Well, sure and the Saints be praised. 'Tis findin' the wee folks umbrellas you'd be lookin' for then?
Sorry, it's a damp rainy March-like day here in Southwestern Virginia and I felt like it must be Saint Paddy's day somewhere.
I've seen a lot of negative reports on agents and publishing houses,
makes one wonder how even established writers get published. I
can pass on to you the couple of caveats I use when I need to check
somebody out.
1) Google them. Just enter their name in one of the search
engines on the web. I call it googling, because that sounds
better than yahooing or lycosing or exciting, oh wait, that's a real
word. Anyway, just by entering a name in any of the search
engines, you will get a surprising amout of data. I entered my
own out of curiosity and discovered an article written by my father in
1928 and a letter I'd written to the FCC a few years ago supporting the
Hughes/Echostar merger. (Make sure you spell google correctly if
you use them. There's a spoofer out there with very similar
spellings.)
2) Checkout the BBB in your city of business. If the agency has any complaints, they should be there.
3) Stick up a general question here. "Say has anyone done
business with Mom's Apple Pie Publishing?" We may not wish to
post a reply, but we can at least email our opinions.
Note to Mom: forgive me if you really are a publishing house. I have nothing but good things to say about you.
Other than that, keep trying. And check out other writer web
pages, there are lots and they cover the entire spectrum of
writing. Just don't ever part with a lot of personal data to
'register'. They don't need much more than your email address, a
user name and a password.
Good writing to you,
John