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Experiened North American railroad historians needed -- who can also write well!
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bookcraftjohn
May 23, 2009, 12:51:54 PM5/23/09
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THE CLASSIC WESTERN RAILROAD ROUTES
Bookcraft Ltd, a UK-based book packager, is looking for up to 10-12
experienced writers to work on this important illustrated history
project, to be published by Chartwell in Spring 2010. This book is for
the general intelligent reader, but must also have enough substance
and interest to appeal to readers who already know a lot of railroad
history.
We need writers for:
-- The general introduction to the subject, which is the growth of the
great Western railroad routes from the 1860s to the 'golden age' of
1910-20; later history will be covered briefly in a few paragraphs --
the emphasis is on this 50-year period. (6-7,000 words)
-- Introductions to each of the six main routes -- Central Pacific,
Southern Pacific, Northern Pacific, Canadian Pacific, Coastal/Shasta
Route, Royal Gorge Route -- up to 1920 (about 2,500-3,000 words each)
-- Text for the 36 4-page 'feature sections' on subjects like The
Lucin Cutoff and The Salton Sea, c.6-700 words per section.
We need all text to be complete by 1 August 2009
Copyright remains with authors; the writing fee is 100UK pounds/1000
words, payable on delivery of manuscript
We follow the Chicago Style Manual for writing style.
We will supply a suggested reading list as source material for each
piece of writing.
The qualities we are looking for in authors are:
-- proven ability to write engaging and authoritative text
-- a good overview of the economic and social history of the period
-- US or Cananda -based
-- ideally a specific interest in railroad history
If you are interested, can you please say which parts of this project
and which railroad routes you are most interested in, as we shall be
appointing a team of 10-12 writers in order to maintain schedule and
quality?
If you have any questions please email me at jo...@bookcraft.co.uk, and
I can send you more information and some sample pages..
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Best wishes
John
Bookcraft Ltd, a UK-based book packager, is looking for up to 10-12
experienced writers to work on this important illustrated history
project, to be published by Chartwell in Spring 2010. This book is for
the general intelligent reader, but must also have enough substance
and interest to appeal to readers who already know a lot of railroad
history.
We need writers for:
-- The general introduction to the subject, which is the growth of the
great Western railroad routes from the 1860s to the 'golden age' of
1910-20; later history will be covered briefly in a few paragraphs --
the emphasis is on this 50-year period. (6-7,000 words)
-- Introductions to each of the six main routes -- Central Pacific,
Southern Pacific, Northern Pacific, Canadian Pacific, Coastal/Shasta
Route, Royal Gorge Route -- up to 1920 (about 2,500-3,000 words each)
-- Text for the 36 4-page 'feature sections' on subjects like The
Lucin Cutoff and The Salton Sea, c.6-700 words per section.
We need all text to be complete by 1 August 2009
Copyright remains with authors; the writing fee is 100UK pounds/1000
words, payable on delivery of manuscript
We follow the Chicago Style Manual for writing style.
We will supply a suggested reading list as source material for each
piece of writing.
The qualities we are looking for in authors are:
-- proven ability to write engaging and authoritative text
-- a good overview of the economic and social history of the period
-- US or Cananda -based
-- ideally a specific interest in railroad history
If you are interested, can you please say which parts of this project
and which railroad routes you are most interested in, as we shall be
appointing a team of 10-12 writers in order to maintain schedule and
quality?
If you have any questions please email me at jo...@bookcraft.co.uk, and
I can send you more information and some sample pages..
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Best wishes
John
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