Invitation to Consultants

To XXXX

We are pleased to be able to invite you to serve as a consultant for a book that we have recently contracted to write for Bedford St. Martin's. The working title of our book is The Bedford Bibliography for Teachers of Adult Writers. If you agree to serve as a consultant for this project, we will request that you propose from 20 to 30 sources (books, journal articles and web sites) that could be included in an annotated bibliography for teachers of writing to adults. These suggested entries may include essays and books on teaching writing in college writing classes, pre-college writing classes, writing intensive courses, writing centers, and in classes offered for adults outside school settings.

We also request that you write between 8 and 15 of the abstracts: you may determine the number of abstracts that you will write, i.e., any number from 8 to 15. Examples of similar abstracts can be found in The Bedford Bib. for Teachers of Basic Writing, 2nd http://www. bedfordstmartins.com/basicbib/ (and also in the 3rd edition) as well as in The Bedford Bib. for Teachers of Writing, 6th ed.

We will need your proposed entries for sources by October 1st, 2010. We will send you a list of entries (between 8 and 15) in the week Monday October 11 through Saturday October 16. We will need your written abstracts by November 15th, 2010.

You will be acknowledged as a consultant in the introductory pages of this book and receive a stipend of $200 after the full manuscript has been submitted.

We hope that you will be able to assist us with this project. Please let us know if you can participate by responding to this email by August 25th. If you have any questions, you may contact us by email (kmnuckles@yahool.com / bgleason6@gmail.com) or by phone (718-921-9463 for Barbara / 810-938-4364 for Kimme).

Thank you.

Barbara Gleason and Kimme Nuckles