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I was really chuffed to see we made the September issue of Konfetti, which featured Tracy & Florian's wedding. To have a look click here. (Featured on Page 50)
Well Done!!! This is what happens when are the best of the best :)(09.04.09 @ 08:18 AM)
Great Stuff Andrea !
I like to say who needs Awards when you have rewards like these.
I agree with Ursula, when you are the best of the best !!
One thing I love about photographing weddings is the way you feel you've learned so much about a family, after only spending a few hours with them.
There are so many emotions, small dynamics and then the characteristics of people, which are revealed on a wedding day.
Nicky and Graham, who stay in Hong Kong, are such a lovely couple. Their family and friends were so warm and inviting - and some of them just plain ole crazy.
For the creatives, we took a drive a tad away from the actual venue and I am so glad we did - you just can not beat the highveld bush, scattered with giraffe and buck.
I kid you not! In the middle of our shoot, giraffe and buck decided to cross the road and it was such a lovely moment!
It felt almost like a movie set. Oh, how I love South Africa!
Here are a few from their day and I am almost sure there will be a second post to this one.
Loved the antique necklace, which has been passed down in the family, even the box made with love & care.
I also have to mention that on the reverse side of the name tags Nicky had a personalised message for each and every guest
Both pictures (above) taken by my second shooter Paul.
Nicky apologies - I just had to post this I just love the expressions!
For the avid photographers: I usually have my WB on cloud as I find I get warmer colours. On this shot I played with my White Balance. To get the blue tone I set the WB to tungsten.
There it is, the giraffe crossing the road, you can also see him in the horizon in the previous image.
Absolutely gorgeous work!! Love the colours in your photos, I'm going to try that cloud WB out for my next shoot.(08.27.09 @ 09:12 AM)
Wow Andrea !
One thing I love about working with you is I can take the same photo but how you post produce your work makes your work really stand out. Thanks for affording me the opportunity to work with you and to share a blessed wedding with Nicky & Graham. I got goose bumps in the service!!
Absolutely stunning! I don't know how you still outdo yourself on every wedding, but you do. And that giraffe was just so perfectly serendipitous.(08.27.09 @ 11:19 AM)
Love Nicky's expressions - put a smile on my face for the day. Beautiful post!(08.27.09 @ 12:55 PM)
MAGNIFICENT!!!!! These are just gorgeous Andrea!!!! WOW :-)(08.27.09 @ 01:06 PM)
Thank you for all the comments!
@Paul, I hate to admit it but my photoshop skills & post production is really not that extensive, sharpen, vignette and sometimes I just pop the colours a little. I will actually do a post with a straight out of camera image & compare it to the "edited" version as I am getting quite a few emails asking what I do to my images in post production (and unfortunately I have no Photoshop magic to share!)
I love the fourth pic...the one with her Dad(?)...and as for the Giraffe...well....just glorious.You've captured tenderness, beauty.admiration and the "blue' shot is the epitomy of peaceful.Absolutely stunning.You're a star!(08.27.09 @ 08:27 PM)
@Liz - it is her dad - I also love it.(08.28.09 @ 07:11 AM)
Wow Andrea!!! These photos are absolutely amazing. We just got back from honeymoon and were so excited to see them on the blog. You have really managed to capture special moments so beautifully. Graham and I loved having you and Paul there. Thanks again!(09.01.09 @ 04:11 PM)
we were at this very special wedding visiting from New Zealand and you have captured Nicky's character and the atmosphere very well, love the different effects.(09.02.09 @ 02:10 AM)
These are really beautiful and do the wedding justice as it was a beautiful day from start to finish. Well done!(09.02.09 @ 09:05 AM)
I have been asked quite a few times whether I handover black & white images on the final disc.
Well, the answer is yes, I do.
Basically, I play around to see what B&W treatment suits the wedding I am editing and then run a conversion on nearly every image, so that you have a colour and monotone version of the same photograph.
