Proposal Packages: The Secret Weapon to Ignite a Bidding War

Derek Taylor Kent — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 20:17:47 GMT

Current Revision posted to Book Proposals by Derek Taylor Kent on 9/23/2025 8:17:47 PM

While many just write query letters, there's a whole other option that very few know about called the proposal package. Learn how Derek created a proposal package that got his book into a bidding war between Penguin, Random House, and Holt/Macmillan for a book he literally wrote the week before.

Many have heard of them, but few take the time to actually create them, and that could be your ticket to getting the book deal of your dreams. Learn the step-by-step method of creating a proposal package that will make you stand out in the crowd.

Here are the handouts referenced in the session:
www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../Kent_5F00_Proposal-Packages_5F00_ALC-Handout.pdf
www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../EL-PERRO-IN-SOMBRERO-proposal_5F00_DTK.pdf
www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../LQ-Hysterical-Rhymes-Proposal-Package_5F00_DTK.pdf
www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../Non_2D00_Fiction-Book-Proposal-Template_5F00_Hyatt.pdf
www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../ProposalPackagesTheSecretWeapontoIgniteaBiddingWar25.mp4

About the Presenter:
Derek Taylor Kent is the author of 19 books encompassing a wide variety of audiences and genres. He has also produced 15 audiobooks to date and has written 6 screenplays. Along with being an instructor for the ALC, he teaches at the Writing Pad in Los Angeles and is a freelance story editor. Derek received a 3-book deal from HarperCollins for his middle-grade book series Scary School, and his Mystery/Thriller book Kubrick’s Game was #1 on Amazon three times and was optioned by Bobby Cohen Films. His middle-grade novel My Homework Ate My Dog! was awarded Best Middle-Grade Fiction Book of 2020 by Kops-Featherling Book Awards, and there was a bidding war for his picture book El Perro con Sombrero, which was published by Holt/Macmillan. In addition, Derek Founded Whimsical World children’s publishing brand with wife, children’s author and ALC speaker Sheri Fink, with a mission to inspire, delight, and educate children of all ages while planting seeds of self-esteem and high achievement. Discover more at www.DerekTaylorKent.com and www.WhimsicalWorldBooks.com.

Tags: fiction, Nonfiction, Subscriber, Recorded Webinar

Proposal Packages: The Secret Weapon to Ignite a Bidding War

Derek Taylor Kent — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 22:10:27 GMT

Revision 2 posted to Book Proposals by Derek Taylor Kent on 12/8/2022 10:10:27 PM

Here are the handouts referenced in the session:
www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../EL-PERRO-IN-SOMBRERO-proposal_5F00_DTK.pdf
www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../LQ-Hysterical-Rhymes-Proposal-Package_5F00_DTK.pdf
www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../Non_2D00_Fiction-Book-Proposal-Template_5F00_Hyatt.pdf
www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../ProposalPackagesTheSecretWeapontoIgniteaBiddingWar.mp4

About the Presenter:
Derek Taylor Kent is the author of 18 books encompassing a wide variety of audiences and genres. He has also produced 15 audiobooks to date and has written 6 screenplays. Along with being an instructor for the ALC, he teaches at the Writing Pad in Los Angeles and is a freelance story editor. Derek received a 3-book deal from HarperCollins for his middle-grade book series Scary School, and his Mystery/Thriller book Kubrick’s Game was #1 on Amazon three times and was optioned by Bobby Cohen Films. His middle-grade novel My Homework Ate My Dog! was awarded Best Middle-Grade Fiction Book of 2020 by Kops-Featherling Book Awards, and there was a bidding war for his picture book El Perro con Sombrero, which was published by Holt/Macmillan. In addition, Derek Founded Whimsical World children’s publishing brand with wife, children’s author and ALC speaker Sheri Fink, with a mission to inspire, delight, and educate children of all ages while planting seeds of self-esteem and high achievement. Discover more at www.DerekTaylorKent.com and www.WhimsicalWorldBooks.com.

Tags: fiction, Nonfiction, Subscriber, Recorded Webinar

Proposal Packages: The Secret Weapon to Ignite a Bidding War

Derek Taylor Kent — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 22:08:34 GMT

Revision 1 posted to Book Proposals by Derek Taylor Kent on 12/8/2022 10:08:34 PM

Tags: fiction, Nonfiction, Subscriber, Recorded Webinar