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Pitch Opportunities

Last month we put together pitches – the 30-second “What is your book about?” Unless you happen to end up next to an editor or agent at a conference dinner, what can you do with them? 

1 X (formerly you know who) Pitch Events.

These were great during COVID!

Google “online pitch event,” and several sites will listed. Many are for specific genres of groups of authors. If you fit one of those, this is an excellent place to get noticed because editors watch for new and emerging voices. Read all the parameters on the group website. Some will let agented authors pitch, but some won’t. All have rules for how many times a day and how many titles may be pitched.

However, with the X (formerly blah blah) world in flux, many events or Pitch Parties are pausing or moving to other hosts. Just verify that the one you like is active.

2 In person planned pitching.

Short of tracking your preferred agent into the restroom (DON’T) or pouncing out from behind a potted palm, in-person events are increasingly adding pitch opportunities, sometimes at a luncheon where people with the same genre get a minute or 3 to pitch a book to one of the guest editor/agents. (Don’t talk with your mouth full.) It may cost the price of the lunch or a bit more.

At other times, conference speakers, agents, and editors will be available for a conversation of 10–15 minutes. Have your pitch ready Because these move very fast – think speed-dating your book.

Finally, sometimes agents offer an opportunity to pitch after the conference ends and get special consideration.

All About (hehehe) Hashtags

Every pitch event has categories they specifically use for their opportunity. But even if you are in a meeting in person, mentally defining hashtags will help you define and narrow your focus to make your pitch more impactful. Some samples:

  • Age Categories
  • #PB = Picture Book
  • #CB = Chapter Book
  • #MG = Middle Grade
  • #YA = Young Adult
  • Additional hashtags (ONLY if applicable)
  • #DIS = Disability subject matter
  • #LGBT = LGBTQIA+ subject matter
  • #ND = Neurodiverse subject matter
  • #OWN = Own Voices
  • #POC = Author is a Person of Color
  • Genres/Sub-genres
  • #F = Fantasy
  • #GN = Graphic Novel
  • #H = Horror
  • #HA = Humor
  • #HF = Historical Fiction
  • #M = Mystery
  • #NF = Non-fiction
  • #STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
  • #SH = Superhero

It is worth having pitches in a file for use any time – and don’t forget to watch for the latest hot topics. That dusty idea from 7 years ago might be just right for now! Pitch it!

Multi award winning author Robin Currie holds a Master of Library Science from the University of Iowa but learned story sharing by sitting on the floor during more than 1000 story times. She sold 1.7 M copies of her 40 storybooks, writes stories to read and read again, and just dusted off a pitch for an editor of an old story whose time has finally come! (Cross fingers!)

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Wind Up and. . .Pitch!

“So, tell me about your book.” What a great invitation – whether it is from family or friends or (gasp) agent or editor! You finally have their attention! Be ready with your PITCH!

Pitch/logline is one amazingly compact sentence the relates the essence of your story, specifically the plot.

Well, that sounds easy – until I try to write one! There are two good places to find examples.

1 Book description on Amazon or another book seller.

Many times, an original pitch to sell the manuscript is fleshed out to become the book synopsis or back cover copy. I am currently pitching “We’re Getting a Dinosaur!” I looked at board books about dinosaurs and new babies. I found back cover copy:

“A big sister anticipates the birth of a new sibling in this warm and funny stage-by-stage picture book tour of all the sizes of a growing baby, from teeny-tiny poppy seed to giant watermelon. (My Brother Is an Avocado by Tracy Darnton (Author), Yasmeen Ismail (Illustrator). Margaret K McElderry, 2023.

“A big-kid dinosaur can’t wait to teach the new baby everything in this funny, tender, joyful take on becoming a big sister or brother.”

(How to Grow a Dinosaur by Jill Esbaum (Author), Mike Boldt (Illustrator), Dial, 2018.

“It’s not easy being a big sister, especially when your new baby brother is a dino-baby!” (Dino-Baby by Mark Sperring (Author), Sam Lloyd (Illustrator). Bloomsbury, 2013.

2 ChatGPT generates loglines.

It is NOT compromising your authorship to let AI help with pitches!

I typed in: “kid thinks new member of household will be a dinosaur. Shocked with baby in pink blanket.  Baby is like dino – loud, messy, and runs the house.”

AI came back with: When a young child eagerly awaits the arrival of a new family member, they’re convinced it’s going to be a dinosaur. But when the baby finally arrives, wrapped in pink, they realize she might just be the wildest dinosaur of them all.

