Comments on: Don’t Travel With Carly … by Train?!?! http://www.plotmonkeys.com/2009/08/13/dont-travel-with-carly-by-train/ Testing the Plot Monkey Blog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:16:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: limecello http://www.plotmonkeys.com/2009/08/13/dont-travel-with-carly-by-train/#comment-122074 limecello Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:02:25 +0000 http://www.plotmonkeys.com/?p=2697#comment-122074 um... I guess now is not the time to mention all the subway stations do have elevators? You just have to find them. Heh. I feel your pain though, Carly - really. NY Public transport I feel like is one of the least friendly - DC, Boston, etc are so much easier. :D Maybe I walked right by you, getting lost in the subway! :P um… I guess now is not the time to mention all the subway stations do have elevators? You just have to find them.
Heh. I feel your pain though, Carly – really.
NY Public transport I feel like is one of the least friendly – DC, Boston, etc are so much easier. :D Maybe I walked right by you, getting lost in the subway! :P

]]> By: Paula R. http://www.plotmonkeys.com/2009/08/13/dont-travel-with-carly-by-train/#comment-122073 Paula R. Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:31:09 +0000 http://www.plotmonkeys.com/?p=2697#comment-122073 Nawww...they are just used to you...lol... Peace and love, Paula R. Nawww…they are just used to you…lol…

Peace and love,
Paula R.

]]> By: Carly http://www.plotmonkeys.com/2009/08/13/dont-travel-with-carly-by-train/#comment-122071 Carly Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:31:26 +0000 http://www.plotmonkeys.com/?p=2697#comment-122071 So the good news is that no one in my family realizes I'm a traveling jinx so they still go with me! :thatsfunny: So the good news is that no one in my family realizes I’m a traveling jinx so they still go with me! :thatsfunny:

]]> By: Helen Brenna http://www.plotmonkeys.com/2009/08/13/dont-travel-with-carly-by-train/#comment-122068 Helen Brenna Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:34:38 +0000 http://www.plotmonkeys.com/?p=2697#comment-122068 What an adventure, Carly! I cringed when I read about your foot surgery. Hope it heals fast! What an adventure, Carly!

I cringed when I read about your foot surgery. Hope it heals fast!

]]> By: Patsy L Roberts http://www.plotmonkeys.com/2009/08/13/dont-travel-with-carly-by-train/#comment-122066 Patsy L Roberts Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:59:01 +0000 http://www.plotmonkeys.com/?p=2697#comment-122066 :thumbsup: Will do! Thanks :thumbsup: Will do! Thanks

]]> By: Cher http://www.plotmonkeys.com/2009/08/13/dont-travel-with-carly-by-train/#comment-122065 Cher Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:50:19 +0000 http://www.plotmonkeys.com/?p=2697#comment-122065 Patsy you can still join the chapter and get on their loop and network. The internet is an awesome place for that. Then maybe once in a while you can do a weekend trip to attend a meeting. The important thing is to connect with other authors. Glad it helped, Cher Patsy you can still join the chapter and get on their loop and network. The internet is an awesome place for that. Then maybe once in a while you can do a weekend trip to attend a meeting. The important thing is to connect with other authors.

Glad it helped,

Cher

]]> By: Patsy L Roberts http://www.plotmonkeys.com/2009/08/13/dont-travel-with-carly-by-train/#comment-122064 Patsy L Roberts Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:47:52 +0000 http://www.plotmonkeys.com/?p=2697#comment-122064 Thanks Cher...Yes it was very helpful. There is not a local chapter of RWA here. The closest is Dallas/ Ft Worth which is 6 hours east. But I can look for others in the area. Thanks again! Patsy Thanks Cher…Yes it was very helpful. There is not a local chapter of RWA here. The closest is Dallas/ Ft Worth which is 6 hours east. But I can look for others in the area. Thanks again!

