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Meet Brett Hundley. The freshman quarterback survived his first day of spring camp, impressing coaches and spectators with his raw talent on the practice field. Then he impressed the media.
Hundley fielded a wide range of questions following his first workout, including spring goals; competing for the starting job; why he chose the Bruins; and changing the culture at UCLA.
Here are the highlights from his interview:
Talk about your first practice.
BH: "I didn't expect to throw bombs or complete every pass. I knew my footwork wasn't going to be right. I knew things weren't going to go right the first day. That's everybody. New offense, new defense. Nothing's really going to go perfect. Everything went well. I didn't expect more or less of myself. I just expect to come out tomorrow and get better."
How are your reads?
BH: "There was one where I threw that interception, I was reading something. But college is a lot different, you make mistakes. I knew I was going to make mistakes. I'm never scared of mistakes because you just learn off it and don't do it again. College is a lot different than high school, the reads are much faster. But I like it. Instincts take over and you'll be good to go."
You're in the thick of a quarterback competition. What is your goal for this spring?
BH: "We're competing but I'm here to learn the offense. If I don't have the offense down, I can't compete. My first goal is to learn the offense. I want the offense down before the spring is over and I want to compete while I'm doing it. By the spring game I want to be 100 percent going fast."
How important is it to you to be the starter come fall?
BH: "That's my goal. There are goals here and there, to learn the offense and compete for the starting job, and hopefully help the team."
You could have gone to just about any school, how much did you want to go to a place where you could help change things, as oppose to going somewhere that had been a bowl team or coming off a 10-win season?
BH: "That was the big talk when I got here. Everybody was asking, Why didn't you go to Oregon? I just really felt that UCLA had something good for me. Our (recruiting) classes have been good. This year, we weren't in the top 10 but we got the positions we needed to get. It's just something that when I got here, all the players, it seemed like they were ready to win.
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The Successful Solo Novelist: Possible or Not?
Ray Rhamey on Feb 17 2011 | Filed under: REAL WORLD
We long-form book writers talk amongst ourselves about how solitary our work is. We spend hundreds of hours alone in our minds (except for the casts of characters in our stories). We rightly view it as a solo art.
There are other arts that are solitary in the creation stage, of course—music composition and painting/designing come to mind. Yet they don't seem to have the collaborative facet that I think is necessary for success as a novelist.
It was a thank-you that got me to thinking
I was revisiting testimonials on my editing website that were written by writers for whom I have edited novel manuscripts.
And it struck me that many of them were saying "thank you" for something they had bought and paid for. For example, here's what one client, Georges Melhem in Lebanon, said:
"What should I thank you for the most? Being always there for me to hammer you with questions? Encouraging and coaching me? Teaching me the ropes in a way no business-weary pro would? Giving me fair and blunt criticism at all times? Suggesting ways to fix the many problems you pointed out?"
Aren't those the very things that a good critique partner does for us? His novel, which I heartily recommend even though other editorial hands have taken part after my contributions, is Brotherland. I hope you'll check it out. It's a fascinating window into the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
Okay, so Georges paid me for a service, yet here he is thanking me for what I did as a necessary part of doing my job. Besides his and the other testimonial validations making me feel good, they caused me to think on a broader scale about how we writers operate. And on a personal one, too. I owe a lot of thank-yous, too.
Fresh Eyes
"Fresh eyes" is a clichéd phrase that we see and use often. We acknowledge the need for fresh eyes to look at our work in the light of their not-us point of view. The lucky among us have critique partners who fulfill that role. Others can afford to hire the services of someone like me.
Writers lucky enough to sign contracts with publishing houses have editors who pore over their manuscripts and give notes. And many writers are good enough to sign with agents who perform the same service.
I have critiqued more than 450 opening chapters on my blog, and I'd say that no more than 10 have been at a pretty much professional level right out of the box—and even those could be improved. Yet the writers of the remaining 440+ had done their level best to make their narratives sing. It seems that many of us, especially on the lower slopes of the learning curve, have a tin ear when it comes to the flat notes in our own compositions.
Can we fly solo and succeed? The Anne Rice rant.