So I asked AI to rewrite the pitch for a board book. 

AI sent back: In “Dino Baby Adventures,” a child eagerly awaits a new family member, expecting a dinosaur but instead finding a wild, messy baby girl wrapped in pink. Could she be a dinosaur in disguise?

3 Find the common thread or buzz words.

They are upbeat and funny, succinct but piquing curiosity. Many have SEL education about accepting a new baby.

My final pitch is: A child’s dream of a Dino Sized Romp is shattered by the arrival of a baby in a pink blanket, but she has dinosaur traits: loud, messy, and rules the house. Maybe it’s a Cyndi-saurus!

This month look at book blurbs and mess with ChatGPT (the free version). Then experiment with writing pitches for your WIP. You are ready to meet an agent in an elevator!

Next month I’ll take pitching a step further with “X (formerly known as Twitter)” contests and above the slush pile opportunities.

Multi award winning author Robin Currie holds a Master of Library Science from the University of Iowa but learned story sharing by sitting on the floor during more than 1000 story times! She sold 1.7 M copies of her 40 storybooks and writes stories to read and read again!

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A Season for Something Else

One a scale of 1-10, parts of the year 2023 were a minus 6.

We saw family, we traveled, the kids grew older, the grandkids grew more wonderful, and the truck did not break down..

I was also diagnosed with breast cancer.

Which was distracting! Waiting, tests, results, waiting, surgery, waiting, more tests, radiation. Finally, I am on a treatment break – once they stopped fixing me it feels great!

But somewhere in that emotional chaos, I completely lost any interest or ability to write. I have been writing since I was in my 30’s, but in the last 6 months…nothing. No ideas sounded any good. No clever turns of phrase of even bad puns seems worth committing to paper.

So, as we wrap up 2023 (yippee!), I offer some thoughts on what to do when there is too much life to be creative.

1  Continue Learning

I could not travel but I signed up for every single online class – mostly free, but even paid for few – watch and rewatched the videos, getting every bit of learning I could. I went to marketing classes, classes for teachers, how to work with social media, latest trends in publishing, changes in the industry.

2  Keep Engaging

I followed new bloggers on FB and IG. I committed to comment on at least 4 posts each week. I bought a subscription to PW and watched for award winning books from friends. I stayed active in my critique and author support groups and joined a new one.

3  Edit Old Stuff

Time to drag out the “well there are too many dog books on the market right now” stories and see if one could get a new life. I looked over old lists of ideas. I tweaked a board book rhyme from years ago and submitted it to a contest where it placed in the top 10!

4  Support Others

I spent the month of December promoting all the books from my support and critique group members on FB, IG and X. To do it I researched any commemorative dates from one of the lists of something for every day and an amazing number of celebrations matched what my friends had written! Then I made a template on Canva and posted daily.

5  Build for the future

In the hope that some writing ability/interest will come back, I updated all my proposal outlines with new comp titles and connections, continued posting on FB and IG, chose new groups to join in 2024.

We go through slumps and dry spells – hoping you keep writing and 2024 will be your best year yet!

Multi award winning author Robin Currie learned story sharing by sitting on the floor, in library story times. She has sold 1.7 M copies of her 40 storybooks and (hopes eventually to) write stories to read and read again!

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Yoo-Hoo Agents!

One gazillion years ago when I started writing on stone tablets, I never needed an agent to get published. I just sent a story to an editor at a religious published house, and they published it. Imagine – no proposal, no marketing plan, no comp titles!

Of course, back then, Christian books were more likely to be two-color publications with way too many words and bad rhymes that only sold to a small group of buyers and never appeared in bookstores. There were no Bible-board books when I wrote the Baby Bible Storybook. That is one reason it sold so well. First to market. Not much competition.

Quality-wise, those were not the good old days! It is a far greater gift to the world to have lovely full-color, right-length books showing God’s love for children today. Blessed are we who can continue to write and illustrate them!

With all the competition now and online submissions so fast and easy, anyone can send anything to any publisher. And they do! Enter the gatekeepers. Once upon a time, the Children’s Editor (or 2 in a big house) read everything. Then they added a layer of assistant editors and then junior assistants to the editors to wade through the ever-growing slush pile.

