Yesterday I suggested to Kimmy that she try to get a commission to write up her journey to Dean Fest and pay for her transport that way. She wondered how to do that, so I looked up a couple of addresses in a Writer's Guide and I'm going to post them here, because other Dean Fest attendees and Convention Delegates might find it worthwhile to get some commissions to write up their experiences.
One of the reasons most of us are uninformed how the political process works on the ground is because most of the people who participate don't write about it for the general public and the people who write (pundits) don't participate except as observers.
So here's a list of publications that might be interested in Kimmy's perspective and pay a reasonable amount and indicate a relatively short turn-around time (some publications, like the garment industry, work four to six months ahead)
California Journal
edit at statenet dot com
Toward Freedom.com
East Bay Monthly
editorial at themonthly dot com
LA Magazine
lamag.com
Orange Coast Magazine
ocmag at aol dot com
Boston globe
globe.com/globe/magazine
requires a query and negotiates payment
International Railway Traveler
irt.trs at aol dot com
Cosmopolitan
Contact at Hearst Corp in NY--pays big bucks, doesn't provide email contact
MS. Magazine
info at msmagazine dot com
Almost no publications welcome stuff to be sent to them cold. They like to have a query, an outline for a story or article and some like to have a sample of something else the person has written.
What surprised me was how many publications are quite willing to accept stuff that has been published somewhere else. Some even say they pay half of whatever somebody else already paid. LOL
The publishing industry it seems is a consumer of information. They only publish what people send them. So, of course, if certain segments of the population are waiting to be asked for their opinion on things, they can wait for ever.
One thing this blog has done is reveal to people that they actually have a writing talent. Also they've learned that the more they do it, the easier it gets. LOL