September 8th, 2010 | by Anya Howard |
Have you ever had one of those days when no matter how hard you try, you just can’t think of anything pertinent to blog about? This was one of those days for me.
After a few hours of straining my brain for a topic I decided to check my email. And there, waiting in my inbox like some godsend from heaven above was my topic! Oh yeah, impertinent and irreverent as it was; beckoning for me with wide open friendly language. An offer just for “working authors, like you Anya Howard” -cough, cough, oh sure-, and sent from some concerned thoughtful soul in Nevada. (I know it was Nevada because the HAVE YOUR NAME REMOVED FROM OUR MAILING LIST BY CLICKING HERE led to some site in Vegas. ) It was the generous first line of the email that tickled my Muse:
“Subscribe to ****Magazine NOW and win a chance for a vacation for two to Disney World!”
The fact that I have no interest in subscribing to this magazine about car maintenance and for the life of me can’t figure out what car maintenance has to do with writing, well that’s all rather superfluous. The important thing is that I got inspired! I got to thinking about magazines that don’t exist but should! Magazines for authors, magazines for book readers, magazines for which reason tells me there already exists a niche of readers who don’t have to be seduced by a chance to ride Space Mountain or meet Mickey Mouse in order to get them to the news stand. So heads up magazine publishers -here’s your chance to come up with something that might actually sell to the authors and readers you so joyfully spam. (Click on magazine covers for larger images!)
Now here’s one I’d read in a heartbeat -if I had time, anyway:
Here’s a magazine sure to appeal to the savvy & sexually snobbish in the reading underworld:
For the pro book snark tired of the same old, same old in bathroom lit:
One for authors who have been there and back again:
For those authors with the firm conviction that originality is way overrated, and a word used mainly by losers anyway:
And because I hate to see anyone overlooked, even those who have gone to a lot of effort of seeming vanishing off the face of the earth…
I’m signing off now, with much thanks to blah, blah magazine for it’s inspiration and with the aim of getting my head back into my novel 
Good night and good Musing everyone!
Anya
Hilarious, Anya. Thanks for those covers. They gave me a great excuse to procrastinate rather than write. (Another great topic for a magazine article…)
by Susan Lyons · September 9th, 2010 at 9:21 amI love it!!
by Estella · September 9th, 2010 at 3:56 pmSusan, lol! I think that’s the kind of article all writers would probably benefit from!
Thanks Estella, glad you enjoyed!
by Anya Howard · September 9th, 2010 at 4:41 pmLOL, where can I subscribe?
by Devyn Quinn · September 9th, 2010 at 8:04 pmHmm… I think I’ve worked with editors who subscribe to Formula Illustrated… Thanks for this!
by Jade Blackmore · September 9th, 2010 at 8:39 pmAnya–absolutely love these! Did you do them yourself? If so, it appears I’m not the only one who uses Photoshop for procrastination!!!
Linking to your blog from my FB page. These are too good not to share.
by Kate Douglas · September 12th, 2010 at 10:37 amDevyn & Jade, thanks for stopping by!
Hey Kate!
by Anya Howard · September 12th, 2010 at 10:50 amI made them, but used a program at Big Huge Labs to get everything formatted. I usually use my Photo Studio for stuff like this but when we got the new comp I lost the code for it and haven’t yet purchased a new one.
Thank you for the link
Omg, those are great. You have a great imagination, I never could have come up with those.
by Mary · September 13th, 2010 at 2:53 amThank you Mary
by Anya Howard · September 13th, 2010 at 6:55 am