I have just finished with Simone's & Willem's wedding and thought I would post my favourites, in what I will call my Chocolate Milk B&W treatment.
Thank you for the beautiful photos Andrea, it was an honor to have you as our photographer!(08.13.09 @ 07:55 AM)
Those do look delicious! Sorry, I saw the word chocolate... :-) But they do!
I love the mood Andrea and the old car just anchors the shot.
High time you start to win a few awards.
Oh WOW!! Love the bottom Landscape one(08.14.09 @ 01:15 PM)
do tigers drink choclate milk hehe, the boys are to cute, growing up fast, and love the treatment to the Photos, very cool.(08.14.09 @ 04:49 PM)
It was a freezing winter start, but, in the end, it all turned out perfect and once again we were blessed with a beautiful sky (and insert a beautiful couple!)
Catherine and Shaun's wedding was full of beautiful details and wonderful moments. The speeches induced tears and whole lot of laughter. The dancing was crazy. The food was yummy.
Your day was perfect. Nothing short of perfect and I'm honored to have shared it with you. Thank you for inviting me into your lives on your most special day.
I have much more images in this post as my morning has been chaos, I can not find my 5 minutes of uninterrupted peace (so that I can narrow it down) - so just posted them all.
Catherine's mom handmade her beautiful dress.
Love these two below, natural "belly" laughter and awesome sky - can't get better than that!
Absolutely gorgeous, love the rich colours of the flowers(07.16.09 @ 10:23 AM)
Well, as always, I love lots of photos, so long may your interrupted days continue! That sky in the last few is breathtaking! My personal fave is the one where they are reflected in the mirror behind them. Gorgeous!(07.16.09 @ 01:12 PM)
I have never seen more beautiful wedding pictures. Every picture carries so much emotion. I have tears in my eyes right now! all the best Shaun and Cath! Bianca(07.17.09 @ 04:32 PM)
absolutely fabulous!(07.17.09 @ 05:29 PM)
These photographs are so beautiful and caputure just little segments of what was a lovely day. I am a very grateful mom to have such stunning children. Shaun is very precious to us, and makes a wonderful husband to Cath. If these are but a small start to the photographs, I am dying to see what the full portfolio looks like.
Andrea was amazing! When choosing a photographer you are concerned that the photographs will be perfect, as this is what you take away from your wedding. Already I can see that we have been truly blessed.
Thank you Andrea for sharing your God-given talent with us. We salute you!(07.18.09 @ 03:45 PM)
Breath taking!!(07.20.09 @ 12:25 PM)
Julia and I love all the photos. Lin the dress is magnificent - it has worked so well. I love the little shoulder straps and bodice. Flowers are stunning. Where is the cake? And where is the mother of the bride?- Wally looks like a patriarch! Catherine you are stunning and a magnificent June Bride - go girl.(07.22.09 @ 01:24 AM)
Accolades from the bride's mum, no less!! Now there's feather in your cap.(07.22.09 @ 07:21 AM)
i always love your details Shots, so creative so perfect.(07.22.09 @ 09:46 AM)
Great pics once again!(07.24.09 @ 08:53 AM)
a friend who missed Cath and Shaun's occassion from Aus but now gets to share it though these beautiful pictures....(08.31.09 @ 03:06 PM)


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looky what i found. a 32 oz. rechargable power sprayer. this is definitely up the alley for any of you with hand or arm problems. check it out.
edited to include these other 2 wheeled sprayers that you don't have to pump or carry.
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looky what i found. a 32 oz. rechargable power sprayer. this is definitely up the alley for any of you with hand or arm problems. check it out.
That sprayer looks a lot like the one which came with the Spectracide Triple Strike we bought Saturday. It has a battery operated sprayer which uses 4 AA batteries. It's 1.3 gallon, ready to use, and the container's re-fillable.
