This is a collection
of traveler’s tales and essays on Latin American culture that is seeking new
contributors of entertaining and well-written material for ultimate publication
in a printed book. It is posted here
mainly so that writers may see what the collection is already like when they
are invited to submit material.
Everything posted here is already registered with the U. S. copyright
office.
At this point, the
collection is heavily skewed towards pieces by me, Ken McCormick, and towards
the subject of Guatemala. I hope to
find others with entertaining and well-written pieces that they are willing to
contribute, and I will perhaps delete some of my own pieces to achieve more
balance. Should you wish to submit a
story or article, please send it to ksmccormick@hotmail.com
. Comments, suggestions, and criticism
are also welcome at my e-mail address.
More information concerning the submission of articles will be found
after the table of contents below.
(Click on a title to
read the article)
by Ken McCormick
by Ken McCormick
Volcan San Pedro (3,894
words)
by Ken McCormick
La Paz, Bolivia – City of
the Unusual (1541 words)
by Phyllis Mazzocchi
A Night of
Adventure in Lima, Peru (1,583 words)
by Ken McCormick
Magical
Powder from the Mexican Curio Company (1,260 words)
by Ken McCormick
The
Storm and Screen King of Guatemala (307 words)
by Ken McCormick
San Pedro Cutzan (774 words)
by Ken McCormick
Why the
Doctor Skipped Town (513 words)
by Ken McCormick
The War in My Town (1,102 words)
by Silvia Puac
Hernández
Groceries for
San Marcos (3,568 words)
by Ken McCormick
by Ken McCormick
Antarctic Day Tripping
– how I got less than I’d bargained for and set a new world’s record kayaking
in Antarctica (16, 547 words)
by Ken McCormick
by Louis N. Clark
El hombre desnudo (462 words)
by Ken McCormick
The Evil Eye and Other
Common Childhood Illnesses of Guatemala (2,952 words)
by Ken McCormick
How to Build a Cayuco (551 words)
by Ken McCormick
Last Picop to
San Juan
(2,953 words)
by Ken McCormick
Climbing Volcan Pacaya (1,093 words)
by Ken McCormick
by Ken McCormick
by Ken McCormick
A Hard-Luck
Journey
(1,366
words)
by Ken McCormick
Awaiting
copyright registration:
My
Chicken bus Experience
by Lynnette Rollins
The
Mercado
by Ken McCormick
Information
on Submissions:
Authors of articles
selected for inclusion will be paid anywhere from the princely sum of twenty U.S.
dollars for a very short original piece or an article reprinted from a
small-circulation magazine or newspaper up to, in rare cases, a couple of
hundred dollars, depending on length, quality, and how badly I want to include
the piece. They will also receive one
free copy of the book tentatively entitled Riding the Chicken Bus,
should it ever be published. In the
wildly unlikely event that any publisher other than myself should agree to
publish the collection, authors will receive a share of all profits due the
authors and to myself acting as editor which will be proportionate to their
contribution to the collection as measured by the number of their words
published therein as compared to the total number of words published in the
collection. Original material selected
for inclusion, if it has not already been registered, will be registered with
the copyright office prior to its being posted here or published, and so
authors will have the opportunity to save the thirty bucks that that operation
costs.
It will almost
certainly be the case that I will be the publisher of the printed book, and
that the book will be offered for sale only on the Internet, so the book will
probably achieve only a very small circulation. Exclusive rights to material are not sought, so
previously-published material may be included, and authors of material included
in the collection will be free to publish the same material elsewhere.
Authors may, if they
wish, submit with the stipulation that their pieces may be included in the
book, but are not to be posted on the Internet. Indeed, this is recommended for those who wish to continue to
seek another publisher for their articles, as most publishers seek only first
rights to original material, and Internet posting is considered by many to
constitute prior publication. Payment
of the sum agreed upon represents agreement only that the piece submitted by
the author is tentatively included in the collection and may be published in
the book along with the rest of the collection, and does not constitute a
contract for the publisher to include the author’s piece in a published
book. It also does not constitute a
contract that the publisher will take any specific steps to market and promote
the collection. Upon return of the sum
paid for his or her article, the author may at any time prior to arrangements
being made for publication withdraw his or her piece from the collection.
Standard Chicken Bus publishing
agreement:
Enclosed is my check for $XX. Should you choose to cash it, it will buy me
the nonexclusive right to publish or reprint your article “XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX” in
a book I plan on publishing tentatively entitled Riding the Chicken Bus. It will also give me the right to try to
sell your article as part of the entire Chicken Bus collection to a publisher
to be published in said book. In the
wildly unlikely event that any publisher other than me should agree to publish
the collection, you will receive a share of all profits due the authors which
will be proportionate to your contribution to the collection as measured by the
number of your words published therein as compared to the total number of words
published in the collection. Payment of
the $XX is not to be construed as giving me the right to try to sell your
article to any magazine or newspaper or to a book publisher as anything but a
part of the “Chicken Bus” collection.
The $XX only sells me the right to publish the article in a book with
attribution of authorship to you.
Upon acceptance of said $XX, you will not forfeit the right to submit
your piece for publication elsewhere, in another book, in a magazine,
newspaper, or electronic medium. Should
you decide that you would like the piece to be published in the “Chicken Bus”
book but not posted on the Internet, it will be listed as part of the
collection, but not posted on the Internet.
Should you allow it to be posted on the Internet but later change your
mind about this, it will be removed from the Internet at your request.
Payment of the $XX represents agreement only that the piece submitted
by you is tentatively included in the collection and may be published in the
book along with the rest of the collection, and does not constitute a contract
for the publisher to include your piece in a published book. It also does not constitute a contract that
the publisher will take any specific steps to market and promote the
collection. Upon return of the $XX, you
may at any time prior to arrangements being made with a publishing house for
publication or with a printer for printing withdraw your piece from the
collection.
This letter constitutes a contract, so save it. Your deposit of the check constitutes
acceptance of the terms as spelled out herein.