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should you even want an agent


Just received this link from a friend and found it very interesting:

http://www.editorialdepartment.com/content/view/209/99

Be sure to click on the link within the article to Preditors and Editors

 
Cathy

Cathy Wilkinson Barash
Author, Photographer, Editor, Speaker, Consultant
Edible Flowers from Garden to Palate 
753 17th St. 
Des Moines, IA 50314
bloominggourmet@mchsi.com
phone: 515-282-5172
fax: 515-243-5353
 
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 10:39:07 -0700
> From: Tom Alexander <tom@growingedge.com>
> Subject: Re: [GWL] book publishing
> To: gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org
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> For those garden writers contemplating a book, either self published  
> or with a publisher, an upcoming conference is the place to be for all  
> things relating to the book industry. It is Book Expo America and is  
> in Los Angeles at the end of this month at the LA Convention Center.  
> Between 30,000 and 40,000 people will be there and you make a lot of  
> contacts. I first went in 1985. I used to display my books in the  
> exhibits but now, just go, cruise the isles and go to the parties.
> 
> http://www.bookexpoamerica.com/
> 
> Tom Alexander, Publisher
> tom@growingedge.com
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 19:44:22 -0500
> From: "Doreen Howard" <gardendiva@charter.net>
> Subject: [GWL] More Critter Stories
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>,
> 	<gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Cc: crazycatlady07@comcast.net, David Howard
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> I spread cocoa hull mulch on a number of beds, because it does a terrific job of 
> smothering weed seeds and stopping quake grass.  I bought a couple of bags 
> yesterday to fill in spots that had migrated over the harsh winter.  However, 
> the squirrels beat me to it.
> 
> Early this morning, I looked out the kitchen window to see about 30 squirrels 
> congregated around a sack of cocoa hull mulch.  They had punctured the plastic 
> bag and were eating the hulls.  What commenced was bizarre.  The old Credence 
> Clearwater Revival song about "happy creatures dancing on the lawn" describes it 
> best.  Evidently, the theobromine in the hulls acted like an intoxicant, because 
> the squirrels ran, did cartwheels, hopped, shrieked and generally acted drunk!  
> Of course, I didn't have a camera handy.
> 
> Theobromine in chocolate and bean hulls will kill dogs, I know.  The compound 
> causes hyperactivity, vomiting, arrhythmia, seizures, coma and sometimes death.  
> Can I hope the same hold true with squirrels?  Cocoa hulls are certainly a 
> fragrant way to take care of destructive critters.
> Doreen Howard
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 07:32:57 +0530
> From: "Dr. Chiranjit Parmar" <parmarch@sancharnet.in>
> Subject: Re: [GWL] Fruitipediua
> To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum"
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> Thanks for the interest and mail.
> 
> The site will be operational on 16 May.
> 
> No I cannot pay for the articles.  This is a voluntary effort with my 
> personal financial resources.  I am not getting anything out of it.
> 
> Dr. Chiranjit Parmar
> www.fruitipedia.com
> 
> 
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sandie Parrott" <rsbirdy@comcast.net>
> To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum" 
> <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 7:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [GWL] Fruitipediua
> 
> 
> > Dr. Parmar,
> >
> > The site doesn't seem to be operational yet? When do you expect it to be
> > ready?
> >
> > Will you be paying for any articles on your site?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Sandie Parrott
> > Freelance Garden, Travel & Features, Writer/Photographer
> > Contributor to...
> > Michigan Gardener Magazine
> > The Herbarist, Herb Society of America
> > GO Magazine (AirTran in-flight magazine)
> > FREE NYC - The Ultimate Free Fun Guide to the Big Apple
> > FREE OC - The Ultimate Free Fun Guide to the California Riviera
> > The Oakland Press
> > The Flint Journal
> > Member, Garden Writer's Association (GWA)
> > Master Gardener Society of Oakland County MI - Trips & Tours
> > Phone: 248.394.1532
> > Email: info@SandieParrott.com
> > Website: www.SandieParrott.com
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Dr. Chiranjit Parmar" <parmarch_mnd@dataone.in>
> > To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum"
> > <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
> > Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 2:06 AM
> > Subject: [GWL] Fruitipediua
> >
> >
> >> The correct link for FRUITIPEDIA is www.fruitipedia.com
> >>
> >> Dr. Chiranjit Parmar
> >> www.fruitipedia.com
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> ------------------------------
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 22:12:38 -0400
> From: "Sandie Parrott" <rsbirdy@comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [GWL] More Critter Stories
> To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum"
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> Doreen,
> 
> What a way to go...death by chocolate (I love the dessert by this name). 
> Someday, way in the future, maybe I can be that lucky...
> 
> Sandie Parrott
> Freelance writer/photographer
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Doreen Howard" <gardendiva@charter.net>
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>; 
> <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Cc: <crazycatlady07@comcast.net>; "David Howard" <davidphoward@hotmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 8:44 PM
> Subject: [GWL] More Critter Stories
> 
> 
> >I spread cocoa hull mulch on a number of beds, because it does a terrific job 
> of smothering weed seeds and stopping quake grass.  I bought a couple of bags 
> yesterday to fill in spots that had migrated over the harsh winter.  However, 
> the squirrels beat me to it.
> > 
> > Early this morning, I looked out the kitchen window to see about 30 squirrels 
> congregated around a sack of cocoa hull mulch.  They had punctured the plastic 
> bag and were eating the hulls.  What commenced was bizarre.  The old Credence 
> Clearwater Revival song about "happy creatures dancing on the lawn" describes it 
> best.  Evidently, the theobromine in the hulls acted like an intoxicant, because 
> the squirrels ran, did cartwheels, hopped, shrieked and generally acted drunk!  
> Of course, I didn't have a camera handy.
> > 
> > Theobromine in chocolate and bean hulls will kill dogs, I know.  The compound 
> causes hyperactivity, vomiting, arrhythmia, seizures, coma and sometimes death.  
> Can I hope the same hold true with squirrels?  Cocoa hulls are certainly a 
> fragrant way to take care of destructive critters.
> > Doreen Howard
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