The sprayer is what made me want to try it; it's too hard pumping those little hand sprayers repeatedly, and I don't have much better luck with the pressurized gallon sprayers.
i like your sprayer too. mine came in and i'm charging her up today. i'm looking forward to spraying something. :) i got 1 extra refill container for it but there will probably be a few more in my future. ;)
I would think you could use yours with other products too, in other containers.
i also bought the two wheel sprayer but it hasn't come in yet. looking forward to that too. although, 2 gallons can be quite heavy. we'll see how it actually works etc when it gets here.
ill keep you posted. ;)
I sure like the looks of that one 2 gallon pull behind, Debi. I may have to save up some money and get one of those. Yesterday I ended up spending $20 for parts that I'll have to return because they don't fit the old sprayers we have. A new one just like the old one is $23. My big question about the pull beind ones is, Who makes it and what are the chances of getting replacement parts? I've about had it with Hudson sprayers. And Smith is no longer available around here at least. Jerry Baker gets nearly a $100 for the same one this place gets $60 for.
I ended up using up 5 40 oz. window spray bottles of herbicide yesterday. Boy is my shoulder sore and I have a blister on each hand from the bottle rubbing against it. I told my DH that it is a shame when I can get a better sprayer FILLED with a product for $1-$2 at Dollar General than I can buy EMPTY at a garden center for $23.
I have to use the industrial size 25 gallon one. The pump isn't any good anymore and the new pump is $95. OUCH
I might get one of these little ones for around my house. Looks like it would be handy when I don't want to use the trailer one.
Check out this thread: http://davesgarden.com/t/426575/
gardenwife, thanks for the fuel filter idea. also, i used the old containers like yours last year for spraying, unfortunately i didn't have that neato spray attachment.
i know for sure that your hand can get very soar if you have to do more than 1 or 2 plants with those pump sprayers.
this is the link where i purchased mine.
it is made by Gilmor. there is a link at the bottom of the above page and there is a 1-800 # for there catalogue and brief desc of company.
i paid $49.97 for mine. best price i could find. i went to an aubuchon hardware store and they did not honor the prices that are online.
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That's nice! I saw one of those in a mail order catalog we got, "Improvements". I ended up returning the Spectracide before using it. We got a 1 gallon pressure sprayer and a bottle of RU concentrate.Howie sprayed and I held the cardboard up in front of good plants to protect them. That was last Saturday -- I'm seeing dying weeds finally, yay!
oh gardenwife that is on my "to do list" too. we are back to 50-55 F the past couple of days and that leaves me indoors. although i did get to go to a nursery for a few yesterday. but the cold kept my purchases in check. ;)
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It sounds like you have cystoid macular edema that occurred after your cataract surgery.
There are a number of treatments available if the ketorolac and topical steroid drops are not working for you.
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Are you being followed by your surgeon or an optometrist at this point?
Are you there?
What are some other treatments?
First, I would suggest an OCT, or since I'm old fashioned and a retina subspecialist, a flourescein angiogram, to evaluate you macula at this point.
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Your sister is right. You need to start sealing.
How long is your hair? Sometimes the scalp's sebum production just isn't enough to lubricate and protect the hair shaft and you have to help it out. Usually the longer your hair gets (or the curlier your hair is), the more oil your hair needs. Also, another point is you may not be using enough conditioner. And if you want to keep using shampoo, make sure to condition more days per week/month than you shampoo. On the off days, just rinse your hair with water and use a ton of conditioner, focusing on the ends. You can apply the oil to wet hair after your leave-in conditioner or moisturizer/styler.
In addition, if your hair touches your shoulders, the ends (that are probably at least 2 yrs old at that point) are getting more wear and tear on them, causing the ends to begin splitting. Oiling your ends on a regular basis can stave the issue, but make sure that when getting trims you are getting the strands cut
where the hair shaft if splitting (at least 1/4" above). Otherwise it will continue to split and you'll continue to spin your wheels. Start out with a lightweight oil (like apricot kernal or sweet almond oil) and apply a little to the last 2-3 inches of your hair and you should see a difference pretty quickly.
