Holy crap I’m on the cover!

I was totally SHOCKED to learn that the Star Phoenix put me on the front page, above the fold (!!) of their special PINK edition of the paper today (Wed Oct 7, 2009). I was asked by the editor a couple of weeks ago to be a guest columnist and I told him about an article I wrote for Living Beyond Breast Cancer in the U.S.  It’s appearing now in their fall newsletter and on-line. I’ll paste the link in below. It’s so wacky how this all came about.

When I was initially talking to LBBC they said they wanted 550 words, so I sat down at the campsite one summer day with my laptop and just started writing. Then I did a word count and it was over 2,000 words!!! Needless to say there was a LOT of editing, then more editing…and even MORE editing to get it close to 550, and then the LBBC editor worked on it too.  So, when the SP contacted me about writing a column/article I told them about this thing I’d written and that I had a few different versions. He said they could not accommodate 2,000 words either but he’d like to see it. Turns out he really liked it and wanted it!! So…to make a long story short (literally) it has now been published in it’s long and short form!!! It was a neat experience. However, if I’d known they were going to put me on the cover I would have asked them to send over one of their photographers instead of supplying a photo On the other hand, I am really picky about photos of myself…so when you submit something yourself at least you know in advance what it will look like!

I may post the long version here in a few days. In the meantime here’s the link to the short version that’s in the LBBC fall newsletter:  http://www.lbbc.org/data/newsletter/LBBCfall09justformeabc.pdf

Remember to THINK BEFORE YOU PINK this month with all that pink ribbon stuff out there :) I DID cave and buy the pink toilet paper, but only because I had a 75 cents off coupon from the Run for the Cure, AND I had a 15% off coupon for my entire bill (from Extra Foods flyer that I used at Co-op!). It gives you a bit of a shock when you see the color the water turns in the toilet cuz you’re not used to it!! I think I’ll take it with me and give it away to people/businesses…..or maybe I’ll save it to paper someone’s house at Halloween