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Help Me WIN Fashion Mag Internship!

Posted by Mary Denay on July 10, 2008 at 9:27pm

All you have to do is register and vote here: http://www.gotcast.com/MayDay82Competition DetailsDo you dream about working in the fast-paced, glossy world of magazine publishing? Do you have a passion for fashion and journalism?Style Network is looking for three people to take on coveted internships at a top New York based fashion magazine this fall! The show will provide the selected interns the amazing opportunity to work closely with the fashion team, get first-hand experience researching issues that concern real women, assist in celebrity and fashion photo shoots and see what it takes to get a publication ready for print. The show is truly going to provide an experience and opportunity of a lifetime!No experience is necessary, but we are looking for three success driven people to take on coveted internships at a New York based magazine this fall! Candidates must be willing to have cameras document their lives in and out of work.INTERESTED CANDIDATES MUST BE:- 18 years of age or older- Eligible to work in the United States- Fiercely passionate about working in the fashion, beauty & lifestyle publication industryLive audition dates will be held in Los Angeles, Chicago, Nashville and Philadelphia within the next two weeks so contact us ASAP!

A Few Things

Posted by Kim on July 4, 2008 at 10:48pm

I'm kind of nervous since this is my first post here, but here goes.I love this site so much. The information, services and potential contacts provided here by Ms. Henry are things that would've taken literally weeks for me to find. But now, I just click over to this site/group and everything is right there and easy to find!I also want to talk about a company that I've done some freelance graphic design work for. The company, Infinite Xpression Publishing, is owned by a good friend. So I've decided to spotlight it and one of its books here.Infinite Xpression Publishing is an independent, relatively new publishing company with one title published and several titles in the works. Infinite Xpression Publishing mainly focuses on Contemporary Fiction, Spiritual Fiction/Non-fiction and Young Adult Fiction. They are currently looking for more submissions, if anyone reading this is interested either go to the site and download the submission guidelines, fill out the contact form on the site or email directly: tonyashirelle@ixpublishing.comIts first book "Circumstances" is about a young college undergrad caught up in the game. Its book where you can feel sympathetic towards the protagonist, Khiala Williams, but still want smack some sense into her. Here's the complete synopsis:

Khiala Williams grew up as a middle class suburban Detroiter, not knowing any difficulties until she goes off to Michigan State University. She meets and soon falls in love with Brandon Davis. Just when she thinks life couldn’t be better, things take a dramatic turn. Khiala and Brandon are both faced with extenuating familial circumstances, which causes them to get caught up in illegal activities. Their decisions turn them from over achieving college students to convicted felons. Things go from bad to worse as they fight the suggested life sentences. Khiala continues to make decisions based on her circumstances and goes from one game to another trying to regain the life she knew before her downfall. Her determination and vigor help her battle the cards which continue to stack against her. She merely escapes death, but is determined to win the game.

Bootleg Publishers Exist, how to tell the difference!

Posted by ZLS Publishing, LLC on April 23, 2008 at 3:52pm

Hey again everyone,It’s your girl QP here to talk to you about Secret #4: Bootleg Publishers exist, how to tell the difference!As a member of SPAWN (Small Publishers, Artists, Writers Network) my boss gets monthly alerts on publishing companies going out of business, or just doing unethical things and are being sued. Every month there seems to be at least 6 publishers going out of business because of complaints from writers who have sent their manuscripts, sent money to be published, that sort of crazy thing.So, that has lead me to disclose this secret which sadly but not surprisingly, most writers don’t know: everything with publisher at the end of it does not make it a publisher. Here’s how you tell:Clue #1: If they ask for money when sending your manuscript they are bootleg. A legitimate publisher won’t and doesn’t need to be paid just to read your story.Clue #2: If they advertise in the back of a magazine, they are bootleg.Clue #3: If they request $3.00 for postage, shipping and handling for a response to your manuscript, they are bootleg.Clue #4: If they aren’t a member of any professional publishing organizations such as SPAWN, SPANNET, or PMA to name a few, they are bootleg.Clue #5: If they don’t have a website, they are bootleg.Clue #6: If they have email that looks like this: publisher@yahoo.com, publisher@gmail.com, publisher@aol.com, they are bootleg. Legitimate publishing compannies have company branded email:contact@zlspublishing.com.Clue #7: If you are presented with a 5 page publishing contract, they are bootlegged. The average publishing contract is at a minimum 10 pages long.Clue #8: If your book cover looks like the outside of a cereal box, they are bootleg.Clue #9: If you have to pay for all your books, including the “free ones”, they are bootleg.Clue #10: If you are paid in royalties of IOU’s, they are bootleg.Clue #11: If anytime you call the phone number for them and all you ever get is an answering machine or service, they are bootleg.Clue #12: If the only software they have to develop your manuscript into a book is MS word, they are bootleg. Legitimate publishers have top of the line publishing software. My boss has ADOBE CS3, which is the latest in publishing software.Clue #13: If you can’t find them on myspace, facebook, or gather, they are bootleg. Legitimate publishers understand the need and use for consumers to find them on all outlets. My boss in on all three and even SImon and Schuster is on Gather.When deciding to send out your manuscript to a publishing company, make sure you contact them first, talk to someone, ask if they have a website, a myspace page, a gather page, a facebook page, ask for their mailing address, office address, company email address, verify no money needs to be sent in order to hear a response or when you are sending your manuscript.Clue #14: If when you call them up, asking for these things and they are reluctant to give it to you, they are bootleg.Writer BEWARE!Until Publishing Secret #5QP Signing Out!