To me though, besides issues in your regimen (hair not getting enough moisture) it seems like the trims you have gotten were insufficient (not enough was cut to prevent the splitting from recurring). Make an effort to learn your hair's properties (texture, porosity, and density) to make the most out the time you do have to care for your hair.
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Friday, June 29, 2007
This Week in Publishing 6/29/07
So anyway, rather than summarize the very non-exciting publishing news this week, I thought I would do a quick roundup of some of the great advice that has been offered this week on my favorite publishing blogs.
Over at Bookends LLC, Jessica Faust, in typical helpful fashion, provides a really succinct and effective explanation on why it pays to be classy when you interact with people in the publishing industry. And in a post that should be nominated for a Best Publishing Advice of the Year Award, she provides a breakdown of some warning signs that you might have a bad agent. Such a difficult thing to explain, and yet such a good breakdwon.
One of things authors keep hearing again and again is how important it is to be your own publicist and build your own buzz, etc. etc. Over at MJ Rose's Buzz, Balls & Hype, agent Simon Lipskar provides an interesting and honest counterpoint that suggests that yes, while all those things are important, the burden on making a book a bestseller is still on the publisher.
Kristin Nelson explains why you shouldn't tell an agent you have 10 unpublished novels in your drawer.
Jonathan Lyons is doing a running series of agent-perserverence stories. Keep watching there because you might just see a certain Sacramento Kings fan posting his own tale.
And finally, the Millions just ran down its list of the most anticipated books of the rest of 2007, just in case you wanted to get a head start on your cocktail party banter.
Have a good weekend everyone!
Thursday, June 28, 2007
It's Gonna Be OK
My invitation to vent yesterday certainly elicited a strong response, and I hope people found it therapeutic and cathartic rather than a dandy opportunity to fall off the wagon. Trust me, I really do empathize with the difficulties of an up and coming writer, and whenever I think about all the time and energy and blood, sweat, and tears that go into all of the novels behind the 6,000-7,000 queries I pass on each year it kills me.
I was having dinner last night with a great friend who is an editor at a big publishing company in New York, and some other friends from outside the publishing industry. The non-publishing friends were really curious about the economics of publishing and how publishers and authors make money. Inevitably, once we explained how few authors make big money and how the blockbusters go a long ways toward supporting the smaller books, they were shocked. There are better ways of making money. But then they started thinking up book ideas anyway.
People love writing books no matter how many copies they sell -- and that has to be the thing that keeps you going. Not how much success you will or won't find. I described the "If only" game in a previous post, and it's really true. Happiness isn't always just around the corner for a writer, and despite all of the frustrations inherent in the process people still write books, right? There's gotta be something there that makes it meaningful, and lord knows it isn't waiting five months for an agent to write you back.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Want to Vent?
Still though, I can understand how people are frustrated that on top of risking their pride, after receiving impersonal rejection letters, following every single little annoying query rule... after all that, I can see how personalizing queries (for the record, not sucking up!!!) can be a little annoying. Submitting is tortuous, takes forever... it can be very challenging, and when agents already are the ones picking teams for dodgeball, bowing to their every wish may seem like one insult too far.
So now's your chance to blow off a little steam. What's the most frustrating part of the writing process you've encountered lately? Have writer's block? Have an experience that would make Job think he had a pretty good day?
There are some venting ground rules -- if you're going to reference someone in the industry please don't name names or provide any identifying details.
Vent away!
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
More on How I Read Queries
The first is personalization of queries. I guess people are worried about sucking up too much! Ha! Not possible, folks. Sucking up will get you EVERYWHERE. Ok, well, not exactly. I definitely blush and look away when someone is laying it on a little thick, but mentioning that you admire someone's clients and, ahem, that you happen to read their blog is not sucking up. It's showing that you took the time, did the research, researched the agent and then decided that you still liked them enough to send them a query. It's not about the flattery, I swear. The imperessive part is that you took the time, went the extra distance, read some books, made sure you're a good fit, and wrote a personal note. That bodes well for a good client. And ultimately, as I said in the comments section, the most important thing about personalizing is that works.
