looking for implement expert to write book

I for one don't want to read another book about the history of the area I lived most of my life. I want to know about tractors, tools and equipment used that I am not familiar with. I think far better would be a book written dividing the continant into about 12 areas, utilizing about 12 chapters, and each chapter written by a person from that area that has experienced it.

Having said all of that I'm not sure your readership will be large enough to give everyone involved in such a production of the book the income they deserve. I was once asked to write a magazine article. I advised that I was not prepared to do so unless there were enough research dollars to make it correct. It never happened.

If interested, e-mail me at [email protected], or call (403) 934-3799. Thanks in advance.

Rick

Like she said, she came to the right place. Glad you pitched your hat into the ring.

Mark

If you are serious please drop me an email at [email protected]. I have some past writing experience.

I have another (nearly completed) book on starting farming with older equipment I would be interested in sending you a copy for critiquing. I may be interested in another project if you think I would be a fit, I would need a few more details on exactly what experience you require.

Paul Butler

Experts are a dime a dozen or so it would seem to me. However most are only self-proclaimed experts. Finding someone who can do the job AND that other knowledgeable people will read and respect is going to be something like finding the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.

There are a number of magazines published dealing with small-scale farming. I would suggest you check out some of the authors published there. That seems so obvious that I suspect you are already doing that. I use to subscribe to a couple of those magazines and read others at the library. I can�t say that I ever really saw what I considered to be a really good article along the subject lines you are inquiring about. That is exactly the reason I no longer pay for a subscription to any of those type magazines.

It has been my feeling that for the most part the writers I have read on this subject, came to farming later in life. They had not been born or raised on a farm where the difference between success and failure of a crop meant the difference between having enough food to eat or going to bed somewhat hungry, or where making a poor decision on expenditure could mean failure of the whole operation. I really think the job you speak of requires someone with years of experience at farming and who has really had to watch every penny they spent in order to stay on, and work the land they love.

I would love an opportunity to critique and offer CONSTRUCTIVE criticism for a book on such a topic, but I�m afraid I can�t offer any suggestions on who is qualified to write it.

Mark

I'm retiring in Dec, 04 and have published technical writings several times (i.e. supplied technical text to the publishers). This might be an interesting venture for both of us.....as long as my friends on this site remain loyal and feed me information when needed.

The April deadline seems reasonable; I could possibly start on it now, accumulating facts and pictures and get into high gear in January.

I have been in the ag. arena for 25 years but on a small scale and in the Southern US. There are many large farmers, Northern US, and overseas that can (hopefully) add diversity to the topics covered in the text. Additionally, there are specialty experts here (really) that can add specifics to the subject matter.

I opened my email. Responding to this message is supposed to generate an email notification for me. I assume that that process will yield your return address and I will pursue it from there. Having never done this before, we'll see what happens.

Best Regards,

Mark

Mark

I'll find some that don't contain company sensitive information and send them to you. Meanwhile we need to look into the covert method of email address identification as I don't want to put mine on the www.

Thanks,

Mark

I'll find some that don't contain company sensitive information and send them to you. Meanwhile we need to look into the covert method of email address identification as I don't want to put mine on the www.

Thanks,

Mark

I'm retiring in Dec, 04 and have published technical writings several times (i.e. supplied technical text to the publishers). This might be an interesting venture for both of us.....as long as my friends on this site remain loyal and feed me information when needed.

The April deadline seems reasonable; I could possibly start on it now, accumulating facts and pictures and get into high gear in January.

I have been in the ag. arena for 25 years but on a small scale and in the Southern US. There are many large farmers, Northern US, and overseas that can (hopefully) add diversity to the topics covered in the text. Additionally, there are specialty experts here (really) that can add specifics to the subject matter.

I opened my email. Responding to this message is supposed to generate an email notification for me. I assume that that process will yield your return address and I will pursue it from there. Having never done this before, we'll see what happens.

Best Regards,

Mark

Do you think she will accept my rough draft in crayon? LOL