Stephen Blake Mettee is author of The Fast-Track Course on How to Write a Nonfiction Book Proposal is president and publisher of Quill Driver Books/Word Dancer Press, Inc. (Sanger, California) Mettee holds a BA in journalism and has taught classes on publishing in a number of venues, including the University of California, Davis extension program. He has published scads of nonfiction articles on subjects ranging from publishing to parenting to business. He receives and evaluates dozens of nonfiction book proposals each year, and he publishes the best of the best of those he receives.