Eventually, even the junior, junior editors were swamped, and picture book agents came into the children’s writing world in the 1970s. Today there are many articles entitled “98 Agents Looking for YOUR Book,” or “The Ultimate List of Picture Book Agents!” Twitter has several pitch sessions only for unagented writers. Specific agent wish lists can be found on Manuscript Wish List. The Official Manuscript Wish List Website – #MSWL: What do you wish you had in your inbox?

It used to be that an agent who saw one of three qualities would pursue the author as a client. Now unless there are at least two of the three, it is likely a pass.

1 Quality writing

Not even the 15th draft but one that has been critiqued by several groups read out loud, rewritten, put aside and pulled out again for fresh eyes. Rhyme is perfect, and every word is chosen because there is no word better for that sentence. Agents usually do not have time to rewrite and correct the manuscript of a potential client.

2 Big Idea 

Agents want to see 2 or 3 manuscripts, each with a unique big idea. The premise of each book can be stated in 1-2 power-packed sentences with immediate connections to the reader/listener. “The night before school, Bjorn the unicorn can’t sleep. His Big Boy Horn has not grown in yet!” Agents want to use that pitch line to get editors’ attention. 

3 Platform

In the hundreds or thousands, publishers look for committed followers who will buy your books. Online presence must relate to the book, genre, and/or subject. An influencer for men’s fragrance has lots of followers, but those people will not be the ones to buy the unicorn book. Agents want to send editors to posts geared to potential book purchasers. 

In practical terms, since agents will be shopping the manuscript to editors who have to show it around a publishing house, they want a clean copy with NO illustration notes. The text should convey all the artist needs to know. 

Fall the action picks up in contracts and publishing, so now is a great time to get positioned to attract an agent for 2023!

Robin Currie

Multi award-winning author Robin Currie learned story sharing by sitting on the floor, during library story times. She has sold 1.7 M copies of her 40 storybooks and writes stories to read and read again! Robin is delighted to be represented by literary agent Cyle Young, HOME – CyleYoung.com

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Exploding Inboxes

My e-mail is suddenly full of opportunities! Live face-to-face conferences are happening all over the country, sponsored by different groups. Gone are the days of ZOOM screens full of attendees with no way to stand out from the crowd. Real-time in-person is back. So are opportunities to pitch and impress the agent/editor of your choice. 

The best way I have found to be memorable AFTER the suitcases are unpacked is a One Sheet. More detailed (and personalized) than a business card without the poundage of a full proposal, One Sheets help an agent or editor recall a conversation about a particular book, project idea, or author when decisions are being made back at the office. Hand them out at socials, appointments, or at dinner.

Elements of a One Sheet for a book:

Book info

Twitter-length pitch

Mini Marketing

Bitty Bio

Contact for author/agent

Think of it as an elevator pitch on paper!

Book Pitch One Sheet

The beauty of this one piece of paper (leave the back blank so the editor/agent can take notes) is that it can easily be tweaked if you know a particular editor/agent will be attending. Mention publisher interests or manuscript wish lists, Twitter requests, or your social media following.

Elements of a One Sheet for an author:

Recent publishing

Relevant awards

Bitty Bio

Areas of expertise/interest

Contact for author/agent

Think of it as a meet and greet on paper!

Author Intro One Sheet

Best wishes as you offer yourself to the publishing world – one sheet at a time!

Multi-award-winning author Robin Currie learned story sharing by sitting on the floor during library story times. She has sold 1.7 M copies of her 40 storybooks and writes stories to read and read again! Happy 1-year birthday to How to Dress a Dinosaur, also a recent winner of Feathered Quill and Pen Craft awards.

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Three Little Pigs by AI

Two Epic Proportion Floods are predicted in the publishing industry. Artificial Intelligence has discovered writing and illustrating. At the present time I am post-critique editing a spin off of the Three Little Pigs so I scoped out the “competition.”

Writing

CHATGPT (ChatGPT: The Most Advanced AI Chatbot in 2022​) will write anything from paragraphs to term papers. It is free and easy to use. I asked for “a story that was a twist on Three Little Pigs.”

Once upon a time, the three little pigs were each building their houses as usual. The first pig built his house out of straw, the second pig built his house out of sticks, and the third pig built his house out of bricks. However, this time, instead of a big, bad wolf coming to blow down their houses, a group of hungry bears came along. The bears sniffed around the straw house and were able to easily knock it down, causing the first pig to flee to the second pig’s stick house. The bears were also able to knock down the stick house with ease, causing the two pigs to flee to the brick house. The brick house was too strong for the bears to knock down, so the three little pigs were safe.

