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. Bob HosmonADDRESSADDRESSDear Bob:I enjoyed talking with you today, and I'm delighted that you can write the restaurant reviews that will accompany out feature story on Miami's Art Deco District.We would like you to write 50word reviews of five restaurants in the Art Deco District that have staying power and are representative of the area. The descriptions should be light, tight, and bright~ complete sentences are not always necessary. Please include a variety of restaurants in terms of price (budget, moderate, and expensive) and cuisine.Each review should highlight the type of cuisine, recommended dishes and drinks, wine list (if appropriate), ambiance, price range, and anything else distinctive, such as the chef, physical setting (restored mansion with an outdoor patio for warmweather meals), clientele (popular with local residents), crowds (long lines on weekends), Page 544or special tips (save money by splitting the huge orders). With regard to price, please give the average cost of a threecourse dinner for one, including a nonalcoholic beverage, tax, and tip. Also, please indicate which major credit cards are accepted (AE, DC, DIS, MC, V).I've enclosed copies of other restaurant reviews to give you an idea of what we're looking for.Our payment will be $1.00 a word, up to a maximum of $250~ the reviews will be due August 13. In the unlikely event that the first draft does not succeed, we will expect you to make revisions if we think they will make the text publishable. If, after that, the text still is not publishable, we will pay you a kill fee of 50 percent.Your manuscript is a specially commissioned work for hire for use in National Geographic Traveler, and accordingly all rights (including copyright) in the story shall vest exclusively in the National Geographic Society. You hereby represent and warrant that you have the full right and authority to sell the manuscript and that you have not previously granted, sold, hypothecated, or encumbered these rights. You hereby further represent and warrant the originality of the manuscript, that it will contain nothing of a libelous nature and that its publication will not infringe any copyright, right of privacy, or other legal right of any other party.You hereby grant to the Society without additional charge the right to use your name, likeness, biographical material, and any of your textual material for promotional and advertising purposes.When working on this assignment, you will not accept discounts or gratuities of any kind from any person or organization providing information or services to you. You or your agent will not sell any of your material from this assignment to Revista de Geografica Universal (Mexico), Revista Geografica Universal (Brazil), Airone (Italy), or Bunte (Germany).This agreement may not be assigned by you. It constitutes the entire agreement between you and the Society and its terms cannot be altered except by an instrument in writing signed by both parties. Please sign this letter as confirmation of this agreement, and return it to me. The copy is for your files.Bob, I'm looking forward to working with you. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call me at 2028577352.Best wishes,Carol B. LutykSenior Articles EditorFor the National Geographic SocietyRichard Busch Page 545P.S. If you use a computer for word processing, please submit a disk (with a note attached to the disk of the file name containing the manuscript), along with a hard copy of your manuscript and source list. Please indicate below the model of your computer and the name and version of your software.Model of computer Name and version of software National Geographic Society1145 17th Street N.W.Washington, D.C. 200364688 U.S.A.GENERIC TRAVEL FEATURE ARTICLELETTER OF AGREEMENTNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELERDateMr. or Ms. SoandsoAddress TK [to come]City TK, State TK, Zip TKDear Soandso:We are delighted that you can write a feature story for us on Place TK.Here are the particulars. (Details about focus, tone, emphasis, and so forth~ depending on the nature of the story national park, museum, city, region, scenic drive, activity).Here are a few points to keep in mind. Include presentday voices quotes from interpreters, curators, and/or fellow visitors as well as voices from the past. Be sure the reader knows where things are, and where you are, as you move through the story~ an overall geographical orientation near the beginning would be helpful.If you encounter any negative aspects that you feel should be passed on to readers, please include them [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]