Answer a couple questions, and win all six Wilderness novels in e-format

I could use some feedback on an issue I've been trying to sort out for a while, and so this post and at the same time, a drawing.  One name will be drawn at random, and that person will get all six Wilderness novels in either kindle/mobi or epub format, which ever they prefer. I'm going to keep this open for a couple weeks in the hope it will get more than a few responses. Rules: One response per person You must check back to find out if you've won; I won't go chasing you. If I don't hear from you within two weeks of announcing the winner, I'll draw another name. All I'm looking for is a thoughtful reply; no need to write a dissertation. So here's the situation: For a couple years now I've been wondering how I could best organize teaching an independent fiction-writing class. A real face-to-face, in person class. I have done some research. For example, England's Guardian newspaper is currently sponsoring a class in writing historical fiction. Spots for twelve students, taught by an author who has won an award for her fiction; the course meets for one three-hour session a week for twelve weeks. The cost of this is a whopping £1,500, or about $2,500 at current conversion rates, which works out to about $200 a session. Now, the class sponsored by the Guardian is being offered in London, which means the pool of prospective students is very deep. Even so, I find it hard to imagine that people would pay this much. On the other extreme there is one local in-person class that was offered last year. The course is more of a series of lectures/discussions by […]