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The Big Apple
Hi all!
I am back from New York! And I have my TOP FIVE moments from NYC (and they're even in order. Well, mostly.)
5. Wandering around Harlem. My agent advised me to take a cab from Laguardia airport to my hotel in Manhattan, but my husband assured me the bus/subway/walking route was the way to go. Plus, he said, it would be a great way to really experience the city. First, I got off on the wrong bus stop and spent an hour wandering around Harlem. Keep in mind it was dusk. The city was getting dark. Oh, and I had a strange man following me around, telling me I should "go somewhere with him." Finally I located the subway, but it was the WRONG TRAIN. But, hey. No problem, right? I figured I could make it work. Somehow. Then, as I was standing on the platform waiting for the train to arrive, the woman beside me said, "Miss, are you sure you're headed to the Bronx? 'Cause I think you want to go down another level. That will take you to Brooklyn." She looked like she knew what she was talking about, so I got on the train to Brooklyn. And the people on the Brooklyn-bound train helped me make it to Grand Central Station, which was only, like, fifteen blocks from my hotel. So, yeah. Experience the city? Check.
4. A surprise bag . . . with my own top ten to-do list. Shortly after I arrived at my hotel, a mysterious bag was delivered to my room.
Welcome-to-NYC goodies from my friends at Simon & Schuster! (I'm wearing the I <3 NY tee as I type this). They also gave me my own top ten list of things I had to do while in NYC, starting with buying a pretzel from a street vendor (check) and ending with . . .
3. Visiting my publishing team! Which, as it happens, is the most awesome publishing team ever. Period. These people are part human, part awesome. Part sheer publishing genius. Oh, and they're funny. So part comedian, too. And part rockstar! After the official meetings (like where the publicity team unearthed all of my secrets, stopping just short of the color of my underwear) we had lunch and talked about our favorite authors and made fun of Justin Chanda's artistic sketches, which have been known to include . . .
2. Early drafts of HUSH, HUSH's cover! I am sworn to secrecy in this department, but I can say that there will be no bananas on the cover. None whatsoever. There may, however, be something that resembles a banana on the cover. How's that for cryptic?
1.5. Dinner with editor Emily and publisher Justin. Tuesday night Emily, Justin and I ate dinner at The Blue Fin, which had the most amazing jazz going on in the background. We talked about our favorite shows and I think Justin and I convinced Emily to watch Veronica Mars. (And you were beginning to think I could write a post without mentioning Veronica Mars - ha!)
1. Meeting my agent and other cool people at InkWell. This is where the time line gets tricky. I met agent Catherine before I went to S&S, but I didn't meet the rest of the InkWell team until the following morning. They hinted at more good news on the horizon, but again, nothing is concrete so MUM's the word.
So, yeah! That's it! My amazing trip to NYC. I'll leave you with this pic of Times Square (just ignore the traffic cop glaring at me and thinking stupid tourist thoughts). Hopefully this will be the first trip of many!
-Becca
I am back from New York! And I have my TOP FIVE moments from NYC (and they're even in order. Well, mostly.)
5. Wandering around Harlem. My agent advised me to take a cab from Laguardia airport to my hotel in Manhattan, but my husband assured me the bus/subway/walking route was the way to go. Plus, he said, it would be a great way to really experience the city. First, I got off on the wrong bus stop and spent an hour wandering around Harlem. Keep in mind it was dusk. The city was getting dark. Oh, and I had a strange man following me around, telling me I should "go somewhere with him." Finally I located the subway, but it was the WRONG TRAIN. But, hey. No problem, right? I figured I could make it work. Somehow. Then, as I was standing on the platform waiting for the train to arrive, the woman beside me said, "Miss, are you sure you're headed to the Bronx? 'Cause I think you want to go down another level. That will take you to Brooklyn." She looked like she knew what she was talking about, so I got on the train to Brooklyn. And the people on the Brooklyn-bound train helped me make it to Grand Central Station, which was only, like, fifteen blocks from my hotel. So, yeah. Experience the city? Check.
4. A surprise bag . . . with my own top ten to-do list. Shortly after I arrived at my hotel, a mysterious bag was delivered to my room.
And what was inside?
Welcome-to-NYC goodies from my friends at Simon & Schuster! (I'm wearing the I <3 NY tee as I type this). They also gave me my own top ten list of things I had to do while in NYC, starting with buying a pretzel from a street vendor (check) and ending with . . .
3. Visiting my publishing team! Which, as it happens, is the most awesome publishing team ever. Period. These people are part human, part awesome. Part sheer publishing genius. Oh, and they're funny. So part comedian, too. And part rockstar! After the official meetings (like where the publicity team unearthed all of my secrets, stopping just short of the color of my underwear) we had lunch and talked about our favorite authors and made fun of Justin Chanda's artistic sketches, which have been known to include . . .
2. Early drafts of HUSH, HUSH's cover! I am sworn to secrecy in this department, but I can say that there will be no bananas on the cover. None whatsoever. There may, however, be something that resembles a banana on the cover. How's that for cryptic?
1.5. Dinner with editor Emily and publisher Justin. Tuesday night Emily, Justin and I ate dinner at The Blue Fin, which had the most amazing jazz going on in the background. We talked about our favorite shows and I think Justin and I convinced Emily to watch Veronica Mars. (And you were beginning to think I could write a post without mentioning Veronica Mars - ha!)
1. Meeting my agent and other cool people at InkWell. This is where the time line gets tricky. I met agent Catherine before I went to S&S, but I didn't meet the rest of the InkWell team until the following morning. They hinted at more good news on the horizon, but again, nothing is concrete so MUM's the word.
So, yeah! That's it! My amazing trip to NYC. I'll leave you with this pic of Times Square (just ignore the traffic cop glaring at me and thinking stupid tourist thoughts). Hopefully this will be the first trip of many!
-Becca