tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post2534206609043460581..comments2024-03-18T09:09:59.625-04:00Comments on Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Query Question: maps, illustrations and other visuals in novelsJanet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-30868552293839453862015-07-11T19:09:26.136-04:002015-07-11T19:09:26.136-04:00I can so relate to that! I could pull into a groce...I can so relate to that! I could pull into a grocery store and, when I left, have no idea which way I was supposed to turn to get back home. And that was in a town where I had lived for five years. Now I just leave my Garmin on all the time...lala412https://www.blogger.com/profile/14300929316981967018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-20677588231407915602015-06-28T11:51:20.540-04:002015-06-28T11:51:20.540-04:00Kate—but...if you don't drive...that means you...Kate—but...if you don't drive...that means you're the p-p-passenger...which means you're the navigator! Eeek! :)Megan Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00752842865397799428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-46840000638528158312015-06-28T11:35:01.247-04:002015-06-28T11:35:01.247-04:00LynnRodz:
Thanks for the pointer, I can see where...LynnRodz:<br /><br />Thanks for the pointer, I can see where my transcription has gone a bit awry, why didn't I spot 'Irish'? It's interesting to see it has some currency, which leads me to question my assumption about it being a composition, perhaps it's simply a transcription, with the alterations due to slips in recollection.DeadSpiderEyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687178085803686186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-80297413932364221192015-06-28T09:10:25.081-04:002015-06-28T09:10:25.081-04:00Diane, I love those pull down maps and I love maps...Diane, I love those pull down maps and I love maps in books. Many times they're needed. Lucky you that your brother can do yours for The Ax and the Vase. Don't give up, keep trying.LynnRodzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10796099106913990163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-17497080839614989582015-06-28T08:42:26.868-04:002015-06-28T08:42:26.868-04:00I really want to include a hand drawn map of the t...I really want to include a hand drawn map of the town in my book. Hope I can convince the bosses that it is valuable.<br /><br />Hope I can find a "boss".S.D.Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05707682524268581476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-13383462153673670232015-06-28T05:47:50.493-04:002015-06-28T05:47:50.493-04:00I love maps to look at, but as a practical tool th...I love maps to look at, but as a practical tool they are useless to me. I can't read a map to save my life. Any piece of paper that depends on you holding it the right way around for it to work is flawed in my book. And then, there's the problem of left and right (I can't tell which is which). I failed a French assessment in high school not because I couldn't speak French, but because the assignment was in giving directions off a map. None of my tourists made it to Sacre Bleu or the Eiffel Tower because I kept telling them to go droit when they should have been going gauche.<br /><br />You'll be pleased to know I don't drive. The world is a much safer place as a result.Kate Larkindalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06202347563426692610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-6014293310495653042015-06-28T03:20:50.272-04:002015-06-28T03:20:50.272-04:00Maps are wonderful, but using them to navigate is ...Maps are wonderful, but using them to navigate is another matter. It's so easy to get caught up in 'what direction am I supposed to take' that you use the map as an excuse to quit the journey before it's even begun. <br /><br />I guess that's why writers feel lost all the time. We're so busy focusing on the map, we walk into the labyrinthic woods of publishing wholly unprepared for the actual individual outcome.Megan Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00752842865397799428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-88219557919215087302015-06-27T23:23:52.829-04:002015-06-27T23:23:52.829-04:00Thanks for this question. Put on my checklist. Ask...Thanks for this question. Put on my checklist. Ask agent (if I get one) about a map in my novel.Joseph S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07437663031050410028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-52776067468432743502015-06-27T22:50:58.714-04:002015-06-27T22:50:58.714-04:00Oh man, I want to waste the rest of my weekend wat...Oh man, I want to waste the rest of my weekend watching the West Wing now! I love that map. Much more sensible positioning for my half of the globe. :)Sam Hawkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05549251130820223139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-34272571412925062222015-06-27T22:00:32.196-04:002015-06-27T22:00:32.196-04:00Someone has probably beat me to it, but I love thi...Someone has probably beat me to it, but I love this xkcd cartoon:<br /><br /><a href="http://xkcd.com/977/" rel="nofollow">What Your Favorite Map Projection Says About You</a>Amy Schaeferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263719891092841767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-55731906420756081832015-06-27T20:02:34.779-04:002015-06-27T20:02:34.779-04:00Oh my. Oh MY! That map really is interactive! You ...Oh my. Oh MY! That map really is interactive! You can double-click to zoom in and click and drag to rotate the earth. And not just on its axis, you can tilt it to see the poles too. This will be my new favourite map during hurricane season (well, it IS hurricane season, but I meant when there's a storm approaching). Thank you, Craig!