Hmmmm.

I then requested a “rhyming text of the first pig building a straw house.”

Once there was a little pig

Who wanted to build a house that was big

He found some straw that was bright and yellow

And began building with a great deal of mellow

He worked and worked, from dawn till dusk

Until his little house was built on a husk

He stood back and admired what he’d done

Proud of the straw house he’d won

Nonononononono!

Illustrating

Midjourney (https://www.midjourney.com/) is a little trickier to navigate. After several attempts I did get “Three Pigs in a brick house.”

Passable. They are pigs.

I could ask for any of those drawings to be refined – for example putting the pigs in tux or tutus. When I tried to add the wolf, the AI went in its own direction and did not produce a kids’ illustration.

Tidal Wave

The dire prediction is that the book market will be tsunami-ed with these AI creations which are approaching tolerable writing and illustrations and can be produced and self-published very cheaply. Certainly, if you need cover art for a novel, this will be a cheap alternative to paying for an illustration used only once.

At present it is cumbersome to get a set of pictures using the same characters going through different scenes and situations as would be needed in a picture book.

Lifeboats yet?

AI produces exactly what is asked for and if I kept working with either program, I might have refined a finished product, but there is not yet the spark of life that human produced art and writing gives. I suspect before AI becomes accomplished, publishers will have a program to determine if a submission is AI or human generated (as academics do now to detect plagiarism).

Just keep swimming…

What this means to us as human producers is that our quality has to be so innovative, so creative and imaginative that no one would suspect it was done by a robot!

Thanks to Cyle Young (CyleYoung.com) for the early heads up on this trend!

Multi-award-winning author Robin Currie learned story sharing by sitting on the floor, during library story times. She has sold 1.7 M copies of her 40 storybooks and writes stories to read and read again! Robin is happy to note How to Dress a Dinosaur found its unique spot on the publisher’s list!

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Christmas Needs Help!

Ever since the Grinch stole into our holidays in 1957, authors have been spinning the “How xxx Christmas” tales. Take an unlikely hero and save the day! It’s holiday magic!

 How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss (Random House)

Unicorn and the Rainbow Poop Save Christmas by Emma Adams (Scholastic)

‘Twas the Night Before Christmas: A First for Gus by Sherry Roberts  (Lee Press)

The Tinysaurs Save Christmas by Patricia Hegarty (Tiger Tales)

Little Bird Finds Christmas by Marianne Richmond (Jabberwocky)

 How Winston Delivered Christmas by Alex T. Smith (Silver Dolphin)

Dasher: How a Brave Little Doe Changed Christmas Forever by Matt Tavares (Candlewick)

How to Hide a Lion at Christmas by Helen Stephens (Henry Holt)

Elbow Grease Saves Christmas by John Cena (Random House)

How Winston Came Home for Christmas by Alex T. Smith (Silver Dolphin)

 How the Villains Ruined Christmas by Serena Valentino (Disney Press)

 Dachshund Through The Snow by Michelle Medlock Adams (Endgame Press)

How the Crayons Saved Christmas by Monica Sweeney (Sky Pony)

 Pete the Cat Saves Christmas by Eric Litwin (Scholastic)

How Do Dinosaurs Say Merry Christmas? by Jane Yolen (Blue Sky Press)

 So how do we get our “How to xxx Christmas” books on the 2025 publishers’ lists? 

WHERE?

Snow is not always in the weather forecast for December 25! Our northern hemisphere Christmas visions are based on European traditions, but Christmas comes worldwide and through time.

  • Thailand
  • South Africa
  • Australia 
  • Underwater
  • The far future
  • Prehistoric times

How does the change in location impact how Santa dresses, who pulls the sleigh, and what they eat for Christmas dinner?

WHO? 

Christmas-saving protagonists are unlikely but possess a unique talent.

  • Wombats dig deep tunnels.
  • Prairie dogs communicate and do “The Wave.”
  • Plumed Basilisks walk on top of the water.
  • Dung beetles roll up to 10 times their weight. 
    • Hummingbirds fly backward.
  • Bats use sounds to guide them in the dark.

WHAT?

Our spunky protagonists need an insurmountable obstacle to overcome!

  • Blizzard
  • Air pollution
  • Monsoon
  • Living in a new place 
  • Monsters
  • People who don’t believe in Santa!