Someone also asked for a breakdown of how many queries were near misses, how many were good, and how many were really bad. I didn't keep detailed statistics about this, but since I can't really show you my inbox, here goes:
I'd say anywhere from half to two-thirds are just.... well, I'm not in the dream-crushing business (that's Sean Lindsay's job), but let's just say that half to two-thirds are the kazoo to Ian McEwan's grand piano.
I'd say about 30-40% are fine but not there yet. Either they were a bit too formulaic or a bit too out there or the writing was ok but not great or maybe the query letter just didn't convey the work properly.
Maybe 10% of queries are very good (that may be a little high, honestly). Of those, maybe one or two strike my fancy enough for me to request a partial. The other good ones either aren't a genre I specialize in or were very well-written query letters but the idea behind work the itself just didn't grab me.
And yes, ultimately it comes down to fit. I've passed on some books that went on to find publishers, just like every other agent has. They just weren't for me. But I'm really looking hard, I give each query a lot of thought, and I am always hoping that each query in my inbox is the next great book.
Good luck, everyone!
Monday, June 25, 2007
And.... We're Back! (with some fun query stats)
I just spent the last several hours answering the many queries that accumulated in the last week so I can hit the ground running tomorrow with a clear inbox. And, as a treat for the statistically inclined, I kept a running counter.
Over the past week I received 121 queries, which actually is probably a bit less than normal since anyone who reads the blog regularly knew I was out of the office. But if you multiply that by 52 weeks it translates to around 6,000-7,000 queries a year.
Here's the breakdown by genre -- I tried to categorize them as best they could, but as you can tell from the "no freaking idea" category, it's not always readily apparent:
Suspense/thriller/mystery: 28
Literary fiction: 13
Young Adult: 11
Historical fiction: 10
Fantasy: 10
Memoir: 8
Science fiction: 7
Male Ennui: 7
Women's fiction: 4
Politics/Current events: 3
Narrative nonfiction: 3
Religion/New Age: 3
Horror: 2
Middle grade: 2
Picture book: 1
No Freaking Idea: 5
Some more fun stats out of those 121:
Personalized queries: 23 (which means an astounding 98 people either didn't so much as Google my name or neglected to mention it in the query.)
Queries beginning with a rhetorical question: 10
Spelled my name wrong: 4
Queries "narrated" by a protagonist: 2
And, of course, evil albinos: 1
As far as trends go, the young author trend shows no sign of stopping, but one interesting thing I'm noticing is that I'm starting to receive quite a few queries from Nigeria.
So, most importantly, how many of those 121 queries did I request a partial? Well, er, none actually. I swear I didn't come back from vacation in a bad mood, I just didn't find a good fit out of those 121.
I'll be back on Tuesday, hopefully all caught up and back on my regular blogging schedule.
Friday, June 15, 2007
This Week in Publishing 6/15/07
And now, this week in publishing:
So remember way back in the old days when This Week in Publishing was almost solely devoted to AMS's bankruptcy and the fall-out with PGW? (I know, I blocked out those posts too.) Well, unfortunately it has had some real effects on publishers, including on McSweeney's, which is out $130,000. So, if there are any billionaires reading the blog, please reach into your couch cushions for those pesky $1,000 bills that always fall in the cracks, cash in your change jar and send it on over to McSweeney's. You can also buy stuff on their website.
As linked to by Publishers Lunch, Jeff Bezos doesn't think Amazon will make money on the new HARRY POTTER book. If a book sells millions of copies and booksellers don't make a profit does it make a sound?
In new-imprint news, editor extraordinaire Amy Einhorn is moving over to Putnam and will have her own imprint called, fittingly enough, Amy Einhorn Books.