Patsy

]]> By: Cher http://www.plotmonkeys.com/2009/08/13/dont-travel-with-carly-by-train/#comment-122063 Cher Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:34:24 +0000 http://www.plotmonkeys.com/?p=2697#comment-122063 Patsy, pick up a copy of the 2009 Writer's Market or the 2010 if it has been released yet. If you write romance, join RWA. www.rwanational.org They have a list of publishers on their site. If there is a local writers chapter in your area that you can join this is a great way to network with authors. Attend conferences if you can to meet editors and agents who are acquiring. Again you have to be careful. There is an agent whose name is Cricket something or other. She attends conferences all the time and has yet to sell a book to a publisher. Most of the big houses like Harlequin/Silhouette Books, Harper Collins, Kensington, Pocket etc have a web site. These houses have been around a long time. You can look at who they publish so you know they are legit. You can also send an e-mail to one of their authors to find out if they are happy with them. Be very careful of vanity publishers. They will take your money, send you your book and there is not a bookstore in the country who will order it. However, that said, self-published books have been known to end up on the NYT list--The Christmas Box is an example but this is extremely rare, like Dodo bird rare. If I had a self-published book, I could go here in Denver to the Tattered Cover which is an independent bookstore and ask the book buyer to read my book. If they liked it I could ask if they would put a few copies in the store to see how they do. Sorry this is so long. I guess what I'm trying to say is network with other authors as much as you can. Check out the web sites of authors you love to read. They usually have a list of links on their site. Check out some of the links. This is a good way to make connections. I am no expert but I hope some of this helps, Cher Patsy, pick up a copy of the 2009 Writer’s Market or the 2010 if it has been released yet. If you write romance, join RWA. http://www.rwanational.org They have a list of publishers on their site. If there is a local writers chapter in your area that you can join this is a great way to network with authors. Attend conferences if you can to meet editors and agents who are acquiring. Again you have to be careful. There is an agent whose name is Cricket something or other. She attends conferences all the time and has yet to sell a book to a publisher. Most of the big houses like Harlequin/Silhouette Books, Harper Collins, Kensington, Pocket etc have a web site. These houses have been around a long time. You can look at who they publish so you know they are legit. You can also send an e-mail to one of their authors to find out if they are happy with them.
Be very careful of vanity publishers. They will take your money, send you your book and there is not a bookstore in the country who will order it. However, that said, self-published books have been known to end up on the NYT list–The Christmas Box is an example but this is extremely rare, like Dodo bird rare. If I had a self-published book, I could go here in Denver to the Tattered Cover which is an independent bookstore and ask the book buyer to read my book. If they liked it I could ask if they would put a few copies in the store to see how they do.

Sorry this is so long. I guess what I’m trying to say is network with other authors as much as you can. Check out the web sites of authors you love to read. They usually have a list of links on their site. Check out some of the links. This is a good way to make connections.

I am no expert but I hope some of this helps,

Cher

]]> By: Patsy L Roberts http://www.plotmonkeys.com/2009/08/13/dont-travel-with-carly-by-train/#comment-122062 Patsy L Roberts Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:08:35 +0000 http://www.plotmonkeys.com/?p=2697#comment-122062 Thanks! That is good to know. I don't even know where to begin looking for a publisher and I don't really know who to trust and who not to trust. Where would you suggest I go to find out these kinds of things? If ya don't mind me asking. Thanks! :yourock Thanks! That is good to know. I don’t even know where to begin looking for a publisher and I don’t really know who to trust and who not to trust. Where would you suggest I go to find out these kinds of things? If ya don’t mind me asking. Thanks! :yourock

]]> By: Cher http://www.plotmonkeys.com/2009/08/13/dont-travel-with-carly-by-train/#comment-122061 Cher Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:53:43 +0000 http://www.plotmonkeys.com/?p=2697#comment-122061 Patsy, Dorrance Publishing is a vanity and subsidy publisher. They are listed on Preditors and Editors as not-recommended. Hope this helps, Cher Patsy, Dorrance Publishing is a vanity and subsidy publisher. They are listed on Preditors and Editors as not-recommended.

Hope this helps,

Cher

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