Welcome to our 108th Road Trip Wednesday!
Road Trip Wednesday is a ‘Blog Carnival,’ where YA Highway's
contributors post a weekly writing- or reading-related question and answer it
on our own blogs. You can hop from destination to destination and get
everybody's unique take on the topic.
We'd love for you to participate! Just answer the prompt on your
own blog and leave a link in the comments - or, if you prefer, you can include
your answer in the comments.
This Week's Topic:
How far would you go to get published?
We writers can form quite an attachment to our characters and stories. But we also know publishing is a business, and sometimes to make it in said business--to really build a career from it--we have to bend a bit. How far would you go to break into the publishing world?
*Bases not necessarily in order of severity. Depends entirely on individual's opinion.














Great question! I'll have to write up more on this tonight, but I would have to say that if major revisions were requested to get the story to where it needed to be, I would do that. As long as the revisions requested took the story from ok to AMAZING, it's totally worth it. If those revisions lead to publication, that's just a bonus!
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Really enjoyed thinking about this one! Here's my view: http://www.amyrenske.com/2011/12/07/road-trip-wednesday-3/
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A very thought-provoking question today, YA Highway! Here's my response:
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Loved the question!
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http://www.julianahaygert.com/2011/rtw-how-far-would-you-go/
Tough one today, ladies! Here are me and Quita's thoughts:
ReplyDeletehttp://seepamwrite.blogspot.com/2011/12/rtw-what-would-you-do-for-klonerr-book.html
My response here.
ReplyDeleteI love this question! Here's my answer: Don’t Be a Special Snowflake
ReplyDeleteI'll make the rounds later today (a comment on my post always gets a comment on yours in return) but for now here's mine
ReplyDeletehttp://angelicarjackson.blogspot.com/2011/12/i-can-see-shangri-la-from-here.html
Here's mine!
ReplyDeletehttp://alisonmiller20.blogspot.com/2011/12/rtw-for-sake-of-publication.html
Good question today. A thinker!
ReplyDeletehttp://daydreamertowriter.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-low-would-you-go.html
Here's mine at Unavoidable Awkwardness
ReplyDeleteI love this question and the diamond.
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ReplyDeleteWow, I haven't done one of these in weeks! It's nice to get back into it. :) Here's mine!
ReplyDeleteInteresting question! Here's my response:
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Here's mine
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Here's my post!
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A provocative topic, to be sure!
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Another great question!
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The Great Shelf Journey
Fun topic! Here's mine:
ReplyDeletehttp://karensandler.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/rtw-how-far-would-you-go-to-get-published/
Great question! Here's mine:
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Here's mine: http://jessicalovewrites.blogspot.com/2011/12/road-trip-wednesday-how-far-would-you.html
ReplyDeleteGreat question. Don't have a terrible lot to say on it though. Here's mine!
ReplyDeleteWonderful question! Here are my
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I say have an open mind. Here's mine: http://jessica-therrien.blogspot.com/2011/12/road-trip-wednesday-how-far-would-you.html
ReplyDeleteHere's mine: http://aliciagregoire.blogspot.com/2011/12/i-would-sell-my-soul-for-twilight-money.html
ReplyDeleteHere's mine! Disclaimer: Read only if you have a sense of humor and therefore won't assume I'm a psycho. ;)
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Here's mine. Great topic.
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Great post! I love the question. Here's mine
ReplyDeleteFirst-time contributor. Great question!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.jfriday.com/2011/12/road-trip-wednesday-how-far-would-you-go/
Here's my rather wordy answer.
ReplyDeleteOops. I got all heavy on this topic. My answer! http://wordlarceny.blogspot.com/2011/12/rtw-how-far-would-you-go-to-get.html
ReplyDeleteWoo! Better late than never! This is a great topic!
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Only If My Book Had Leopard Spots
Very thought-provoking question!
ReplyDelete@Donelle: Yes, better late than never. :)
Here's my post:
http://thefeatherandtherose.blogspot.com/2011/12/rtw-108-what-would-you-do-to-get.html
Coming in late from the west coast...
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http://lorarpfictionblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-far-would-you-go-to-get-published.html
ReplyDeleteFinally got around to posting mine! Can't wait to see what everyone else has said =)
Forgot to leave this yesterday!
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Gotta check out some of the other answers because this is an interesting question. Thanks, YAHighway Ladies!