[Viva] Editorial Board Meeting, Writing for Girltalk

Fri May 6 18:36:31 PDT 2011

or Margarite as well...!
hope everyone has a great weekend.
:)shelly

On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 6:34 PM, shelly tognazzini
<shetognazzini at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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
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> 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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