And finally, Chinua Achebe, winner of Nathan Bransford's award for Best Book Title for his novel THINGS FALL APART, won the Man Booker International Prize this week for his distinguished career. I wonder which one he's more excited about?
Have a great week! See you on the 25th.
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Guest Blogger: Anne Dayton on Working With a Co-Writer
Friend-of-the-blog Anne Dayton from Good Girl Lit is here to talk about one of the most difficult things in the whole entire world: writing books with a partner. And she should know, her awesome third novel with May Vanderbilt is now in stores: THE BOOK OF JANE, a modern-day chick-lit retelling of the Book of Job that Publishers Weekly called a "laugh-out-loud love song to New York City." Enjoy!
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The number one question I get when people find out I write with a partner is "how do you do that?"
The second question is usually "can I get her number?" (The answer is no. She's taken.)
But people seem to be genuinely fascinated by the fact that I write with someone else, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to talk a little about how it all works. Hopefully this will help out anyone who's considering working with a friend.
I honestly believe that writing with a partner can be a very smart way to go. I mean, each of you only has to do half the work, which is pretty awesome if you're really lazy like I am. But beyond that, you've got two brains to draw on, and two sets of life events to draw from. If I can't figure out how to make a scene work, May usually can. If a section is dragging and she doesn't know how to fix it, I usually can come up with a solution. The vast expanse of blank white paper at the beginning of a book makes me break into hives, but May is awesome at coming up with great first lines. We balance each other out.
In a writing partnership, you've got someone invested enough in the book to tell you if what you've just written is total crap. Few friends are kind enough to do this for you, but someone whose name will end up on the cover of the book has a vested interest in making sure the joke about sausages that you think is totally hilarious (it really was) never sees the light of day.
On a practical level, here's how it works: We meet once a week for writing group. (Yes, we call it group, even though it's just the two of us.) We alternate weeks, so one week it's May's turns to write and my turn to watch America's Next Top Model and pick lint from my navel, and the next week I'm on while she's eating bons bons. On our appointed week, we write 10 pages, then at writing group we discuss what happened in the last ten and plot out the next ten. It's a system we totally made up on the fly back when we didn't know what we were doing, but it works for us. But the main reason it works is because we have established a set of rules and stick by them. The rules are as follows:
- Our friendship comes first. May and I decided on day one that no matter what happened with our writing, we were friends first and writing partners second. Relationships are the most precious thing we have in this life, and no amount of success is worth sacrificing a good friendship for. (And, let's be honest, most of us who write are strange enough that we should be grateful for the friends we have).
- No pride. Another thing we decided early on is that if I hate what May wrote, I can take it out. If she thinks what I did doesn't work, it's gone. It may hurt to see a passage I slaved over or a joke I think is funny get cut, but I trust her judgment, and the book will be stronger for it.
- Nothing gets in the way of writing group. Okay, truthfully, a few things get in the way of writing group—vacations, illness, and getting married are all acceptable reasons to delay group (though the last one only works once). But for the most part, we meet once a week, every week. We both clear our schedules and talk about whatever project we're currently working on. We both have busy lives, and it's easy to let things slip. Writing group never slips, because in this business, persistence is half the battle.
Obviously, I think there are good reasons to consider a writing partnership, but it's not for everyone. Writing is a very internal and personal thing, and sharing your innermost thoughts and rough drafts with anyone can be intimidating. And there are practical concerns too, like not wanting to share the money (ha!) and the glory (ha ha!) when your work is published. If you're considering writing with someone else, here are a few questions to ask yourself:
*Do we want the same thing? If your goals are different, or if you have different plans for getting there, it may not work. Likewise, if you want to write serious literary fiction and she wants to write erotic vampire romances, it's probably not a good fit. That's ok.
