Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks so much for your thoughts. I appreciate getting your validation on what I think is good writing, and especially that The Gloss is a prestigeious mag to break in. I agree that marketing her work in the States is a good idea, maybe also France, since they have ins in publishing there. Thanks again, SonC On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 8:09 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > I've been a bit lax here due to this, that, and the other, Sonny, am > catching up with LUG prompted by reading Ilsa's article in the paper > edition, and just spotted your email on it. It's an excellent piece, and > perfectly sums up the riotous lifestyle and relentless party grind we > have to endure for the honour of being Irish. Pity the photo of her > isn't a bit sharper and, with a full glass to her lips, she's almost > adopting an Irish burqua :-) > > To clarify for those who wouldn't be familiar with scribblings from > Ireland, "The Gloss" is a glossy monthly that comes out with the best > Irish daily newspaper The Irish Times. Of course, I would say that as I > get that particular paper delivered every day, but only got around to > reading the mag today. She must be delighted to get her toe in the door. > Hopefully, she'll get more opportunities there in the fullness of time. > > Equally, she should try and get some colour pieces on Ireland from an > American slant into US publications while she's at it. After all, there > are loads of stories, especially as we're all transfixed by the border > implications of Brexit over here. Most Irish people are finding it hard > to credit the stupidity of the Brits in sowing the wind and probably > reaping the whirlwind, as the potential re-emergence of a hard border > between the Republic and Northern Ireland will prompt hard headed men in > the North contemplate their internal greenness, and dig up forgotten > guns. Maybe the potential catastrophe won't happen, but paper never > refused ink, and the pay is good.... > > Douglas > from the edge of somewhere in Ireland where tomorrow's bacchanalia is my > camera club's Christmas party > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 15/12/2017 10:20, Sonny Carter wrote: > > I?m thinking of Ireland this week. Roses in the morning at my daughter?s > > home in County Wicklow, one of my favorite images from a visit in 2008. > > > > http://sonc.com/look/?p=5717 > > > > One of her articles published this week in *The Gloss Magazine*, > recounts > > an American contending with life in rural Ireland. Good read: > > http://thegloss.ie/how-to-survive-the-irish-dinner-party/ > > <http://thegloss.ie/how-to-survive-the-irish-dinner-party/> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA