tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post5707690836251507565..comments2024-03-18T06:16:18.802-05:00Comments on A Newbie's Guide to Publishing: Interview with Robert W. WalkerJA Konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08778324558755151986noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-90684543010473855272012-02-26T14:06:47.538-06:002012-02-26T14:06:47.538-06:00The bodies of Rob and J.A. were fished from the se...The bodies of Rob and J.A. were fished from the sea by the freighter SS James Cameron after the explosion as they tried to raise the Titanic. Mangled but identifiable, their corpses were stripped of their clothing and personal affects and put into burlap bags which were then sewn shut and marked with numbers and their names written on the labels. The improvised mortuary bags were then laid with the others as hundreds of those who perished 100 years before were amazingly blown loose from where they were entombed.<br />--- Ken Rossignol, see my new tale on this old story FOLLOW TITANIC at Amazon.Ken Rossignolhttp://www.privateerclause.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-81741829402553478852012-02-26T09:26:42.784-06:002012-02-26T09:26:42.784-06:00One of many great books by the imaginative and mul...One of many great books by the imaginative and multi-talented Robert W. Walker! I don't know how he does it!<br /><br />Morgan Mandel<br />http://facebook.com/morgansbooksMorgan Mandelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-58408510166936445372012-02-26T08:45:03.604-06:002012-02-26T08:45:03.604-06:00Replaying this interview on my facebook wall now a...Replaying this interview on my facebook wall now as April 14th is the 100th Anniversary of Titanic's sinking and launching. <br /><br />RobRob Walkerhttp://www.robertwalkerbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-54048932924474372082012-02-26T08:40:45.510-06:002012-02-26T08:40:45.510-06:00TITANIC is selling briskly this YEAR of the 100th ...TITANIC is selling briskly this YEAR of the 100th Anniversary. April 14th will be precisely 100 yrs. OMY!<br /><br />Rob WalkerRobert W. Walkerhttp://www.robertwalkerbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-78149090521806615762010-12-22T22:31:55.962-06:002010-12-22T22:31:55.962-06:00hey for anyone looking for a cute original child&#...hey for anyone looking for a cute original child's Christmas story to read to your kids or grandkids, try my The Thief of Christmas Present found at: http://candidcanine.blogspot.com/2010/12/merry-christmas-in-miniature-original.html<br /><br />Rob WalkerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-27352543604066878472010-12-21T10:56:49.773-06:002010-12-21T10:56:49.773-06:00Oh yeah... as I 'live on Facebook' here is...Oh yeah... as I 'live on Facebook' here is my address there -<br />http://www.facebook.com/RobtWalker#!/?sk=messages&tid=1806298796298<br /><br />RobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-37119935202940648312010-12-21T10:51:02.014-06:002010-12-21T10:51:02.014-06:00Placed up a photo of Joe, me, and the iceberg on m...Placed up a photo of Joe, me, and the iceberg on my facebook wall with us in period clothing aboard Titanic, drinking, toasting the innocence of the berg....and the book itself can be ordered via my website to amazon link for those who want to know the nature of the creatue I placed aboard Titanic.<br /><br />RobRob Walkerhttp://www.robertwalkerbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-51111750691314307942010-12-20T10:29:57.716-06:002010-12-20T10:29:57.716-06:00Though you've been writing a long time, your l...Though you've been writing a long time, your latest novel has certainly come into its time. Crossing genres was a no-no before, but not any more. Also, waiting for publishers isn't always the best way to go, and your method is certainly working for you! <br /><br />Unlike the original Titanic, your career is rising and not sinking!!!<br /><br />Right on, Rob!!!<br /><br />Morgan Mandel<br />http://morganmandel.blogspot.comMorgan Mandelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-72694666496351160952010-12-20T07:49:42.311-06:002010-12-20T07:49:42.311-06:00Here's the link to the PW issue with the featu...Here's the link to the PW issue with the feature on self-published books I promised yesterday...<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/22mp677<br /><br />Blake Crouch raised some troubling questions but I thought people would like to have a look at it anyway.<br /><br />@Blake...thanks for the heads up<br /><br />@rob...both Michael & I enjoyed your evocative description of Corinth...thanks so much...Leon Nelms is the name of M's friend...he worked in the Corinth PO & M is still in touch with him.<br /><br />Ruth Harris<br />NYTimes bestselling author of <br /><a href="http://amzn.to/ft97O7" rel="nofollow">Husbands And Lovers</a>Ruth Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15246050315747917109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-53347517360268988522010-12-19T17:29:47.397-06:002010-12-19T17:29:47.397-06:00Blake and Ruth - Why am I not surprised...just got...Blake and Ruth - Why am I not surprised...just got back home from Christmas shopping...and think of it. Have published some 45 novels over the years, last five Indied via Kindle, and have to be upset at not having enough to buy presents for everyone I love thanks to this passion/obsession to write--and still teaching to support my habit--and yeah, some bitter. This is sad news to learn that reviews are being purchased routinely these days and idiots out there get upset with Indie authors whose colleagues and fellow authors have a positive review up on Amazon! Really....PW should be ashamed of itself, charging a hundred fifty bucks for an author mention and even more for a review. This sucks rocks for sure.