*Do I like her clothes? Ok, maybe you don't need to wear the same brand of jeans, but you want to make sure you're working with someone whose taste you trust. Fortunately for me, my partner is cuter and blonder than I am and dresses better than I do. But if I hated her style—I don't really mean her clothes here, more her manner of speaking, her attitude, her writing—than I would have a hard time committing to a writing partnership.
*Am I a control freak? Obviously, this won't work. You can't control everything someone else does.
*Can we put our friendship aside and deal with each other as business partners? This may seem like it contradicts rule #1 above, but it's really a complement to it. Conventional wisdom says that you should never go into business with someone who you'd like to remain friends with. And in many ways, selling and publishing a book is a business endeavor. But if your friendship is solid, you can trust each other enough to know that even if you disagree about a contractual point or a plot issue, you can still be friends at the end of it.
*Am I in this for the long haul? Are they? You may decide you want to do your own thing after one book, and that's fine, but if you quit halfway through said book, it could cause problems, to say the least. And it's going to take you a long time to get the toilet paper out of the trees when they TP your house out of spite, especially if it rains. You don't want to be digging clumps of wet toilet paper out of your bushes six months from now. If you can't commit to finishing a project with someone, it might be better not to start.
Getting a partner is the best thing that ever happened to my writing. If you've ever thought about it, I hope this will be enough to get you thinking. Good luck!
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
What Is Your Favorite Book Cover?
So now, you tell me: what is your favorite book cover of all time? Also, once you've picked your fave, you might answer the subquestion: how much does the cover matter? Have you ever picked up and read a book based on the cover alone?
Also, if you haven't already, check out The Book Design Review, a blog that discusses covers and picks out some of the coolest. I thoroughly enjoy it.
My favorite cover? My friend K.L. Going's THE LIBERATION OF GABRIEL KING, which is also one of those cases where the book is even better than the awesome cover. I will also confess to reading some books because a great cover caught my eye.
What's your favorite?
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
I Write Queries Too
So, in the spirit of Ian McEwan, and also because I'm extremely busy today, this will be a short post. You will have plenty of time to get back to reading ON CHESIL BEACH in just a moment.
One reason agents are such sticklers regarding queries is that, well, we write them too, only they're not called queries. They're called pitch letters.
When agents submit manuscripts to publishers they include a pitch letter, calling attention to the salient parts of a manuscript/proposal, the marketability, draws attention to how awesome the author is, and which basically hopes to pursuade the editor to put the manuscript/proposal at the top of the pile and to see what the agent saw in the project. Styles of pitch letters vary greatly from agent to agent and range from "Here's the manuscript" to magnificent opuses that should be framed in a museum, but the basic function is the same -- to get someone's attention.
So, you see, we know how hard it is to write query letters too -- it's part of our job description.
SNEAK PREVIEW: have you ever wanted to write a novel with a friend but had no idea how you'd go about making it sound like one book? Well, on Thursday we'll have a guest blogger who has done just that.. Anne Dayton from Good Girl Lit will be here to talk about how to write a novel with a friend without killing each other. Anne Dayton and May Vanderbilt's latest novel, THE BOOK OF JANE, is on sale today.
Monday, June 11, 2007
What To Do if You Don't Have Publishing Credits
Secondarily, in order to round out the essential posts, I'd like to devote one post to perhaps the most-asked question of all time: what do you put in the "publishing credits" section of the query letter if you don't have any publishing credits?
Are you ready?
Nothing. Just say it's your first novel. Don't apologize, don't beseech my pardon for not having placed a short story before, don't insist that you're a serious writer even though you're not published, don't reflect on the vagaries of the publishing industry and your frustration at not being a member of the holy publishing "club" (if there is a club I'm not getting the invitations). Just say it's your first novel -- I'm much more interested in your story, trust me.
Now, if you ARE listing publishing credits, there are things to keep in mind as well. You should not claim to be a "published writer" if you self-published your previous book(s), or if you've only had short stories published in journals. If you were actually published through traditional means, please be very specific about the year and the publisher.
