was great! She has amazing contacts in the publishing industry and is herself a
great resource. She really made each student feel like s/he was getting very individual sup-
port on her/his project.”
“I learned so many things about getting my work into the broader world and invaluable
tips for how to market myself. And in addition to the things I learned, I got to see others’
works in progress, which was exciting and inspiring.”
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Tailored Options (each workshop can cover 1 or 2 of the following):

A. Writing a Book Proposal That Sells

• The difference between a book proposal for an academic press and a trade
(or commercial) press
• How to know whether your book idea has commercial potential
• What’s entailed in rewriting a dissertation into a trade book
• The elements of a strong book proposal
• The importance of narrative, and what else editors look for
• The role of an agent

B. Publishing Shorter Pieces

• Genres for shorter writings (features, profiles, op-eds)
• How to submit pitches to newspapers and magazines
• How to work with a newspaper or magazine editor

C. Blogging for Platform

• How to start a blog and/or participate in a blog community as a way to
create a platform for your organization or book
• Other ways to use the Internet to help promote your project or book

in the news...
“Authors willing to venture into the increasingly user-friendly world of do-it-yourself high tech are
rewarded. Interviews published online generate invitations to do podcasts, guest posts, and interviews on
XM radio. Blogs become communities and engender blog tours. Online audiences lead to sales. I know
that it’s not easy, but rest assured: the learning curve is not steep.”
-Deborah Siegel, “Wired, She Wrote,” Women’s Media Center

“Publishing in Women’s Studies: A Public Voice had professors with roller bags postponing flights and
scribbling furiously on their notepads as Deborah Siegel described her journey from doctoral candidate
at the University of Wisconsin to New York public intellectual and author of the 2007 book “Sisterhood,
Interrupted: From Radical Women to Grrls Gone Wild” (Palgrave).”
-Courtney Martin, “Women’s Studies Vie for More Media Turf,” Women’s E News