A one sheet is a one-page advertisement for you and your book. Authors take them to writers conferences to give to editors and agents. While most editors and agents won’t take a full manuscript or even sanple chapters these days, they might take a one-sheet that intrigues them. Think of it as a business card for your novel. If an agent or editor keeps yours, that’s pretty cool.

What goes on a one sheet? They’re simple. You need the book title, your name, a one-sentence hook, your back cover blurb, a short bio, and, if you’d like, an image.

Easy peasy.

Some people are more creative than others. But it’s the information on the one-sheet that interests editors and agents, not your Photoshopping or drawing ability. So, if you’re aren’t super creative in that department, don’t worry.

Since I’m a vistual learner, I figured examples are better than any instuctions I could type. So check these out. These are all one sheets for books that sold. You should be able to click on them to see a bigger image. If not, I put the image URL underneath each one sheet.

(One sheet url: http://www.jillwilliamson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/running-lean-one-sheet.psd_.jpg)

Running Lean was written by my friend Diana Sharples. It’s one of the best stories I’ve ever read. I encourage you all to go pre-order it on Amazon.com or B&N.com right now! Blink YA Books is publishing it in August. It’s an AMAZING book! For more information, click here: http://dianasharples.com/2012/11/05/running-lean/.

Have you made a one sheet? Feel free to ask questions about them or post a link to your own in the comments.