Possible Book Authorship Opportunity

1. Possible Book Authorship Opportunity Hi all, I know many of you may feel like you have wanted to “write thatbook” that you have been thinking about for a long time. It’s not that your writing isn’t up to snuff or even about taking the time, it’s because you don’t really know where to start. You may know that I have been publishing for a while as a sole author, co-author, editor and co- editor for many years and with a number of publishing houses (Wiley, Praeger, Greenwood, Charles C. Thomas, and others). What you may not know is that I have never first written a manuscript and taken it to a publisher. I have ALWAYS first pitched my idea, along with an analysis of the market for my topic, a sample table of contents and perhaps a sample chapter. This is a huge time and hassle saver, I mean I cannot begin to tell you how motivating it is FIRST have a publisher give you a contract, and how concomitantly helpful it is to then structure your book based on a collaboration of what the publisher wants rather than for you to have to go back and redraft potentially massive parts of your initial work in order to meet the publisher’s recommendations. (It also doesn’t hurt to have someone cracking the whip with a deadline, too!) I have been working on a number of projects that are now coming to an end, and I soon will have some time and “head-space” to re-devote to the reinvigorating series that I have with Praeger (now an ABC-CILO imprint) called Contemporary Psychology. Thus far in the series we have published (http://www.slideshare.net/drchrisstout1/published-titles ): Havens: Stories of True Community Healing, by Leonard Jason and Martin Perdoux. Helping Children Cope with the Death of a Parent: A Guide for the First Year by Paddy Greenwall Lewis and Jessica G. Lippman Martyrdom: The Psychology, Theology, and Politics of Self Sacrifice by Rona M. Fields Psychology of Terrorism, Condensed Edition: Coping with the Continuing Threat by Chris E. Stout. Redressing the Emperor: Improving Our Children's Public Mental Health System by John S. Lyons. Resilience for Today: Gaining Strength from Adversity by Edith Henderson Grotberg. The Destructive Power of Religion: Violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam [4 volumes] by J. Harold Ellens. Handbook of International Disaster Psychology [4 volumes], by Gilbert Reyes & George Jacobs. The Myth of Depression as a Disease, by Allan M. Leventhal and Christopher R. Martell Preventing Teen Violence, by Sherri N. McCarthy and Claudio Simon Hutz Terror in the Promised Land: Inside the Anguish of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, by Judy Kuriansky

2. The Psychology of Resolving Global Conflicts [3 volumes] by Mari Fitzduff and Chris E. Stout, eds. Collateral Damage: Psychological Effects of America's War on Terrorism, by Paul Kimmel and Chris E. Stout. Making Enemies, by Evelyn Lindner. Who Benefits from Global Violence and War, by Marc Pilisuk with Jennifer Rountree Beyond Bullets and Bombs, by Judy Kuriansky. Trauma Psychology [Two Volumes], by Elizabeth K. Carll. Right Brain/Left Brain Leadership, by Mary Lou Decosterd. Emotional Exorcism, by Holly Hunt. Right Brain/Left Brain President, by Mary Lou Decosterd. Peace Movements Worldwide, (3 vol) by Marc Pilisuk and Michael N. Nagler, Editors How Women Are Transforming leadership, by Mary Lou Decosterd. Feel free to learn more about any of these at: http://www.abc-clio.com/Praeger.aspx or of course on Amazon.com. So, if you are interested, or at least want to learn more or have any questions, please feel free to drop me a line. A copy of the Author’s Guidelines (and the Reviewer’s Guidelines) are available at: http://www.slideshare.net/drchrisstout1/book-proposal-guidelines or let me know and I can send you a copy. If you get a contract, please know that all royalties are yours, I do not get a cut. My relationship with Praeger is set regardless, and I have no quota or anything like that. Having this series is an honor and a legacy. I enjoy writing and I very much enjoy being able to get others’ voices and ideas in print. Of course, not every proposal turns into a contract, and understand, I do not make ANY of those decisions—I am not on the editorial board nor do I serve as such a final decision maker. Your book is totally accepted on its merits, the goodness-of-fit to the topics within Contemporary Psychology and what other contracts for projects the publisher may already have. And even if it does not make it with Praeger, I’m happy to connect you with others I know at Wiley or elsewhere if you’d like. Cheers, Chris