Basically, writers appeal to Amtrak for the chance to take one of 24 trips within the year so that they may have uninterrupted time to write on a train. Don't worry, I'm working on my application. I've seen a lot of dismay about the fact that Amtrak reserves the world rights forever to the writing sample that you submit with your application.
Authors are upset because they want to retain the rights to all of their writing. I'm not that hardcore about it. I write to share stories with people, not make money. (Although I'm not opposed to that.) If I were to want to write for money, I would have turned to tech writing.
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Amtrak gets the rights to ONE single writing SAMPLE? But writers, if accepted, get to ride for free while they write? Sounds like a good deal to me.
This is an interesting proposition. I agree with Mrs. Teacher; this sounds like a fair trade.
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