There may be some who are absolute geniuses at the narrative art and perfection flows from their fingertips, but I doubt it. Here's a case in point: a few years back there was a hot string of comments on the Amazon.com page for Anne Rice's Blood Canticle. It received tons of criticism from readers who found copious narrative flaws and a general lack of the level of storytelling expected from this famous writer. Many reviews were so negative that Anne entered her own "review" in the string that became a famous rant (link is to a copy posted on author Chuck Palahniuk's website).
I will tell you that, for years, I was a huge Anne Rice fan, and eagerly bought book after book in the vampire and the witch series. And then I came to feel that her work was declining, and finally I bought one novel that was so unsatisfying that I stopped buying her—I will just revisit the good stuff that I already have. After reading the following in her Amazon rant I understood what had happened. Anne wrote:
"If and when I can't write a book on my own, you'll know about it. And no, I have no intention of allowing any editor ever to distort, cut, or otherwise mutilate sentences that I have edited and re-edited, and organized and polished myself. I fought a great battle to achieve a status where I did not have to put up with editors making demands on me, and I will never relinquish that status. For me, novel writing is a virtuoso performance. It is not a collaborative art."
I'm pretty sure that her first successful novels in both the vampire series and the witch series DID have the involvement of an editor. They were fascinating, involving stories that never let me go. And then both series, in my experience, wandered and got sloppy. It wasn't a matter of sentences but of storytelling where Rice went wrong for me.
Anne felt that she had become a solo artist—a virtuoso, in her words—whose performance was above any criticism, just the way it came out of her mind. Yet readers disagreed, loudly.
I know how much I've been helped by other writers
I'm not currently in a critique group, but three different crit groups over the years have had fundamental and beneficial impact on my novels. Not that they were all-seeing; after all, most of them were not published authors, and none were editors. But they always helped me see where my narrative wasn't doing what I meant it to do, or where it did the wrong thing.
Their fresh eyes gave me a fresh lens through which I could view and revise my own writing. I provide that professionally for clients, but devoted the same energy and skill to my crit group partners, and now to writers who submit material to my blog.
Yes, I write alone—but then I craft what I've written with the help of my writer friends and companions who make the road less lonely and the writing better.
But we're still unique
The final result of what we craft is still uniquely us because we're the ones making the decisions. If, when I edit, I point out a lazy description that uses an adverb to try to bring life to a flat verb, I may make a suggestion or two for an alternative word that does the job better, but it's still the writer who decides on what words end up in the narrative. Despite the input, feedback, coaching, or editing we receive, the decisions we make as we follow our individual muses create our personal voices and the unique quality of our stories.
In conclusion
I want to take my turn at thanking all the writers who have contributed to my work: the critique partners, the readers of Flogging the Quill who have given me insights, the beta readers of my books, and all the writers who discuss craft on the Internet, especially those who contribute to Writer Unboxed.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
About Ray Rhamey
Ray Rhamey is the author of five novels and one craft book, Flogging the Quill, Crafting a Novel that Sells. He's also an editor who has recently expanded his creative services to include book cover and interior design. His website, crrreative.com, offers an a la carte menu of creative services for self-publishers and Indie authors. Learn more about Ray's fiction at rayrhamey.com.
23 Responses to "The Successful Solo Novelist: Possible or Not?"
The thing is, I don't see how writing CAN be solitary. Yes of course, while you are drafting and revising your manuscript it's a lot of hours in front of your computer. But if we had to do the least modicum of research, we needed someone else (and with historicals, I do a LOT of research). If you want to bounce an idea off of someone, if you ask a grammar question, or a million different things, you need someone else. And to be honest, I simply can't understand the mentality that says "I'm so good and self-sufficient, I don't need anyone else."
We need two separate modes to write our books—when we're deep in the writing, it's the "Me stage"–pouring yourself out onto paper. When you're done and its time for revision, it's time for the "We Stage"—how to make sure the story appeals best to its market.
As e-publishing emerges more and more as a force, it will be interesting to see if writers who forego traditional publishing methods manage to avoid falling into the trap of self-sufficiency.
