Buddy & Me: Stories From Proposal Land

Visit Proposal Land—the place where normal work hours go to die—and share in the craziness that is proposal work. From a safe distance . . .

Whether 5, 50, 500 or 5,000 pages, proposals are used for many reasons:
To get funding
To sell goods and services
To persuade clients, internal or external, of a course of action

Proposals also come in many flavours:
Bids
Quotes
Grant applications
Design-build specifications
Responses to formal Requests for Proposals

Buddy & Me is written for all those who do proposal work and for those who love them. For those who’ve learned the hard way that there’s something even better than being good: Being Done.

An entertaining romp through a work environment that can be less-than-entertaining, Buddy & Me takes inspiration from the creative community’s response during the COVID-19 pandemic: All proceeds from its sale will go to charity.

This book draws on the author’s 25-year career in editing and writing technical sales proposals, and in herding the teams of cats that develop them. Travel with this experienced local guide as you explore Proposal Land and witness its signature events:
Scout the Shoals of Scheduling!
Run Request-for-Proposals Rapids!
Explore an Exotic Work Location!
Bumble through the Barrens of Busyness!
Peer over Push-Peer-Over Precipice!
Observe Overburdened Outcrop!
Crawl through Computer-Catastrophe Cavern!
Rally the Rulers in the Ravines of Red Team!
Wander through Win-Some/Lose-Some Wilderness!

And last but never least:

Get home on time, every time!