I'm in the middle of writing a book about my trip last summer, and it turns out to be a daily series of decisions about what to include and what to leave out. I keep coming back to two basic questions that I could really use your help with. 1. What makes a sailing book really appeal to you? 2. What would you want to see in a book about a trailer-sailing trip? I plan to post this request on a few sites (Potters, San Juans and Montgomeries) and compile all the responses. Thanks for your help. John Edwards Miss T M17 # 372
I say put it ALL in and let your editor cut what he wants. Read anything by Tristan Jones and you will know what I love in a sailing book. Good luck and I can't wait to read it! -Rusty ===== "In a power boat you may get there faster, but in a sailboat you are already there." __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/
John, 1) The adventure aspect. What stimulated your emotions? What brought fun, excitment, contentment, beauty, satisfaction. Also, disappointment, frustration and anger. The major decisions, of course. In hindsight, what would you do again, or not do? Where to sail, who to sail with, where to leave the rig, etc. 2) The practical aspect. What tecniques worked for you, and may help others. I'm thinking especially of the everyday things that you may not think of, because they are so ordinary. And they may seem so ordinary that people wouldn't want to read about them. When reading someone's sailing story, I sometimes wonder: how did he/she clean off the anchor and rode. It must have been a mess. Did they have any techniques that may be helpful to me? What about refrigeration and meals? Trash accumulation? Costs are always interesting, too, especially if they were unusually low or high. I'm sure many of us wonder what it would cost to take such a trip. Can't wait for publication!! Bill Riker M-15 #184 Storm Petrel -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces+wriker=mindspring.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces+wriker=mindspring.com@mailman.xmission. com]On Behalf Of Saltm17@aol.com Sent: December 26, 2003 9:48 PM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: M_Boats: Two questions I'm in the middle of writing a book about my trip last summer, and it turns out to be a daily series of decisions about what to include and what to leave out. I keep coming back to two basic questions that I could really use your help with. 1. What makes a sailing book really appeal to you? 2. What would you want to see in a book about a trailer-sailing trip? I plan to post this request on a few sites (Potters, San Juans and Montgomeries) and compile all the responses. Thanks for your help. John Edwards Miss T M17 # 372 _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
John: I'm interested in what gear you found you needed and what you took that you didn't need, the problems you had and how you solved them, provisioning and cooking, the fun you had, what you would do the same again and what differently. --Gary Hyde M15 #235 'Vanilla' N24 'Sailabration' On Friday, December 26, 2003, at 06:47 PM, Saltm17@aol.com wrote:
I'm in the middle of writing a book about my trip last summer, and it turns out to be a daily series of decisions about what to include and what to leave out. I keep coming back to two basic questions that I could really use your help with. 1. What makes a sailing book really appeal to you? 2. What would you want to see in a book about a trailer-sailing trip? I plan to post this request on a few sites (Potters, San Juans and Montgomeries) and compile all the responses. Thanks for your help.
John Edwards Miss T M17 # 372 _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
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