There's a great book called The Myth of the Solitary Genius. It's basic tenet is that great art is created by multiple inputs. And if you look at the history of "great writers"–you can't really find an exception to that tenet.
Shakespeare: worked in the theatre–the ultimate collaborative atmosphere.
Woolf: Ever hear of Bloomsbury?
Henry James: Little known that he worked with HG Wells and Joseph Conrad
Carver worked super-close with his editor, Gordon Lish, who is now credited with developing Carver's cut-back style.
Today we can check out the Acknowledgment section of any book and see how many people influence the creation of a novel. (Susannah Clarke, of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell fame, thanks Neil Gaiman; Stephen King thanks his wife Tabitha, a fellow writer, and their son, Joe Hill, certainly didn't learn to write in a vaccuum)
Sorry if this is a little rant-y, you've just hit on one of my pet subjects today. ;)
Alone? Alone?! How does anybody do this alone? Even back when I knew no other writers I had my mom critique my stuff. (By the way, she thought every word was genius.)
Later, I found a critique group. A year later, I found a phenomenal critique partner. I still use both. Every Wednesday I read out loud to my group. Every Thurday I use their feedback to fix and tighten the bolts. Every Friday my partner reads through for a polish–and that's BEFORE I let a professional see it!
I'm not saying flying solo can't work, but I certainly couldn't do it. Thanks, Ray, for making me feel so normal!
Ray, I love this post. I had never heard about the Anne Rice controversy, but it makes me sick to read something like what you quoted. I hate when ego becomes the focus instead of quality stories. And I know for a fact that I would never of grown as much as I have in the past two years without the help of a lot of wonderful people. The Kenyon Review Writers Workshop; my writing buddies; my weekly crit group; and many more.
Thanks for reminding us that while were "working alone," were also really not.
This is so absolutely true. Every time I finish a book, it's the absolute best I can make it–I really believe it. Every time I have this fantasy (even though I know it's not realistic) that my editor will say, This is perfect as it is! Don't change one single thing! But of course she never does. And I am so GLAD she never does, because she helps me take the work to the next level by pointing out things that I couldn't see for myself. A good editor doesn't make demands or force you to do anything–they just see what you as a writer are reaching for and help you get there.
I agree completely. When I write, I find I hit a point in my novel that I call "whiteout"… when I lose all sense of direction and perspective. My critique partners help me find my way, and remind me that it's part of my process.
My writing friends are essential not only to my writing, but to my sanity. Without their encouragement and support, and without the opportunity to give support and critique, I doubt I would continue writing, much less grow in my craft.
Ray, True indeed. For those of us without an editor, though, it 's much harder to find just the right person or people to give that feedback. I've struggled with this hard over the years, often finding myself with people who've had no comments other than, "great work!" or who've been unable to express their suggestions clearly. I've tried out so many critique groups it's made me want to cry. In one, a particular woman would stand up and sing her work, and everybody would applaud. Not the right place, I thought, but then the next one would turn out not better.
Thankfully, I've discovered WriterUnboxed, and hope that when the day comes for more critiquing, I can turn to some of the peers of met here…
By the way – thanks for the suggestion of Brotherland – a topic close to my heart. And as for Ann Rice? I often notice that after a certain number of books, some authors just peter out. Could this have more to do with pushing themselves to keep cranking out volume after volume than with the editing/critiquing process?
If you have not visited Ray's site (Flogging the Quill) you should. The focus of his site is the importance of the first page, and how brevity and crisp writing makes it more likely that readers will turn the page. His critique is always constructive. He allows comments without screening, which encourages those who disagree with some or all of his commentary to give their 'two cents'. Well worth adding to your favorites!
Anne Rice makes me want to bash my head up against a post and swear to write every word in front of a live audience on google docs. Okay. Maybe not.
Still, some time last year I found that I had almost the opposite problem, in that I often sought "fresh eyes" too soon in a draft. That had the double-edge of steely death because it both subjected my poor critique partners to twelve different versions of a novel, and got me used to constant, immediate feedback. I started looking for feedback almost the second I typed the last period, and rather than helping, it destroyed my ability to decide for myself whether something was ready for critique.
