Posted by Duncan on March 18, 2003 at 10:29:50 from 152.163.188.167 user Duncan.
Hi,
I know there are lots of writers/aspiring writers/people in publishing who post on here so was just wanting some advice.
I'm working on a book provisionally titled 'A Swallows and Amazons Birdbook' (and perhaps subtitled 'handbook for a Ship's Naturalist').
I've made some good progress on the book and I think it will prove popular (I've already discussed it with some TARS people, regarding the permission for reproducing AR's sketches and extracts from the books - obviously those discussions will begin again if I find a willing publisher!), the RSPB have expressed an interest and the Lakes and Broads authorities are having a ponder about the whole thing... So it's about time I tried to sell the project to a publisher; only with other proposed books of mine I've managed to trawl through an extraordinary number of publishers to no effect, and it did cross my mind that somebody on here might have the perfect publisher in mind: either a small publisher with a strong interest in the subject willing to take a punt, or a big publisher that can afford to...
The book will be a very visual, coffee-table type of affair, with beautiful water-colour sketches by my mother, 'family friendly' writing about the various habitats and birds (and an introduction about AR and the birds in his books) along with short extracts from the SA books and the original AR pen and ink sketches of several birds.
So has anybody any good ideas? (Feel free to email me off site if you prefer).
Cheers in advance!
Duncan Hall