From Karen Scott’s blog:
Racism In Publishing, How Does It Affect You?
Are you an African American author who’s been published for at least one year? If so Karen Scott wants to hear from you.
She’s conducting a survey based on the racism within the publishing industry, and whether or not it’s as prevalent as some believe. She’s looking for black or African American authors who have been published for at least one year.
She would like to know about your specific experiences within the industry thus far. She wants to know how AA authors feel about the current shelving policies, and niche marketing. She wants to know who you feel is to blame for the problems that you face. She also wants your suggestions on how things can be improved upon.
In all, there are twenty questions in the survey, and all that she asks is that people be as honest as possible. Confidentiality is assured if requested, but for the findings to yield more weight, she would request that she be granted permission to directly quote from the answers given by the authors.
She’s hoping to poll at least 100 AA authors, in an effort to ensure that a fair representation is achieved.
If enough authors agree to partcipate, (and depending on the findings) the results may well be sent to representatives within media and press. No promises that Oprah will hear about it, but all efforts will be made to get the message out.
If there are AA authors out there interested in participating in this poll, please e-mail Karen at hairylemony @ gmail. com (without the spaces) with the subject header ‘Please send me the survey’.
The deadline for the survey to be completed and returned to Karen is March 1st 2007
For further discussion, please see:
Dear Author.com
Superbowl XLI is over.
My impression of it?
:moon:
To be fair—I don’t like football anyway. I think contact sports are little more than mock-war games for guys to escape the terrifying idea of domesticity.
But frankly, I would think they could come up with better ideas about what to do with all that testosterone. :razz:
Yes, I’m one of those people who watches for commercials. In fact, I tape it, skip the football, and watch ONLY the commercials.
It was NOT a good year for the commercials. :nonono:
Despite the controversy, I still thought K-Fed’s commercial was funny. :smile:
But I only had two favorites.
One was the poor little street urchin dog, rejected and chased away by everyone, who managed to become spotted by being splashed with mud, and proceeded to claim a seat of honor as a Dalmatian on a Budweiser carriage in a passing parade. Unfortunately, there was barely a glimpse of the magnificent Clydesdales in passing, which thoroughly pissed me off—gorgeous horses! :yesyesyes:
The other was warped, so naturally I loved it…if you didn’t see it, imagine…
A young couple driving down a lonely road in the dead of night…they happen to notice a hitchhiker, and the guy slowly starts to pull over…
Girl: What are you doing?
Guy: Should we pick him up? He has Bud Light.
Girl: He has an axe!
Guy: But he has Bud Light.
Girl: And an axe!
Guy: I’m sure there’s a reason for it. Hey, Buddy! What’s with the axe?
Hitchhiker: It’s uh…a bottle opener.
Guy: Hop in.
And one quick scene afterward…another hitchhiker on the road ahead…
Guy: Look! He has Bud Light.
Terrified Hitchhiker in back seat: And a chain saw!!
I love it, lol.
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