AND A TWIST…

We need to know enough about the one who saves Christmas to care about the struggle and cheer for victory.

Has the protagonist been an outcast from the group, mocked for his size or lack of ability?

Does our protagonist display courage, compassion, or creativity? Will there be unlikely helpers or encouragers along the way?

What obstacles will cause failure (usually 2 times) and then be overcome by the unique skill?

Then a sprinkle of Santa’s magic and we take flight!

PS: Do let me know if you manage “How Dung Beetle Saved Christmas in South Africa!”

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Award Winning author Robin Currie learned story sharing by sitting on the floor, in library story times. She has sold 1.7 M copies of her 40 storybooks and writes stories to read and read again! Robin is the author of the Baby Bible series of board books, including The Baby Bible Christmas Storybook.

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How to Launch a Dinosaur

Back in 2021, I relayed the long, long trail to sell a 181-word board book manuscript for publication. And I promised to describe the launch!

Triassic 

From dinos in my brain to in the book is like waiting to see a first-born child. Finally, the editor approves the illustrator, and How to Dress a Dinosaur has a cover reveal! Over the top cuteness, I put it on my website, Facebook, and find a launch group of other authors with 2022 releases.

Jurassic

Confidently, I contact local preschools, bookstores, and libraries for the Big Launch event. That’s when I’m informed that with a pandemic (I already had shots) going on no kid programs are being scheduled in March. And everyone is tired of Zoom.

In the meantime, I hire a virtual assistant and build a Pinterest board for dinosaur-related crafts, food, games, and costumes. Plus I order the cutest-ever dinosaur-themed dress.

Copies of my book arrive. I get so excited to tear into packaging I forget to take the usual “box opening” video. I beg family member for photos of any kids in dino costumes or with dinos and unearth my nephew’s dinosaur themed wedding!

I sneakily check all my area libraries to see if they have How to Dress a Dinosaur on order and, as a “local author,” request they purchase it. My launch group comes through with reviews on Goodreads. I start micro-watching the Amazon New Books page and get very excited when How to Dress a Dinosaur gets to number 11! This is going to be big!

Comet Strike

March 15! This is it! Launch Day!…crickets…

I read How to Dress a Dinosaur to one preschool outdoors on a blustery day in a heavy coat—which covers my cute dinosaur dress. Sigh.

Cretaceous

At last, a local bookstore is willing to live-launch How to Dress a Dinosaur on International Dinosaurs Day at the end of May! I bribe my teenage grandchildren to dress in blow-up dinosaur costumes. My own International Dinosaur Day is a real-time event with people who want an autographed copy! Book launches. Post pictures.

Cenozoic

I write an adorable sequel to How to Dress a Dinosaur and am informed the dino market is glutted. Time to move on to mammals…

Award Winning author Robin Currie learned story sharing by sitting on the floor, during library story times. She has sold 1.7 M copies of her 40 storybooks and writes stories to read and read again. Robin is thrilled to have finally launched  How to Dress a Dinosaur  (familius, 2022)!

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The Good Life

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The Carnatic was announced to leave Hong Kong at five the next morning. Mr. Fogg had sixteen hours in which to attend to his business there, which was to deposit Aouda safely with her wealthy relative.

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Mr. Fogg repaired to the Exchange, where, he did not doubt, every one would know so wealthy and considerable a personage as the Parsee merchant. Meeting a broker, he made the inquiry, to learn that Jeejeeh had left China two years before, and, retiring from business with an immense fortune, had taken up his residence in Europe—in Holland the broker thought, with the merchants of which country he had principally traded. Phileas Fogg returned to the hotel, begged a moment’s conversation with Aouda, and without more ado, apprised her that Jeejeeh was no longer at Hong Kong, but probably in Holland.

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Benefits Of Early Rising

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The Carnatic was announced to leave Hong Kong at five the next morning. Mr. Fogg had sixteen hours in which to attend to his business there, which was to deposit Aouda safely with her wealthy relative.

On landing, he conducted her to a palanquin, in which they repaired to the Club Hotel. A room was engaged for the young woman, and Mr. Fogg, after seeing that she wanted for nothing, set out in search of her cousin Jeejeeh. He instructed Passepartout to remain at the hotel until his return, that Aouda might not be left entirely alone.