Your Book Isn't A Book Until It's Published!

Posted by ZLS Publishing, LLC on April 23, 2008 at 3:49pm

Welcome back,This week’s secret is a continuation from last week’s silly conversation with the caller. (If you need a recap, go to Secret #1)Writers have this crazy idea that they’ve written a book that deserves to be published. No! You’ve written a manuscript, a manuscript of a book hopefully to be published! In the publishing industry, contrary to popular belief they do not consider your book, a book until it is published! That thing you call a book is called a manuscript! At weekly meetings it’s Manuscript #205 or Manuscript BOW or whatever!In the publishing industry, a book is considered final. What you have written is not! It has yet to go through the final editing phase, if any editing at all! It has yet to have a cover designed for it; the book size decided; how it will be marketed, or who will print it. And we are missing the all important task of deciding who will publish it.My boss hates when people tell her they’ve written a book and when she asks who wrote it or where can she get it because it sounds good, they reply by telling her they wrote it, it’s not yet in stores, and that they are looking for a publisher. She always responds, “So, you’ve written a manuscript?” Not knowing what she’s talking about, they look at her funny eyed.So what do you do?Change your language, but more importantly, change your way of thinking!Remember, you have 7 seconds to make an impression. When you approach a publisher either in person or via writing, approach as follows:“I’ve written a potential book”“I’ve got a book idea, I’d love to pitch to you”“I’ve written a manuscript about xyz”Let’s repeat this again: You have 7 seconds to make a good impression. Approaching your potential boss correctly determines your next step career wise. it is the same for approaching a publisher. Remember, they get approached 500 times a day, mainly by clueless writers. Approaching them correctly is the difference between them actually taking your manuscript to read it or politely (and even in some cases) unpolitely, saying ”Thank you, but no thank you!”Let’s recap: Your book is not a book until it is published! We all know that’s your baby, but just like welfare doesn’t consider your baby a baby until it is born, the publishing industry doesn’t consider your book a book until it is published!Sounds harsh! I know, but I told you that the truth was going to hurt!Until Secret #3QP Signing Out!

My Valentine's Day Gift to You

Posted by Martha t"Marti" Tucker on February 13, 2008 at 12:53am

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!February 14, 20087 p.m Pacific“Come on over and accept my gift—just because I care about you.”Marti TuckerHi,This Thursday is going to be awesome. I’m going to tell you about the easy way to sell20,000 books in six weeks. So come on over to my free teleseminar and hear how you will be empowered to change your literary and financial lifestyle without any of the struggles I had—It’s my free gift to you.1. How you can sell 20,000 books in six weeks without pain2. First steps to making it happen3. Plan to make big literary money, not crumbs4. Plan to make big literary money without be afraid of it5. Plan to speak big literary money from your mouth and create it from your actions6. How to stop accepting pennies for genius from your heart7. Plan a literary career, not a one-book shot8. How the New Image Writers Empowerment Circle offers celebrity to your literary and financial lifestyleDon’t miss this one: IT’S YOUR VALENTINE’S DAY GIFT FROM ME!Dial in: 218 486-1616Code: 475229 #Date: Thursday February 14, 20087 p.m Pacific 10 pm. Eastern 9 StandardMartha “Marti” Tucker, author, publisher, Book Coach, Think-out-of-the-Box Marketingwww.urbanclassicbooks.comwww.myspace.com/author_marti_tuckerwritelink3@yahoo.comPlease e-mail me. Place in subject line: “Will attend.”

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