Gigs
Poet | Fiction Writer | Critic | Editor
Gerry LaFemina is available for readings,
writers' conferences, high school talks,
community outreach, and a variety of
other projects, including private
instruction and manuscript editing. He is
also a participant in the AWP Benefit
Reading program. For information
contact LaFemina.
writers' conferences, high school talks,
community outreach, and a variety of
other projects, including private
instruction and manuscript editing. He is
also a participant in the AWP Benefit
Reading program. For information
contact LaFemina.
Readings and Conferences
September 2008
9/22 SUNY Plattsburgh
September 2008
9/22 SUNY Plattsburgh
Individual Mentoring, Manuscript Editing,
and Private Tutelage
I have several private students in poetry and fiction writing
(no more than five at any given time), and I also perform
manuscript editing services. People interested in working with
me should query me about a schedule and are also urged to
know my own work some.
People who have worked with me have gone on to publish
books with major university presses, published in serious
literary journals, and published on smaller literary presses.
My criticism is honest--I praise what's working, point out what
isn't and explain why it isn't working--and reflects my years of
experience as an editor, writer, writing teacher, and critic. I do
try to ndersand my students' personal aesthetics, and try to
guide them based on fidelity to that aesthetic and appropriate
challenges to it.
Contact Gerry about private tutorials.
Private student rates:
Manuscript review rates:
I am also available for private workshops with writing groups;
feel free to contact me regarding rates and opportunities.
and Private Tutelage
I have several private students in poetry and fiction writing
(no more than five at any given time), and I also perform
manuscript editing services. People interested in working with
me should query me about a schedule and are also urged to
know my own work some.
People who have worked with me have gone on to publish
books with major university presses, published in serious
literary journals, and published on smaller literary presses.
My criticism is honest--I praise what's working, point out what
isn't and explain why it isn't working--and reflects my years of
experience as an editor, writer, writing teacher, and critic. I do
try to ndersand my students' personal aesthetics, and try to
guide them based on fidelity to that aesthetic and appropriate
challenges to it.
Contact Gerry about private tutorials.
Private student rates:
- $50 for up to eight pages of poetry or one story up to
ten pages double spaced. Students get a line by line
reading, a written evaluation of the work, suggested
reading, and a suggestions for new poems or a new
story.
- $60 for a story longer than ten pages.
Manuscript review rates:
- Basic reading: $125 I read the entire manuscript,
make individual poem suggestions, talk about the
organization of the manuscript and its vision, and
discuss what's working, what's not, what's too "there"
in the manuscript, and what's missing.
- Advanced Reading: $175 All the services provided
above, plus I look at poems not included in the
manuscript to see if/how they fit, suggest places to
send the manuscript when it's ready, suggested
reading list.
I am also available for private workshops with writing groups;
feel free to contact me regarding rates and opportunities.
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