Mr. Fogg repaired to the Exchange, where, he did not doubt, every one would know so wealthy and considerable a personage as the Parsee merchant. Meeting a broker, he made the inquiry, to learn that Jeejeeh had left China two years before, and, retiring from business with an immense fortune, had taken up his residence in Europe—in Holland the broker thought, with the merchants of which country he had principally traded. Phileas Fogg returned to the hotel, begged a moment’s conversation with Aouda, and without more ado, apprised her that Jeejeeh was no longer at Hong Kong, but probably in Holland.

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The Carnatic was announced to leave Hong Kong at five the next morning. Mr. Fogg had sixteen hours in which to attend to his business there, which was to deposit Aouda safely with her wealthy relative.

On landing, he conducted her to a palanquin, in which they repaired to the Club Hotel. A room was engaged for the young woman, and Mr. Fogg, after seeing that she wanted for nothing, set out in search of her cousin Jeejeeh. He instructed Passepartout to remain at the hotel until his return, that Aouda might not be left entirely alone.

Mr. Fogg repaired to the Exchange, where, he did not doubt, every one would know so wealthy and considerable a personage as the Parsee merchant. Meeting a broker, he made the inquiry, to learn that Jeejeeh had left China two years before, and, retiring from business with an immense fortune, had taken up his residence in Europe—in Holland the broker thought, with the merchants of which country he had principally traded. Phileas Fogg returned to the hotel, begged a moment’s conversation with Aouda, and without more ado, apprised her that Jeejeeh was no longer at Hong Kong, but probably in Holland.

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Bright Future Ahead

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The Carnatic was announced to leave Hong Kong at five the next morning. Mr. Fogg had sixteen hours in which to attend to his business there, which was to deposit Aouda safely with her wealthy relative.

On landing, he conducted her to a palanquin, in which they repaired to the Club Hotel. A room was engaged for the young woman, and Mr. Fogg, after seeing that she wanted for nothing, set out in search of her cousin Jeejeeh. He instructed Passepartout to remain at the hotel until his return, that Aouda might not be left entirely alone.

Mr. Fogg repaired to the Exchange, where, he did not doubt, every one would know so wealthy and considerable a personage as the Parsee merchant. Meeting a broker, he made the inquiry, to learn that Jeejeeh had left China two years before, and, retiring from business with an immense fortune, had taken up his residence in Europe—in Holland the broker thought, with the merchants of which country he had principally traded. Phileas Fogg returned to the hotel, begged a moment’s conversation with Aouda, and without more ado, apprised her that Jeejeeh was no longer at Hong Kong, but probably in Holland.

[/vc_column_text][bquote type=”tagline” prk_in=”I have given no small attention to that not unvexed subject, the skin of the whale. I have had controversies about it with experienced whalemen afloat, and learned naturalists ashore. My original opinion remains unchanged.”][vc_column_text]The steamer which crossed the Pacific from Yokohama to San Francisco made a direct connection with that from Hong Kong, and it could not sail until the latter reached Yokohama; and if Mr. Fogg was twenty-four hours late on reaching Yokohama, this time would no doubt be easily regained in the voyage of twenty-two days across the Pacific. He found himself, then, about twenty-four hours behind-hand, thirty-five days after leaving London.

The Carnatic was announced to leave Hong Kong at five the next morning. Mr. Fogg had sixteen hours in which to attend to his business there, which was to deposit Aouda safely with her wealthy relative.

On landing, he conducted her to a palanquin, in which they repaired to the Club Hotel. A room was engaged for the young woman, and Mr. Fogg, after seeing that she wanted for nothing, set out in search of her cousin Jeejeeh. He instructed Passepartout to remain at the hotel until his return, that Aouda might not be left entirely alone.

Mr. Fogg repaired to the Exchange, where, he did not doubt, every one would know so wealthy and considerable a personage as the Parsee merchant. Meeting a broker, he made the inquiry, to learn that Jeejeeh had left China two years before, and, retiring from business with an immense fortune, had taken up his residence in Europe—in Holland the broker thought, with the merchants of which country he had principally traded. Phileas Fogg returned to the hotel, begged a moment’s conversation with Aouda, and without more ado, apprised her that Jeejeeh was no longer at Hong Kong, but probably in Holland.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The steamer which crossed the Pacific from Yokohama to San Francisco made a direct connection with that from Hong Kong, and it could not sail until the latter reached Yokohama; and if Mr. Fogg was twenty-four hours late on reaching Yokohama, this time would no doubt be easily regained in the voyage of twenty-two days across the Pacific. He found himself, then, about twenty-four hours behind-hand, thirty-five days after leaving London.

