>Rachel Myr <[log in to unmask]> posted regarding the article at
><http://family.go.com/raisingkids/baby/care/feature/dony59wobottle/dony59wobottle.html>
>
>The author of this piece of miserable prose is described as a freelance
>writer and mother of two, residing in Blauvelt, NY. Her name is Stephanie
>Wood. A Google search turned up only this piece and one other by her from
>the same website, about BF and working. Anyone know where Blauvelt, NY is?
>All I can tell from where I sit is that it isn't one of the major
>metropolitan centers in the state.
Now, now, does a writer have to live in a major metropolitan area? Does
living in Podunk, USA, really undermine the writer's credibility? (Podunk =
isolated location, back of beyond.) A big advantage of being freelance is
being able to live just about anywhere. Further, one can be just as
wretched in New York, NY, as in Blauvelt, NY. ;-)
But, to give the writer the benefit of the doubt, her article may have been
drastically edited from the copy she submitted. Consequently, it may be
best to direct comments to the editor who is ultimately responsible for
content anyway (or should be).
However, as Rachel already observed, FamilyFun.com doesn't go out of its
way to facilitate that. A convoluted search, which ultimately involved
Google (I love those guys), led to the following page:
<http://family.go.com/utilities/global/feature/WriteUs/>. Emily Smith is
listed as the editor-in-chief of FamilyFun.com (a separate entity from
FamilyFun magazine, by the way).
regards,
Julia
Julia R. Barrett
Freelance Science Writer
Madison, Wisconsin
608-238-8409; [log in to unmask]
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