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[denizaksulu]

hmm.. i know what i want today! i wanna be a vampire !

i really wanna be a vampire but lots of people think they`re not real!!! well, hopefly a vampire read my post and give me a visit and bite me

Wait and I'll put in my false fangs.

Whoop whoop

[insan]

All I want is an idyl... the dream of idyl drives me up to the biggest mountain...

[denizaksulu]

What I want, what I really really want is..................................................................................................................................................I cant remember!!

[kafenes]

What I want, what I really really want is..................................................................................................................................................I cant remember!!

Your memory back?

[insan]

What I want, what I really really want is..................................................................................................................................................I cant remember!!

First, atm; u need to take ur pills to stop the headache in ur head and make ur mind work I guess... then u can remeber what all u want is...

[denizaksulu]

What I want, what I really really want is..................................................................................................................................................I cant remember!!

Your memory back?

Do you think that is a good idea?


BTW, I did remember that the grocery store at the end of Ay. Saranta Street in Neapolis was Armenian owned and he was the father of Ojen (Eugenie).

[denizaksulu]

What I want, what I really really want is..................................................................................................................................................I cant remember!!

First, atm; u need to take ur pills to stop the headache in ur head and make ur mind work I guess... then u can remeber what all u want is...

Its all gone into my little black book.
Thanks.

[Nikitas]

Simon asked:

"If I were to take the plunge, would you have any advice for me? How did you go about it? Is it simply a case of trying to get as much work experience as you can for as many publications as possible to begin with?"

I have worked at magazines and newspapers and then started my own magazine which I then sold to a major publisher in Greece. (No I am not retired yet, so the price was not that good!) But I started at newspaper work. With its multi layered deadlines newspaper work is a great teacher, and a fast one too. Magazine production and publishing is a good way to learn the financial aspects of the job.

The Web is the future, in my opinion paper is dead but we are still missing the technology that will make publicatiosn instantly available to the widest possible audience. It is not the computer, nor the cell phone, but something in between.

Over the years I picked up some experience and can give you some bits of advice:

Advice Number ONE- cast your ego aside. There will be days when your best work (judged by you) will be spiked (thrown out) because something else happens to be judged more important. You must train yourself to see this as part of the routine and not take it personally.

When I joined the Athens News as a "translator" (because this title obviated the need for social insurance by the then publisher) many of my pieces were spiked every night. It was part of the job.

Advice Number two- learn about media production- newspapers, magazine, TV, Radio, Web. The more you know about the technical details of production and the limitations of space and time the better content you will produce. When I worked in magazine production and realised that paper is expensive and magazine size goes in 16 page units, I realised why stories must be within the size parameters set by editors and publishers.

Advice Number three- cultivate your hobbies till you are an expert at one or more of them and that might blend with your journalism very well. Just remember my definition of expert: an expert is a man who does not know everything and knows he will not live long enough to learn half of it. And keep in mind that the Greek and GC approach that politics and football are 90 per cent of media content will not hold true forever.

Advice Number four- learn to enjoy communication and learn to do it well. Ask yourself if writing is a chore for you. Do you do need to do it? Above all, do you enjoy doing it? If yes, then it is the job for you.

I have colleagues who would rather dig a potato field than write 250 words. They enjoy the title of journalist, but are miserable with the job.

Advice Number five- next time you pick up a magazine analyse it, see how much editorial versus advertising content there is, figure the percentages of each. Judge the quality of the paper, the ink, the printing. And then try to figure out how it makes money. It is an interesting exercise and it puts you on the right track. Idealism is good, but money makes keeps the publication going.

Any more you want to know give me PM.

[Simon]

Simon asked:

"If I were to take the plunge, would you have any advice for me? How did you go about it? Is it simply a case of trying to get as much work experience as you can for as many publications as possible to begin with?"

I have worked at magazines and newspapers and then started my own magazine which I then sold to a major publisher in Greece. (No I am not retired yet, so the price was not that good!) But I started at newspaper work. With its multi layered deadlines newspaper work is a great teacher, and a fast one too. Magazine production and publishing is a good way to learn the financial aspects of the job.

The Web is the future, in my opinion paper is dead but we are still missing the technology that will make publicatiosn instantly available to the widest possible audience. It is not the computer, nor the cell phone, but something in between.

Over the years I picked up some experience and can give you some bits of advice:

Advice Number ONE- cast your ego aside. There will be days when your best work (judged by you) will be spiked (thrown out) because something else happens to be judged more important. You must train yourself to see this as part of the routine and not take it personally.

When I joined the Athens News as a "translator" (because this title obviated the need for social insurance by the then publisher) many of my pieces were spiked every night. It was part of the job.

Advice Number two- learn about media production- newspapers, magazine, TV, Radio, Web. The more you know about the technical details of production and the limitations of space and time the better content you will produce. When I worked in magazine production and realised that paper is expensive and magazine size goes in 16 page units, I realised why stories must be within the size parameters set by editors and publishers.

Advice Number three- cultivate your hobbies till you are an expert at one or more of them and that might blend with your journalism very well. Just remember my definition of expert: an expert is a man who does not know everything and knows he will not live long enough to learn half of it. And keep in mind that the Greek and GC approach that politics and football are 90 per cent of media content will not hold true forever.

Advice Number four- learn to enjoy communication and learn to do it well. Ask yourself if writing is a chore for you. Do you do need to do it? Above all, do you enjoy doing it? If yes, then it is the job for you.

I have colleagues who would rather dig a potato field than write 250 words. They enjoy the title of journalist, but are miserable with the job.

Advice Number five- next time you pick up a magazine analyse it, see how much editorial versus advertising content there is, figure the percentages of each. Judge the quality of the paper, the ink, the printing. And then try to figure out how it makes money. It is an interesting exercise and it puts you on the right track. Idealism is good, but money makes keeps the publication going.

Any more you want to know give me PM.

Very interesting Nikitas. Given me plenty to think about.

Thanks.

[bluelagoon33]

Nikitas , you sound like a cool dude.