Sometimes, even before they could touch it, I had sent out another draft. :/
Thankfully, upon recognition of that habit (which some of my group buddies were guilty of as well) I stepped back into my own head a bit and gave my manuscripts a little time to breathe (and a bit of a makeover) before subjecting it to public ridicule.
It's an important point you're touching here Ray. The relationship in between the writer and the first-hand-readers (as I call them) is of the utmost importance, but yet very fragile. I think it's mandatory to give some reading to an audience, but it's also hard once you do, to take some of their suggestions of leave some out. We often take critique partners for filters, but sometimes, they want you to remove something that works, only because their sensitivity isn't touched.
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My first readers for my first 'real' attempt at writing original fiction after toying with fan fiction, were my daughters. Both of them said, "Mom, this isn't a mystery, it's a romance," opening my eyes to an entire new genre. I'd never read a romance, yet somehow I was writing one.
From there, I moved to critique groups of both the live and on-line variety, and they're invaluable, even though I might disagree with what they're saying. At least I've learned to trust what I know is right. I can't imagine doing anything totally 'solo.' I wait eagerly for my crit partners' feedback on each chapter as I write it.
I'm less confident of my writing when my editor says something needs fixing, but we've always been able to discuss what she wants and why, and I've learned to trust her judgment–most of the time.
This article is great food for thought. Especially with the references to Anne Rice's work. I'm not personally acquainted with her books but I have friends who are and I may have to see if they noticed a decline in her narrative/organizational skills. Really makes you reconsider the value of those editors we complain about all the time! :P
Thanks for a great read.
Yes, you need input and should have an open ear for all suggestions…but, you needn't apply them all. As you said, it is still your story. If all suggestions were applied, it could well become someone else's story.
Sharon, I relate to your search for compatibility of spirit. I am blessed with an in-house editor of skill and experience (my sweet wifemate) but if I had to cruise the open market for editing soul brother or sister, I could envision frustration.
Anne Rice – diva! I loved her when I was a teenager.
I'm no virtuoso. I'll take all the help I can get, and I especially love the feedback I hate at first. (Give me two weeks with an incisive critique and I'll eventually come around.)
It was my turn giving notes on a friend's work recently, and I employed the sandwich technique: the things I thought were great, the flaws, then more great. The friend was happy with it, and not just because it was "nice". In fact, the positive was just as helpful as the negative, because it showed the author all the things he *should not* change.
I cannot live with my writing partner!
Nor the valuable input of my daughter who tends to be my first reader.
Or my husband who invariably points out a glaring hole in my plot.
Did anyone see the Bones episode where Brennan handed a big check to her friend, Angela, for her invaluable help in adding emotion and character to Brennan's books? In that case, I thought it was absolutely deserved . . . just as if it can be for both agent and editor who help craft that final work.
After working successfully with a team of editors, my thriller was published last January. I'm fortunate to have found a publishing house that encourages and respects my author voice.
However, if I find myself in a non-supportive relationship I can pick up and go elsewhere.
For me, the bottomline is I am the master of my words. Whom I choose to share these words with is up to me.
An excellent post and discussion, Ray. Thank you!
Truly, as writers, we do work in a writing cave most of the time. But when we can view feedback as not only necessary but essential for achieving our best, our work can shine. Of course I'm nervous every time I submit something for review or editing or reading. And I am so very grateful to have several writer-friends who offer tremendously helpful feedback. My stories only get better from there. When my novel does get published, I have some very big acknowledgments to include.
Thank you for the great thoughts, and Therese and Kathleen, I love the new header / look for the site!
What an interesting read. I fully agree with those that have said Anne Rice's ego seemed to get in the way of her creative success. I spent many lonely years writing for myself as a teenager where I would be the only person to ever read the stories I wrote, apart from one friend who I allowed a brief viewing of my work. When I finally grew more serious about the craft, actually no, when the craft forced me to feel more serious about the craft (it seemed to occur without my outright permission) I was helped hugely by writers. For the most part I still write fanfiction, though am slowly moving away from that, where I was introduced to the world of Betas and getting someone to check my work in order to pick out mistakes and errors. I was lucky enough to have gained a friend along my journey who had taken the leap a lot earlier than me and I still learn from her, every single day, about things I hadn't even considered. I know without her presence in my life, I wouldn't be half the writer I am today.