<br /><br />No, I'm not procrastinating. As if. Why would you even ask me such a thing?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-74857960537671513652015-06-27T19:35:05.010-04:002015-06-27T19:35:05.010-04:00Craig--That Nullschool map is awesome sauce. I lov...Craig--That Nullschool map is awesome sauce. I love maps, but globes are better. Globes that you can turn all around and look at from every angle are the absolute best. The wind patterns just make it gorgeous as well.<br /><br />I drew maps for my current WiP just to keep stuff straight in my head. I've also drawn my characters, plus a few scenes and settings. I'm an artist, and tend to think visually. If it ever gets to the publication stage, I won't care if the editor wants maps, and I won't care if they want someone else to draw them. I'll be sure to discuss it with my agent either way though.<br /><br />Okay, my stupid TSA story (though it didn't involved actual TSA people, just stupid regulations): <br /><br />My husband came back from Iraq on a cargo flight with his unit's equipment. The flight originated on a U.S. military installation and landed on a U.S. military installation with no stops in between. The crew was all U.S. Air Force. The passengers were all U.S. Army (101st Airborne).<br /><br />The whole shoe-bomber thing had just happened a few days before, so no liquids of any kind were allowed on board. Yeah, every Soldier had a weapon. And yeah, they were M4's. And yeah, they had bayonets. But they'd been made to throw away all their toothpaste, shaving cream, etc., etc. Because, you know, someone might have somehow tried to take over the plane with toothpaste. Or something. And all the other Soldiers (who had just finished a year's deployment) might have just sat there and let them. Riiiight.<br /><br />Elissa Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10727748060605823895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-45410315213146074382015-06-27T19:21:57.190-04:002015-06-27T19:21:57.190-04:00Craig and Colin, love, love, love the link.
Thanks...Craig and Colin, love, love, love the link.<br />ThanksCarolynnwith2Nshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18394998702410764388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-53308666367770497542015-06-27T18:27:46.874-04:002015-06-27T18:27:46.874-04:00Thanks Colin. I'll get it eventually but I don...Thanks Colin. I'll get it eventually but I don't post that many links. I know I have a certain lust to be a Kuddite and it takes me three or four tries to do those kinds of things,Craig Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07157301156577795781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-8379105915847060472015-06-27T18:06:47.084-04:002015-06-27T18:06:47.084-04:00A note about linking. If the link doesn't have...A note about linking. If the link doesn't have a "www" (e.g., earth.nullschool.net), you need to supply the "http://"). To be on the safe side, whenever you link, use the full description: "http://www.whatever.com" or "http://whatever.wherever.com"Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292997431935215499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-20952962801432141682015-06-27T17:54:26.217-04:002015-06-27T17:54:26.217-04:00Here you go, Craig:
earth.nullschool.netHere you go, Craig:<br /><br /><a href="http://earth.nullschool.net" rel="nofollow">earth.nullschool.net</a>Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292997431935215499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-32885115449265894002015-06-27T17:25:18.730-04:002015-06-27T17:25:18.730-04:00It didn't work. It is earth.nullschool.netIt didn't work. It is earth.nullschool.netCraig Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07157301156577795781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-89104646523422281522015-06-27T17:23:52.235-04:002015-06-27T17:23:52.235-04:00One of my current favorite maps in the Nullschool ...One of my current favorite maps in the Nullschool map. It is a current animated and interactive map of the winds around the world. It is really cool.<br /><br />Here is my first try at a link Craig Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07157301156577795781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-19770243445939489622015-06-27T17:12:16.713-04:002015-06-27T17:12:16.713-04:00Here are Dena's links:
http://modeltrainshobb...Here are Dena's links:<br /><br /><a href="http://modeltrainshobbyclub.com/the-model-train-transformers" rel="nofollow">http://modeltrainshobbyclub.com/the-model-train-transformers</a><br /><a href="http://www.redstate.com/diary/Erick/2010/11/18/another-tsa-outrage/" rel="nofollow">http://www.redstate.com/diary/Erick/2010/11/18/another-tsa-outrage/</a><br /><a href="http://pds2.egloos.com/pds/1/200608/30/46/c0022246_18341475.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://pds2.egloos.com/pds/1/200608/30/46/c0022246_18341475.jpg</a><br /><br />I too wonder how Julie H is. Julie? You out there? :\Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292997431935215499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-77191153493487326252015-06-27T16:57:36.123-04:002015-06-27T16:57:36.123-04:00Love maps. One of my most treasured childhood poss...Love maps. One of my most treasured childhood possessions was a big wall map of the world that came folded up with some boxed set of books about science-y stuff. I spent hours looking at it and daydreaming about far off places with interesting names.<br /><br />I think the most disturbing part of the upside-down map is that the winds and weather would all be going the wrong direction. Shifts in perception are good for the brain.<br /><br />DSE, I had to look up not only Biro but also "heavily foxed." Thank you. Love learning new-to-me words.<br /><br />I miss Julie H too. Hope she's okay.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-7308742352715786332015-06-27T16:37:22.639-04:002015-06-27T16:37:22.639-04:00Julie - Yeah being forgotten overseas isn't qu...Julie - Yeah being forgotten overseas isn't quite the same. My son's next deployment will be his second overseas, and isn't as friendly as the last one. But not Iraq or Kuwait. Ouch.<br /><br />My husband and I had dinner for our anniversary a few weeks ago at Outback Steakhouse, which prominently displays an "upside down" world map with Australia very large and at the top center. Definitely added to the atmosphere of the restaurant.<br /><br />http://pds2.egloos.com/pds/1/200608/30/46/c0022246_18341475.jpg<br /><br />Some maps are more "fun" than others. The CA fire map right now shows 9 contained fires and 5 not contained. None of these are within 10 miles of my house, thankfully. I've lived thru 2 that came within 2 miles [and I used one of those in my WIP], don't want to live thru any more than that.<br />Dena Pawlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14444683810125395220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-2606426920068900872015-06-27T16:15:35.981-04:002015-06-27T16:15:35.981-04:00Interesting post. Maps have always fascinated me, ...Interesting post. Maps have always fascinated me, whether in books or just for their own value. Maps in books can be very important, such as Middle Earth in Tolkien's books. I got an Indian Country map to go along with Tony Hillerman's Navajo Tribal Police series. I also use a map of Great Britain for books set over there. In writing, I depend on maps a lot to get the setting as accurate as needs be. <br /><br />An intern and I were walking through an office building earlier this summer, and she counted seven world maps on people's office walls. She didn't get it. I wasn't sure where to begin explaining it to her.Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17335923263777449916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-13593575875288770992015-06-27T15:45:23.368-04:002015-06-27T15:45:23.368-04:00I've been wondering where Julie H is, too.
Th...I've been wondering where Julie H is, too.<br /><br />The last she posted/commented on Facebook was June 20. A week ago.<br /><br />Julie? Are you out there?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-56339808508715950772015-06-27T15:17:18.103-04:002015-06-27T15:17:18.103-04:00Julie, oh, I took him up on it. Emailed him existi...Julie, oh, I took him up on it. Emailed him existing maps and explained the territories. We just never quite got it together. :) His work is the kind of thing you can just lose yourself in. That is the thing I love about maps.<br /><br />Did anyone else grow up with Richard Scarrey picture books? Images just packed with layers and layers of detail, telling their own stories. I used to spend hours sinking deeper and deeper into those.<br /><br />That, for me, is what a good map does. Its information tells a different story every time you look, because you are looking for something different every time and there is so much there.DLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08768285199864217885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-5296274758730900552015-06-27T15:05:46.661-04:002015-06-27T15:05:46.661-04:00Diane,
You should take him up on that. I need to ...Diane,<br /><br />You should take him up on that. I need to do a better maps, but the words are the important thing to me right now. Either cutting old ones or putting down new ones, even bad ones. The enemy isn't bad words, it's the blank page.<br /><br />I love maps in books, I just don't want to feel like I'm in class.<br /><br />Dena,<br /><br />Yes, getting forgotten wouldn't be too bad except in that case, he could have just as easily have been kidnapped and losing 3 weeks looking for him wouldn't be good. The last they knew he crossed the border into Kuwait then dropped off the radar.<br /><br />I'm just glad they didn't contact me to tell me they couldn't find him.<br /><br />Has anyone heard from Julie H?<br /><br />JWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com