Clarifications
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dancinghorseMoving these bits out of the Comments so everyone gets a chance to see them. Thanks to those who asked the questions! I'm happy to resolve any confusion.
1. Option A is Horse Camp for Dummies. No experience or expertise required. Three days of learning about horses from the ground up so you can write about them knowledgeably and sensibly. As time goes on, we can have Intermediate and Advanced versions, but for now, let's assume it's basic. There will be a lot of general knowledge involved, not just Lipizzans and classical riding. Field trips and class sessions will be tailored to the needs of the group. Riding is limited and optional. If we have a group that wants to go for a trail ride, we'll set up a ride out of one of the ranches nearby (cost would be extra, but it's a definite option).
2. At this point, if you're a horse person, Option B is for you. Smaller, focused, all about the Lipizzan, and riding is included if you so desire. No need to be a writer for this one, though if you are a writer and want to have an advanced version of Option A, find a friend or two of the same mind and book the weekend. We'll tailor to fit.
3. Mentoring is a totally different thing. It's email mentoring. You send me your ms. (in a Word file for choice) and I read it and reply and we go back and forth. What exactly you want done is up to you--options range from overall structural stuff to unsticking stuck plots to polishing up book proposals, all the way to line-for-line editing. Work is by the hour, billed two hours a time with two hours paid up front. Right now I'm having a holiday sale: four hours for $100 paid up front. Yes, you can give it as a gift certificate! And yes, you can extend the time at the usual rate of $35 an hour.
4. The weekend seminars will not include ms. critiques. I'll be delighted to review your horse bits through email at the mentoring rate. If there is enough demand for a weekend writers' workshop in a traditional format including writing and critique, we'll set one up, but the options I'm beta-testing are [A] a seminar on horses for people who want to write about them and [B] a short vacation with Lipizzans. :)
There. Any more questions? Feel free to ask and I'll pull them out into further entries.
1. Option A is Horse Camp for Dummies. No experience or expertise required. Three days of learning about horses from the ground up so you can write about them knowledgeably and sensibly. As time goes on, we can have Intermediate and Advanced versions, but for now, let's assume it's basic. There will be a lot of general knowledge involved, not just Lipizzans and classical riding. Field trips and class sessions will be tailored to the needs of the group. Riding is limited and optional. If we have a group that wants to go for a trail ride, we'll set up a ride out of one of the ranches nearby (cost would be extra, but it's a definite option).
2. At this point, if you're a horse person, Option B is for you. Smaller, focused, all about the Lipizzan, and riding is included if you so desire. No need to be a writer for this one, though if you are a writer and want to have an advanced version of Option A, find a friend or two of the same mind and book the weekend. We'll tailor to fit.
3. Mentoring is a totally different thing. It's email mentoring. You send me your ms. (in a Word file for choice) and I read it and reply and we go back and forth. What exactly you want done is up to you--options range from overall structural stuff to unsticking stuck plots to polishing up book proposals, all the way to line-for-line editing. Work is by the hour, billed two hours a time with two hours paid up front. Right now I'm having a holiday sale: four hours for $100 paid up front. Yes, you can give it as a gift certificate! And yes, you can extend the time at the usual rate of $35 an hour.
4. The weekend seminars will not include ms. critiques. I'll be delighted to review your horse bits through email at the mentoring rate. If there is enough demand for a weekend writers' workshop in a traditional format including writing and critique, we'll set one up, but the options I'm beta-testing are [A] a seminar on horses for people who want to write about them and [B] a short vacation with Lipizzans. :)
There. Any more questions? Feel free to ask and I'll pull them out into further entries.
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Date: 2005-12-14 07:42 pm (UTC)To be honest, those who think I'm too cheap to be worth anything may not be a good match for me anyway. I'm very impatient with cost = quality, especially considering that in the Lipizzan breed, there is usually an inverse relation between price and quality. You don't want the $75,000 horse, but the $7500 horse could be and often is exceptionally good. The rich idiots won't look at him, and that's what we want; we want our horses to go to real horsepeople.
Mind you if someone wants to pay me $100 an hour, I won't turn it down. ;>