How can anyone learn if there's noone there to teach? How can anyone reach a point where they consider themselves knowledgeable enough that they need no outside help? I've gained an element of success of my 'fandom' yet every day I continue to feel inadequate on that stage, let alone in comparison to the world of published novelists out there. Anne Rice should be ashamed of herself, for no human being will ever be perfect, even those who have authored multiple published books.
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UFC lightweight contender Hermes Franca has been arrested in Juniper Florida on suspicion of DUI, according to MMAWeekly.
According to the report, Franca was arrested at 2:38am by an officer who suspected the fighter was under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
It was also listed that this was Franca's first offense.
He is currently being held at the Palm Beach County jail.
Franca spent the first part of this year on the tail end of a one year suspension for testing positive for Anabolic steroids following his loss to Sean Sherk at UFC 73.
Franca's manager Reed Wallace:
"He was very tired when he was driving and was falling asleep at the wheel," Wallace said. "He did not take any drugs or alcohol."
Wallace attended last night's WEC 36 in Hollywood, Fla., with Franca.
"(The police) released him on his on own recognisant," Wallace said, "which means they probably realized he was not under the influence. If he was, they would have set bail."
he was at the fights last night ha
slowly but surely the ufc is starting to look like the NFL.
It was that filho shit. Damn near put me to sleep too.


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"Put that cookie down!" – Arnold Schwarzenegger in Jingle All the Way
So what do popcorn, almonds, and cookies have in common?
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The types of domino foods can be both healthy and unhealthy. From processed chips and cookies to raw almonds and peanuts, they are meant to be snacked on at any time of the day.
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A proposal to approve appointment of a project consultant for four such parking sites will be tabled at the next meeting of the civic body this Thursday. The four proposed sites are Kirti Nagar, Lajpat Nagar, Karol Bagh and Greater Kailash-II. While the parking sites will be underground, a commercial complex will be constructed above them.
An MCD official said on Tuesday: "The proposal is for awarding multi-level automated parking project's consultancy to Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System Limited. As per the contract, the firm would help the MCD in undertaking a technical study and work out its economic viability and environmental impact." Under the contract, the civic body would be coughing up Rs.25 lakh per site to the consultant towards preparation of tender documents. "The project would be similar to the other multi-level parking projects taken up on public-private partnership basis in places like Kamla Nagar, Lajpat Nagar and South Extension and provide for an average space of 500 to 700 cars per site depending on the space."
The bidders will collect the parking charges and also earn revenue from the commercial complex, both of which will be leased out to them for 30 to 35 years. According to the civic body, these parking lots will come up within two years and around 25 per cent of the space will be kept aside for a commercial complex.
The civic body at present maintains 143 surface parking lots that can accommodate only 15,000 vehicles at any given time.


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Time for boxing to get serious fighting PEDs
NONITO "The Filipino Flash" has voluntarily undergone random drug tests for over a year now and wonders why others don't want to follow his example. He merely wants to protect the integrity of boxing and to make sure no fighter has an induced advantage.
Donaire, named 2012 Fighter of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America and other leading organizations such as ESPN and Ring, has said that a lot of people are taking advantage of a lot of things and warned "people are going to get hurt" unless the world organizations and the local commission do something to institute mandatory random drugs tests for title fights at least.
Many people have spoken in whispers about fighters suspected of taking performance enhancing drugs but they are afraid to come out and make the accusations public because of legal consequences.
Now there is growing pressure on the various world boxing organizations—the major ones at least such as the WBO, WBC, WBA and IBF to institute random drug testing at least for championship fights to make sure that everything is above board.
It is difficult to understand why the world boxing organizations are seemingly reluctant to take this giant step forward to keep the sport clean.
They cannot pass the buck and claim this is the prerogative and responsibility of the different boxing commissions under whose jurisdiction the fights are held.
After all, title fighters battle for organization titles not for commission championships so the onus must clearly fall on the shoulders of the WBO, WBC, WBA and IBF. To claim otherwise is a copout.