<br />RUTH - about Corinth...my dad was born and raised there--Walkers all over them hills and valleys, an uncle runs the local auto shop. Downtown Corinth is a lovely Time Stood Still place where the local theater boast an Elvis appearance...of course Early Elvis lived not far from there! A Norman Rockwell square where the town's <br />Court House squats. Some great downhome cooking restaurants, a good Indie bookstore, and of course no one does Catfish like they do Catfish in Mississippi. Myself...grew up in Chicago after my parents moved us from Corinth when I was 5 years old and so I grew up inner-city Chicago and we visited my mom's folks in Tuskegee, ALabama each summer and seldom to never returned to Corinth until my sister and I made of it a Road Trip a few years back and I found myself on the front page of the local newspaper when we stopped at the Welcome Center! That was cool. I held a signing at the local bookstore and it turned into an impomptu family reunion and most of those who showed up I had never met or hadn't seen since I was a child. It was a cool homecoming.<br />Ruth, your husband's experiences and book sound fascinating!<br /><br />robRob Walkerhttp://www.robertwalkerbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-74957621894632587552010-12-19T14:15:08.995-06:002010-12-19T14:15:08.995-06:00@ Blake....Seriously? Jeez. I didn't know th...@ Blake....Seriously? Jeez. I didn't know this. Is there any way to check?<br /><br />Sounds like the writers get screwed again.<br /><br />Reminds of a friend who sold his novel to the movies for what he considered a sh*tload of money. He was in his lawyer's office, about to sign the contract & he was feeling pretty good about things.<br /><br />The lawyer shot him down (and I quote): "They got ways to f*ck you you haven't even thought of yet..."<br /><br />So it just the same old same old. Bleh. No wonder some of us can get pretty bitter.<br /><br />Ruth Harris<br />author of NYTimes bestseller<br /><a href="http://amzn.to/ft97O7" rel="nofollow">Husbands And Lovers</a>Ruth Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15246050315747917109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-78586067257001308412010-12-19T14:06:39.387-06:002010-12-19T14:06:39.387-06:00A very nice Xmas present indeed!
Rob, I just read...A very nice Xmas present indeed!<br /><br />Rob, I just read your bio & note you were born in Corinth, Miss. My husband, Michael, was one of the human guinea pigs the army sent to the south pacific proving ground to witness the H-bomb tests of the 50's. A royal cock-up if there ever was one (to put it mildly). He wrote a memoir called THE ATOMIC TIMES about this mad-crazy-insane-hilarious-deadly experience. It was publishing by Ballantine but he's about to put it on Amazon.<br /><br />The reason Corinth caught my eye is that one of Michael's Army buddies lives in Corinth, a town we would never have heard of except for the H-bomb.<br />So here's a mind-boggling 6 degrees of separation...Corinth, the Pacific Proving Ground, American H-bomb tests, a novelist wife with an early career in mm paperback publishing and -- 50+ years later -- JAK's blog. Small world indeed!<br /><br />Ruth Harris<br />NYTimes bestselling author of <br /><a href="http://amzn.to/ft97O7" rel="nofollow">Husbands And Lovers</a>Ruth Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15246050315747917109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-92182493520186437412010-12-19T13:59:35.885-06:002010-12-19T13:59:35.885-06:00@Ruth and Rob: Actually it's not a big juicy C...@Ruth and Rob: Actually it's not a big juicy Christmas present from PW....my understanding (and someone correct me if I'm wrong) is that the authors in there had to pay a $149 "registration fee" to have their books listed, and of those, PW chose to review a handful. It's PW being predatory and pathetic.Blake Crouchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06523902534623143473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-15425322645470081282010-12-19T10:23:38.171-06:002010-12-19T10:23:38.171-06:00Ruth - WOW - this is huge news about PW. We knew i...Ruth - WOW - this is huge news about PW. We knew it was coming but didn't expect it as a Christmas present. Wish to thank all of youse guys who've taken the time to remark on the interview with Joe and the excerpt. I am seeing the numbers spike for T2012 and so appreciate your interest. Tell it on the mountain...hehehe!Rob Walkerhttp://www.robertwalkerbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-14382963455524638332010-12-19T09:01:22.923-06:002010-12-19T09:01:22.923-06:00Loved the interview! Loved the excerpt! Good luc...Loved the interview! Loved the excerpt! Good luck to you, Robert -- and to your 30+ titles!<br /><br />Want to let everyone know that the Dec 20 issue of Publisher's Weekly (we get ours a day ahead, today, Sunday the 19th) has a 32 page section devoted to self-publishing. It includes announcements of more than 200 titles & reviews of 38 self-pubbed books.<br /><br />PW doesn't go on-line until tomorrow (Monday). I will post a link in the comments here.<br /><br />Meanwhile, this is PW's first real acknowledgment of the huge change sweeping through publishing & a very exciting development!