Monday, 30 April 2012
Time has Passed whoops
HI,
so I've been so busy these last few days I'd don't know heads from tails anymore. I've started my own online magazine. its called Fire & Ice. I was originally going to name it after this blog but I didn't think that title would market well. I fully intend to make money off of this magazine and get it printed.
I've poached this next bit off of my about section in the paper, but it is relevant to this blog too.
"Trying to start a magazine at 20 years old is hard. I am working my but off to make it the best I can. Growing up I never once dreamed of making a magazine. I hadn't thought about it at all before I sat down and made the site. I've begun something awesome. www.fireicemagazine.com is my baby. It's my heart, my soul, my blood sweat and tears.
I want so badly for this to work, I sure I'll be able to will it into life even if I have to do it with my own two hands. I've had some stellar help so far, and great responses to the website but I'm hoping for more. I need more. The life blood of an online magazine is its relevance and turn around for posts. You need to keep up the posts and make them amazing or else no one will come back.
I've looked for artists, I have one. I've looked for writers, I have some. I am writer so I've generated a lot of the content myself so far but this summer I'm hoping big things will happen for the site.
I believe there are voices out there in this world just waiting to be heard. Each writer I've come across for the magazine like Sabrina and Emily have a voice. They speak from the heart and aren't afraid of what that means.
I look at magazines today and see ad after ad and yes, that is how you can afford to sell magazines, but far to often have I seen the voice of the writers disappear. It is so rare anymore that I or anyone else I know picks up a magazine to see what's written in it.
They sell sex, and clothing like there is nothing else in the world, but that is not what Fire and Ice is about. Yes eventually we will have ads like any one else but I'll be damned if I let the writers and artists disappear to make way for the ads. The voice is more important then the money it makes.
The voice of our generation is so lost in technology ...Its time someone found it again, so I'm here everyday trying."
I hope I'm ready for what I've gotten myself into. Like i said I never dreamed of making a magazine, before I sat down and started making one. So far so good.
How many of you have tried something completely out of the blue and found out your good at it?
I feel like I've stepped up to the plate and am finally ready to swing the bat. I hope this will be as good for me as it seems to be so far.
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