Monday, May 17, 2010

"First for Women" editor looking for embarrassing summer stories

First For Women is a magazine that reaches approximately 1.5 million readers. Inside this magazine is its regular "First Blush" feature story, which focuses on those embarrassing moments that seem too ridiculous to actually be real.

One of its writers, Hallie Potocki, recently sent me an email asking me to let our readers know that they're searching for those stories for the magazine's summer issues. Here's what she said:

It would be awesome if you could give your wonderful membership a heads-up that we are preparing our summer issue now and I’m on the hunt for mortifying warm weather melt-downs to share with our readers.

A couple of paragraphs describing the embarrassing situation, what happened, what was said, what was felt/thought… and how it was resolved, should do it. Some examples might be a swimsuit snafu, perspiration run amuck, vacation vengeance (surprising the guy – not your husband-in the wrong beach cabana with your au naturel self)... and so on... you get the idea.


What she needs in addition to the embarrassing scenario is a name (which can be changed if you prefer), you age, contact information, a brief description of the story, and an electronic photo to match a name with a face.

She's on a tight deadline, so if you have anything useful, email jmiller@heritage.com and I can send your materials on to Hollie.

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