The organizations, except in the case of a stubborn, self-centered Nevada State Athletic Commission in Las Vegas, also appoint the referees and judges for title fights so why can't they institute a provision for random drug testing?
There have been too many cases of boxers suddenly putting on muscle without going up in weight and showing amazing stamina which was the secret of Lance Armstrong's success in winning the Tour de France seven times.
He never got caught because doping has developed into a fine art with so-called masking agents making it almost impossible to detect traces of performance enhancing drugs. It was only when his teammates squealed on Armstrong that the inveterate cheat was nailed.
What more in boxing when a boxer's team stands to benefit from his success?
If the world boxing organizations and the commissions and some unscrupulous promoters continue to exploit the weakness of the system, then boxing is not the sport it was meant to be and they deserve to be put into the ring and knocked out cold by a PED loaded fighter. Maybe then they'll do something about it.
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I've read them all and enjoyed them. The writing isn't great and definitely kids books, but having said that, reading about locations inside the magic kingdom etc. makes me smile and thus I've enjoyed them (the newest one is based on a disney cruise liner and in a way i've not enjoyed that as much because I don't recognise the scenery).
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my DD has read them and I have listen to her read some passages. I enjoy them maybe because I picture myself as a character running through the parks.
I've just bought the fifth book. They're a nice easy read with lots of Disney detail.
I'm in the middle of reading the 3 rd one. I have really enjoyed the set so far. It's funny they are a teen's book. But if u love Disney then you can relate to a lot of the scenes.
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Situated in Oviedo, this luxury hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of University of Oviedo, Oviedo Cathedral, and Museum of Fine Arts. Carlos Tartiere Stadium and Camara Santa de Oviedo are also within 1 mi (2 km).
Hotel Features
A restaurant, a bar/lounge, and a coffee shop/café are available at this hotel. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, 24-hour room service, a business center, and a meeting room are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 72 rooms offer free WiFi and free wired Internet, plus 24-hour room service and satellite TV. Guests will also find minibars, free newspapers, and hair dryers.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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Hotel Amenities
Dining options at the hotel include a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. This 5-star property offers access to a business center and a meeting room.
Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. This luxury hotel also offers multilingual staff, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and a fireplace in the lobby. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 72
- Bar/lounge
- Business center
- Coffee shop or café
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Fireplace in lobby
- Laundry facilities
- One meeting room
- Luggage storage
- Multilingual staff
- Restaurant
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Television in lobby
- Wedding services
- Free WiFi
Family Friendly Amenities
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Air conditioning
- Free newspaper
- Phone
- Minibar
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Satellite TV service
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- In-room safe
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Climate control
- Room service (24 hours)
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge.
Barcelo Oviedo Cervantes has a restaurant serving breakfast only.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Rafting nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-in time ends at 6 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for EUR 30.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available.
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 12 per person (approximately)
- Self parking fee: EUR 17 per day
- Late check-out fee: EUR 30
- Rollaway beds are available for an additional fee
We should mention
Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2500, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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In a bold and surprise move, the Shiv Sena has gone hammer and tongs against the Congress-NCP alliance government's decision to extend the cut-off date to protect hutments up to 2000. This when, the Shiv-Sena-BJP government had legalised all slums which had come up prior to January 1, 1995, during its reign between 1995-2000, besides the fact that a whopping 4 lakh citizens would be benefitted from the decision. However, observers say that this opposition should not be surprising as the Sena believes those living in the slums will not vote for the party.
Commenting on the move of the state government in the party mouthpiece Saamna on Sunday, Shiv Sena MP and spokesperson Sanjay Raut stated that the state government had gone ahead with a decision to regularise these slums only with an eye on its vote bank and by doing that it has taken the politics in the state to pits.
Raut says that those staying in slums are poor and it is these poor people that the Congress government is exploiting. Furthermore, Raut says that the `Marathi manoos' living in the slums live in difficult conditions. However, in the slums, people belonging to other states live illegally and it is for these slums, that the state government has taken this decision.
The state has permitted the sale of hutments till 1995 and also regularised slums tills 2000 after the Chief Minister was pressured by the Congress and the NCP in view of the Lok Sabha elections and vote bank calculations. The Chief Minister bowed to the pressure and took the decision, which has led to this low level politics.
