![]() ![]() It took a few years, and a couple of restaurant recipe “starter” cookbooks, but then I wrote Pure Prairie in 1995. When I was living and working in London, England, I realized that absence makes the heart grow fonder and I wanted to write a Midwestern cookbook when I got back home. Judith Fertig: Like most English majors, I wrote an early novel, unpublished, that remains in the proverbial desk drawer. The Book Doctors: So, how did you get started in the book business? ![]() And since we’re doing an Online Pitchapalooza with National Novel Writing Month ( NaNoWriMo) right now, we’d thought we’d pick her brain to see how she did it. One we helped her get that sorted out, she got a great agent, who helped her edit her book, then got her a two-book deal with Penguin. It’s rather shocking how many of our clients don’t know exactly where their book wants to sit on the bookshelf. When we consulted with her, one of the things we did was help her figure out what genre her book fit in. She was commanding without being overbearing, powerful but warm, a total pro. The Book Doctors first met Judith Fertig when she won our Kansas City Pitchapalooza (think American Idol for Books). ![]()
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