The Carnatic was announced to leave Hong Kong at five the next morning. Mr. Fogg had sixteen hours in which to attend to his business there, which was to deposit Aouda safely with her wealthy relative.

On landing, he conducted her to a palanquin, in which they repaired to the Club Hotel. A room was engaged for the young woman, and Mr. Fogg, after seeing that she wanted for nothing, set out in search of her cousin Jeejeeh. He instructed Passepartout to remain at the hotel until his return, that Aouda might not be left entirely alone.

Mr. Fogg repaired to the Exchange, where, he did not doubt, every one would know so wealthy and considerable a personage as the Parsee merchant. Meeting a broker, he made the inquiry, to learn that Jeejeeh had left China two years before, and, retiring from business with an immense fortune, had taken up his residence in Europe—in Holland the broker thought, with the merchants of which country he had principally traded. Phileas Fogg returned to the hotel, begged a moment’s conversation with Aouda, and without more ado, apprised her that Jeejeeh was no longer at Hong Kong, but probably in Holland.

[/vc_column_text][bquote type=”tagline” prk_in=”I have given no small attention to that not unvexed subject, the skin of the whale. I have had controversies about it with experienced whalemen afloat, and learned naturalists ashore. My original opinion remains unchanged.”][vc_column_text]The steamer which crossed the Pacific from Yokohama to San Francisco made a direct connection with that from Hong Kong, and it could not sail until the latter reached Yokohama; and if Mr. Fogg was twenty-four hours late on reaching Yokohama, this time would no doubt be easily regained in the voyage of twenty-two days across the Pacific. He found himself, then, about twenty-four hours behind-hand, thirty-five days after leaving London.

The Carnatic was announced to leave Hong Kong at five the next morning. Mr. Fogg had sixteen hours in which to attend to his business there, which was to deposit Aouda safely with her wealthy relative.

On landing, he conducted her to a palanquin, in which they repaired to the Club Hotel. A room was engaged for the young woman, and Mr. Fogg, after seeing that she wanted for nothing, set out in search of her cousin Jeejeeh. He instructed Passepartout to remain at the hotel until his return, that Aouda might not be left entirely alone.

Mr. Fogg repaired to the Exchange, where, he did not doubt, every one would know so wealthy and considerable a personage as the Parsee merchant. Meeting a broker, he made the inquiry, to learn that Jeejeeh had left China two years before, and, retiring from business with an immense fortune, had taken up his residence in Europe—in Holland the broker thought, with the merchants of which country he had principally traded. Phileas Fogg returned to the hotel, begged a moment’s conversation with Aouda, and without more ado, apprised her that Jeejeeh was no longer at Hong Kong, but probably in Holland.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The steamer which crossed the Pacific from Yokohama to San Francisco made a direct connection with that from Hong Kong, and it could not sail until the latter reached Yokohama; and if Mr. Fogg was twenty-four hours late on reaching Yokohama, this time would no doubt be easily regained in the voyage of twenty-two days across the Pacific. He found himself, then, about twenty-four hours behind-hand, thirty-five days after leaving London.

The Carnatic was announced to leave Hong Kong at five the next morning. Mr. Fogg had sixteen hours in which to attend to his business there, which was to deposit Aouda safely with her wealthy relative.

On landing, he conducted her to a palanquin, in which they repaired to the Club Hotel. A room was engaged for the young woman, and Mr. Fogg, after seeing that she wanted for nothing, set out in search of her cousin Jeejeeh. He instructed Passepartout to remain at the hotel until his return, that Aouda might not be left entirely alone.

Mr. Fogg repaired to the Exchange, where, he did not doubt, every one would know so wealthy and considerable a personage as the Parsee merchant. Meeting a broker, he made the inquiry, to learn that Jeejeeh had left China two years before, and, retiring from business with an immense fortune, had taken up his residence in Europe—in Holland the broker thought, with the merchants of which country he had principally traded. Phileas Fogg returned to the hotel, begged a moment’s conversation with Aouda, and without more ado, apprised her that Jeejeeh was no longer at Hong Kong, but probably in Holland.

