Answering some Questions
Posted By Kathleen David on June 8, 2004
I am going to answer some questions I have been asked within my blog. I might not get to all of them today, but should by the end of the week.
1) How much do you charge as an editor?
Well for most manuscripts I do for publishing houses I get an average of $1700 per manuscript. But I know that is not a realistic for manuscripts that are not getting published so I have a sliding scale depending on how much work you want done. The more I have to do, the more it is going to cost. There is a flat $1.00 per page just for me to read it and give general notes. Line editing is going to cost more.
2) The Maurader
Good luck with the costume Kathleen. I ultimatly went with an “inspired by” type thing…something that perhaps was in the closet and he didn’t have a chance to get on screen. I was able to build his crop, though:-)
I’m working out my plane stuff to get to Shore Leave..If I make it there, I’ll be the one with the plush beagle dressed like Harry Potter (well depends on what he’s wearing that day, I suppose:-)
thanks for the info on puppetry kathleen
i appreaciate it
Wait, wait. I have another good question for you. Do you and Peter ever watch movies that feature an all- black or almost all-black cast? I’m thinking of some recent movies like Barbershop 1 and 2, or The Fighting Temptations or even Love Don’t Cost a Thing.. Why or Why not? And just so you know, I’m not trying to start a racism charge here, but I’m really interested in do a little market research especially since I’ve recently started doing some screenwriting.
EClark-
We liked both Barbershops. Ariel is a big fan of Drumline. There are other films we have seen within the part couple of years that are mostly black casts. I am more geared to if the story interests me rather than the color of the cast. I really don’t care of the teen goss out movies no matter who is in them. I have no wish to see Soul Plane. But that has nothing to do with the cast and everything to do with the subject material. They have some fine actors lost in that mish mosh including Snoop.
Thanks Kath.
You see, I try to write my characters so that they’re “raceless”. In other words, so that any actor can play them. when I do specify a race, or particular cultural affectation (such as being gay or Jewish) it’s because they serve a particular purpose.
I won’t see “Soul Plane” either. And you’re way too kind to Snoop. He’s a one note character similar to Antonio Varga’s character of “Huggy Bear” from Starsky and Hutch.