[Viva] Editorial Board Meeting, Writing for Girltalk

Fri May 6 18:34:57 PDT 2011

Hey Veronica,
Article length can vary from a one page to a three page feature. The subject
can be something that interests you in particular, or an issue facing HIV
women you feel strongly about, there are no real limitations on content,
however, as Denise pointed out in her email, it is ultimately necessary to
consider the readership and sometimes timing of the article subject (ie. the
subject may have been covered recently or similar articles written in recent
publications)

The suggested "theme" of the fall issue is education/back to school so any
topics related to that in general would be particularly strong. Let Denise
or myself know what you are thinking about, and we can go from there.

A couple of people have expressed interest which is fantastic! It may be
that we line up writers for the next two or three issues in advance, (for
the balance of the year even) which would also be great.

I will have more information Monday afternoon and send another email out
then. Thanks everyone for your response.

Anyone else feel a writers itch? More is better...

Shelly

On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Veronica bock <veronicabock at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  i will send something i need to know the limit and content allowed and
> what the subjects are
> love veronica
>
> $$ICE~BUNNY4U$$
>
>
>
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> Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 13:41:26 -0700
> From: shetognazzini at gmail.com
> To: viva at lists.resist.ca
>
> Subject: Re: [Viva] Editorial Board Meeting, Writing for Girltalk
>
> Hear Hear! Thanks for clarifying that issue Denise...and to all aspiring
> writers out there, be brave, speak up and write on!
>
> rainy daze here in Vancouver town....could someone turn up the heat?
>
> Happy Mothers Day to all of the fabulous Viva moms and their mothers...
>
> :)s
>
> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Denise Becker <dbecker106 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> Thanks for sending this, Shelly.
>
> The Board has nothing to do with approving articles for Positive Living
> magazine.  They are approved by the magazine committee and Jeff Rotin helps
> edit them (I know from personal experience that he makes us all look
> good!!).  I think the key is to put an article suggestion to Shelly, myself
> or Jeff Rotin at jeffr at positivelivingbc.org.  I know there have to be some
> budding writers out there and why not give it a try?  It is easy not to
> appear at any meetings and say no one is willing to hear your side but this
> is a part of the magazine especially set aside for us and it was hard to get
> the Committee to do that because I did hear arguments to set aside sections
> for other groups too.  We made a case as to why women should be heard.
>  OBVIOUSLY... if you are going to write from a personal viewpoint then you
> want to add to the total reader experience... for example, if I wrote about
> my friend who has a sister who has an illness and how HIV is sucking funds
> from them, then that would be highly unlikely to make it into the magazine
> and would best be left for the Positive Gathering!!! LOL
>
> If you are worried about anonymity then you can always suggest an idea to
> Shelly or I and we will check out how to do it anonymously.
>
> Denise
>
>
>  On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Tami Starlight <tamistarlight at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> Board approved topic?
>
> haaa...........
>
> no thanks
>
> tami
>
> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 3:40 PM, shelly tognazzini <shetognazzini at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I will be attending the editorial board meeting this Monday and wondered if
> anyone had a topic and a burning desire to write an article for Girl Talk.
> (Living Positive magazine)This would be for the fall issue, and strongly
> encourage anyone out there who has an idea or issue to write about to send
> an email and let me know. (Prior to Monday would be great if possible) The
> Board has to approve the topic in advance so, if you have a few different
> topics, all the better.
>
> Both Margarite and myself are very interested in ensuring that anyone who
> would like to take on writing an article knows that they will have both of
> our time and support to assist with the process and ensure deadlines are
> met.
>
> Hope to hear from anyone interested, and wish everyone well.
> kindest regards,
> Shelly
>
>
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