[/vc_column_text][bquote type=”tagline” prk_in=”I have given no small attention to that not unvexed subject, the skin of the whale. I have had controversies about it with experienced whalemen afloat, and learned naturalists ashore. My original opinion remains unchanged.”][vc_column_text]The steamer which crossed the Pacific from Yokohama to San Francisco made a direct connection with that from Hong Kong, and it could not sail until the latter reached Yokohama; and if Mr. Fogg was twenty-four hours late on reaching Yokohama, this time would no doubt be easily regained in the voyage of twenty-two days across the Pacific. He found himself, then, about twenty-four hours behind-hand, thirty-five days after leaving London.

The Carnatic was announced to leave Hong Kong at five the next morning. Mr. Fogg had sixteen hours in which to attend to his business there, which was to deposit Aouda safely with her wealthy relative.

On landing, he conducted her to a palanquin, in which they repaired to the Club Hotel. A room was engaged for the young woman, and Mr. Fogg, after seeing that she wanted for nothing, set out in search of her cousin Jeejeeh. He instructed Passepartout to remain at the hotel until his return, that Aouda might not be left entirely alone.

Mr. Fogg repaired to the Exchange, where, he did not doubt, every one would know so wealthy and considerable a personage as the Parsee merchant. Meeting a broker, he made the inquiry, to learn that Jeejeeh had left China two years before, and, retiring from business with an immense fortune, had taken up his residence in Europe—in Holland the broker thought, with the merchants of which country he had principally traded. Phileas Fogg returned to the hotel, begged a moment’s conversation with Aouda, and without more ado, apprised her that Jeejeeh was no longer at Hong Kong, but probably in Holland.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The steamer which crossed the Pacific from Yokohama to San Francisco made a direct connection with that from Hong Kong, and it could not sail until the latter reached Yokohama; and if Mr. Fogg was twenty-four hours late on reaching Yokohama, this time would no doubt be easily regained in the voyage of twenty-two days across the Pacific. He found himself, then, about twenty-four hours behind-hand, thirty-five days after leaving London.

The Carnatic was announced to leave Hong Kong at five the next morning. Mr. Fogg had sixteen hours in which to attend to his business there, which was to deposit Aouda safely with her wealthy relative.

On landing, he conducted her to a palanquin, in which they repaired to the Club Hotel. A room was engaged for the young woman, and Mr. Fogg, after seeing that she wanted for nothing, set out in search of her cousin Jeejeeh. He instructed Passepartout to remain at the hotel until his return, that Aouda might not be left entirely alone.

Mr. Fogg repaired to the Exchange, where, he did not doubt, every one would know so wealthy and considerable a personage as the Parsee merchant. Meeting a broker, he made the inquiry, to learn that Jeejeeh had left China two years before, and, retiring from business with an immense fortune, had taken up his residence in Europe—in Holland the broker thought, with the merchants of which country he had principally traded. Phileas Fogg returned to the hotel, begged a moment’s conversation with Aouda, and without more ado, apprised her that Jeejeeh was no longer at Hong Kong, but probably in Holland.

[/vc_column_text][bquote type=”tagline” prk_in=”I have given no small attention to that not unvexed subject, the skin of the whale. I have had controversies about it with experienced whalemen afloat, and learned naturalists ashore. My original opinion remains unchanged.”][vc_column_text]The steamer which crossed the Pacific from Yokohama to San Francisco made a direct connection with that from Hong Kong, and it could not sail until the latter reached Yokohama; and if Mr. Fogg was twenty-four hours late on reaching Yokohama, this time would no doubt be easily regained in the voyage of twenty-two days across the Pacific. He found himself, then, about twenty-four hours behind-hand, thirty-five days after leaving London.

The Carnatic was announced to leave Hong Kong at five the next morning. Mr. Fogg had sixteen hours in which to attend to his business there, which was to deposit Aouda safely with her wealthy relative.

On landing, he conducted her to a palanquin, in which they repaired to the Club Hotel. A room was engaged for the young woman, and Mr. Fogg, after seeing that she wanted for nothing, set out in search of her cousin Jeejeeh. He instructed Passepartout to remain at the hotel until his return, that Aouda might not be left entirely alone.

Mr. Fogg repaired to the Exchange, where, he did not doubt, every one would know so wealthy and considerable a personage as the Parsee merchant. Meeting a broker, he made the inquiry, to learn that Jeejeeh had left China two years before, and, retiring from business with an immense fortune, had taken up his residence in Europe—in Holland the broker thought, with the merchants of which country he had principally traded. Phileas Fogg returned to the hotel, begged a moment’s conversation with Aouda, and without more ado, apprised her that Jeejeeh was no longer at Hong Kong, but probably in Holland.

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