Re: Credits

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Melanie,

  Seems to me that: "contributing author and photographer of Timber Press's
"The Daylily" makes plenty of sense. I once wrote several chapters of a book
called Horticultural Therapy, published by the National Council of State
Garden Clubs, and when I list this as one of my books I usually put,
"Contributing author of ..."
TLO
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From: "Melanie" <melaniev@optonline.net>
To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum"
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Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 6:03 AM
Subject: [GWL] Credits


> Later this month Timber Press will be releasing "The Daylily", a book that
> is a collaboration of chapters by various authors. The front cover lists
the
> Authors as John Peat and Ted Petit. These two men put the whole project
> together.
>
> One or two of the chapters were written by me. I'm not sure how it was
> broken down. There could be two chapters, with one on Daylilies in the
> Landscape and one chapter on Companion Plants, or it was combined into a
> single, two part chapter.
>
> My photography was used as chapter headers, individual shots and the front
> cover.
>
> Now I need to know how to credit myself as I send out lecture proposals.
I'm
> thinking "contributing author and photographer of "The Daylily". Is there
a
> more professional or correct way to say this?
>
> In the past when organizations asked me to lecture on daylilies I tended
to
> steer them away from the topic. I prefer to lecture on perennials as a
whole
> but now I'm thinking I should take advantage of this book and use it to
get
> my foot in the door to places I haven't been able to reach before.
>
> Thanks in advance for your suggestions,
> Melanie Vassallo
> Garden Lecturer/Writer/Photographer
> melaniev@optonline.net
>
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