Raut further says nobody will seek the demolition of the slums and make the poor shelterless, but how long will Mumbai, Pune and Nashik take the load.
"All this is part of a design to ensure that Mumbai does not remain with us." Slums catch fire and mills are burnt and these places are then taken over by builders. Tomorrow, there will be no Mantralay and in its place a shopping mall may come up. Forget the slum dwellers, the state has not built even a colony of even a lakh houses for the lower income groups.
To get rid of the slums and ensure that slum dwellers get good houses, the late Balasaheb Thackeray initiated the SRA scheme, but that the whole scheme has now been manipulated for the benefit of builders and it is ridden with corruption. Besides, the number of slum dwellers have increased from 40 lakhs to 1 crore, who will take responsibility for the increase.
Till the time, there are politicians and parties, which think that if slums increase our votes also increase, slums will profilerate.
Four MPs namely Gurudas Kamat, Priya Dutt, Sanjay Dina Patil and Eknath Gaikwad win on the votes of slums like Behrampada, Dharavi and Siddharthnagar. Dalits and Muslims stay in these slums, but they have not done anything to improve their lot, but in these slums Muslims from UP, Bihar and West Bengal have become slum lords.
They want to make Mumbai a financial centre, but before making Mumbai into Singapore and HongKong, the state should study, how they were able to get rid of slums in these places.
While concluding, Raut states that in West Bengal and Assam, they have ensured the influx of Bangladeshis into theses states to create vote banks and in some place created domination of the Muslims.Infiltration and illegal slums are part of the design of vote bank poilitics. In Mumbai too, these slums have become centres of Pakistanis and Bangladeshi and this state has become a state of slums.
Political analyst Surendra Jondhale said "the Shiv Sena knows that they will not get the votes of the slum dwellers. Besides most of the slum dwellers are from North India and the Sena has no hopes of garnering votes from them.They have nothing to lose. This is the reason behind their opposition on the face of it.


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Niranjan, who mans one of the first clinics in Konanakunte, provides a window to the changes in the area
On the busy Kanakapura Road, as the Metro construction inches ahead, there's one thing that has remained unchanged: the premises of Akshaya Clinic in Konanakunte. Run by Niranjan T.H., the clinic, set up in 1984, offers general, family-physician consultations through the week.
Niranjan's parents are from Kanakapura, and he himself grew up in Jayanagar; the southern part of town was familiar to him, and thus was a logical choice to set up a clinic after he graduated with an MBBS degree in 1982.
Niranjan also found that at the time, there were few provisions for healthcare. In the 28 years that the clinic has been functioning, the two-room setup and a faded white nameboard outside have stayed.
Treatment for three rupees
"There were no buildings back then," the 53-year-old recalls at an interview in his clinic. "There were small shops selling meat, and some foundries. The Khoday's brewery was still there." He began by charging three rupees for treatment; that was how much he needed to support himself. Today, he's reluctant to expand his clinic for fear of transferring the overhead charges to his patients.
The number of patients he sees now has increased over the years; he attributes this to migration and development of nearby areas. "What you see now is a minimum of 10 times what it was when I started," he says, to quantify the rapid growth of Konanakunte; it has changed much, particularly in the last 15 years. The area's low land prices, coupled with a strong commercial setup, helped attract new residents.
"The rent was low. This was supposed to be the market hub for people from surrounding areas — they had to come here to buy rations, clothes and day-to-day commodities."
Times a-changing
Niranjan's patients, "typically labourers", would come from villages such as Avalahalli, Uttarahalli and Kanakapura. Today, sometimes the same people come back; years later, they are in the same job, but their children have moved on, and gained an education, he says.
The area gets its name from a pond that used to exist, he says. According to a story he grew up with, farmers would come by cart to sell their produce in Bangalore; they would stop at the pond in the area to allow their buffaloes to drink water. "It's a colloquial name, which has caught on — kona means buffalo, and kunte translates to watering hole."
To Niranjan, the area — despite its rapid development — still represents a non-urban way of life that he cherishes.
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