Wednesday, July 4, 2007

5. Book Proposals and Magazine Queries

BOOK PROPOSALS

1. Submit a topic. A paragraph about WHY today's puppy owners would LOVE to buy a book on this topic.
2. A list of 5-6 chapters included in your book.
3. 3-4 visuals (accents, sketches, drawings, photos) to illustrate the topic you suggest.
4. A paragraph or 2 why YOU are the perfect person to write about this topic. Experience in writing, teaching, project management, public speaking.

MAGAZINE QUERIES

1. Submit a topic. A paragraph about WHY today's puppy owners would LOVE to read an article on this topic. Why your approach is brand new and merits an article in BKTP.
2. List 3-5 points you would like to make in this article.
3. 3-4 visuals (accents, sketches, drawings, photos) to illustrate the topic you suggest.
4. A paragraph or 2 why YOU are the perfect person to write about this topic.

TOILET-TRAINING YOUR SINGAPORE BOUGHT PUPPY
1. Instruction manuals. First-timers, time-pressed couples, domestic workers, children's share of work, aged parents. Smelly, stressful and animal cruelty. Rehoming.

2. 6 Chapters:
2.1 Personality, age of the puppy and lifestyle of the owner.
2.2 Positive reinforcement training v. negative and no training.
2.3 How to paper-train? Outdoor training.
2.4 Gastro-colic reflex and distractions
2.5 Accidents. Cleanliness, signs of elimination and smell of urine.
2.6 Singapore Case studies - Stool eating, regressed, NP shredding, barking after bedtime.

3. Visuals
Equipment used.
3.1 Playpen + NP
3.2 Playpen + pee pan
3.3 Crate
3.4 Crate + pee pan
3.5 Tether
3.6 Playpen + grating + pee pan
3.7 Room + baby gate
3.8 Crate training
3.9 Grating + pee pan
3.10 Pee Pan
4. 500 case studies.

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