<br /><br />Ruth Harris<br />NYTimes bestselling author of <br /><a href="http://amzn.to/ft97O7" rel="nofollow">Husbands And Lovers</a>Ruth Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15246050315747917109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-30914338037585068462010-12-19T04:00:07.187-06:002010-12-19T04:00:07.187-06:00I love this story Joe! Thanks for sharing.I love this story Joe! Thanks for sharing.WiseMónahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12560896411311415348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-3108441481439109042010-12-19T01:02:06.919-06:002010-12-19T01:02:06.919-06:00I love this concept, Rob! I could barely stand to ...I love this concept, Rob! I could barely stand to watch a half hour of Cameron's film, Rob. Your book sounds like my kind of Titanic story. Sweet!<br /><br />Ann CharlesAnn Charleshttp://www.anncharles.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-29316385028092968862010-12-18T11:53:21.146-06:002010-12-18T11:53:21.146-06:00Enjoyable read and am looking forward to the entir...Enjoyable read and am looking forward to the entire story.<br /><br />Hey Joe and Rob, I liked this "Rob pulled me into him for a ‘man hug’ and a slap on the back to send me off."Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16353373844105134032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-20948451378393980952010-12-18T11:18:20.436-06:002010-12-18T11:18:20.436-06:00Some interview! I didn't realize my mouth was ...Some interview! I didn't realize my mouth was open till my lips got dry enough to crack - LOL<br />What stuck in my mind? "-to kill something on board." that's what - whew! :-O<br />Jackie GriffeyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-22796217876829411582010-12-18T08:59:11.937-06:002010-12-18T08:59:11.937-06:00Actually in T2012, there is no actual Time Travel ...Actually in T2012, there is no actual Time Travel element except to say that each chapter alternates with the time frame, that is to say you, the reader, the captain of the book, you are plunked down in the past, and next chapter the future - 2012, so in that sense yes, but there is no Time Machine going on, but rather a journal that is kept in one time period informs the other and in fact even the future chapter (science fiction) informs the past chapters (historical thriller). Wanted to clear that up.<br /><br />Gagliani - thanks for the support over the years and your insights while others seem blind to my best early work! Those books are all now, thanks to Joe's example, inspiration, and help ebooks and they have New Life!<br /><br />RobRob Walkerhttp://www.robertwalkerbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-17950252234274054392010-12-18T06:48:00.060-06:002010-12-18T06:48:00.060-06:00From what one of your reviewers said, I thought yo...From what one of your reviewers said, I thought you might have some old maps or something. Anyway, I think it's perfectly all right to take liberties with historical facts in a novel, especially one of this nature.Jude Hardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09994813046526310594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-62076092312712225192010-12-18T03:37:52.213-06:002010-12-18T03:37:52.213-06:00Very interesting plot. I love Titanic and with tim...Very interesting plot. I love Titanic and with time travel throw in, it's a winner!<br /><br /><a href="http://steamydarcy.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow"> Fire and Cross</a>Enid Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12248877161249788607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-89838850399540008602010-12-18T00:48:17.233-06:002010-12-18T00:48:17.233-06:00Hey Rob, great to see you here and cool interview ...Hey Rob, great to see you here and cool interview Joe! Rob, did you get my "gift" of ones and zeros? I'm looking forward to checking this out, man. Still think your kundalini book is one of the bestest, eeriest ever. And of course the Stroud books. Keep rockin' those historicals, though. Best of luck with this one! (Catch me on twitter.)WDGaglianihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17234030254232157173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-46748580804904056342010-12-17T21:55:02.477-06:002010-12-17T21:55:02.477-06:00Ooo I love all things Titanic (in a really morbid ...Ooo I love all things Titanic (in a really morbid sort of way, I admit) - gotta check it out!<br /><br />best of luck with it, Rob!Selena Kitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17783685215421352626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-26935195168058032982010-12-17T18:37:15.804-06:002010-12-17T18:37:15.804-06:00hmmmm....how did I research 1912 Belfast by Jude H...hmmmm....how did I research 1912 Belfast by Jude Hardin. Well you did read in the interview that I have figured out time travel, no? But it really helped that I did a huge amount of research for 1893 Chicago for the Inspector Alastair Ransom trilogy with City for Ransom and its sequels. Put me right in the mileu - and as I did reearch on the hospitals and instituions and the building of Titanic it was not hard at all to place myself down in the industrial city of Belfast. I took one liberty...the iron ore mine shaft was not close to the shipyards but I needed it within walking or rather stumbling distance. I am also or Irish and Scottish background and having grown up in Irish neighborhoods in Chicago...well...Rob Walkerhttp://www.robertwalkerbooks.comnoreply@blogger.com