Publishing credits won't guarantee a request for a partial, and a lack of publishing credits won't guarantee that you'll get rejected. Think of publishing credits like icing on a cake -- cake still tastes good even without icing on top.
There we are. Spring cleaning over. Now with a little dash of potpourri this blog should be good as new.
Friday, June 8, 2007
This Week in Publishing 6/8/07
In his ongoing attempts to make the awesomest publishing website, Michael Cader has done it again! He has now added TV to the Publishers Marketplace page, making it even indispensibler. I love TV, I love books... Publishers Marketplace COMBINES THEM. I couldn't be more excited.
In other website news, OMG, LMAO, Penguin Books UK is going to create a teen website... created by teens. I'm guessing none of the adults at Penguin Books UK know html and were tired of their children saying, "God, mum! You're too slow, just let me do it!!"
So, remember way back in the halcyon days of our youth oh... approximately four months ago (we were so innocent then... sigh) when I talked about the turf war between US and UK publishers over the exclusivity of Europe? Yeah, that's not over yet.
In the spirit of Wednesday's post on great book titles, I feel that it is my duty to point out two pretty darn awesome titles for forthcoming books that are sure to be candidates in future "Favorite Book Title" polls. Steven Colbert was a hit at BEA promoting his new book I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU). And some Kazakhstani reporter named Borat is coming out with a two-in-one tour book called BORAT: TOURISTIC GUIDINGS TO MINOR NATION OF U.S. AND A and TOURISTIC GUIDINGS TO GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN.
And finally, those of you who had MIDDLESEX in your Oprah Book Club Office Pool raked in the cash this week! Yes, after a lovely sit-down with award-laden Cormac McCarthy, she has chosen Jeffrey Euginides' novel as her next pick, which marks the second time in a row she has opted for a Pulitzer Prize winner. I'm still betting on GILEAD in my next Oprah Book Club Office Pool (which is also a Pulitzer Prize winner. A trend? OH YES I THINK SO).
Have a great weekend!
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Writing Advice From Some Old Guys At My Gym
But there I was, doing my core exercises with one of those exercise orbs (which always ends up making you look rather ridiculous) and I overheard this conversation between two of the gym old timers. Oh, and the conversation is PG-13, so the young and/or faint at heart should go peruse the Sesame Street website for a while (just don't click on the trash can. Seriously, don.... why did you have to click on the trash can???). And for the record, I don't watch the Sopranos.
Old Timer #1: So, how about the Sopranos? Who do you think is gonna get whacked next week?
Old Timer #2: I hope it's the kid. I hate that kid. He's a waste of space.
Old Timer #1: Whaddya mean he's a waste of space?
Old Timer #2: He's got no balls.
Old Timer #1: No balls? Whaddya mean he's got no balls? He's leaving that world behind. He doesn't like the violence. He's going his own way.
Old Timer #2: That's because he's got no balls.
Old Timer #1: So the only way to have balls is to be a violent sociopath?
Old Timer #2: No. But if you don't have balls it's not a choice. If you got no balls you're just a wuss. In order to make a real choice you have to have it in you, only you turn your back. He's just got no balls.
Imagine my surprise.*
The gist of what Old Timer #2 is saying is that in order for a character to make a real choice, he/she has to have the capacity to make both choices he/she is presented with. This is really good writing advice!
One of the best ways to reveal character in a novel is to have the character make a choice because it reveals the character's core values. We all have this innate curiosity about what makes people tick, and when a character makes a decision under pressure when they're faced with a difficult choice, we learn about their priorities and values. Does the character value his pride or his life? Does the character love the girl enough to risk his own neck? Etc. etc.
But in order for this to work, a character has to have the capacity to make both choices. Otherwise your reader will sniff out a false choice a mile a way. So I can see Old Timer #2's point -- if the kid from the Sopranos doesn't follow his father's footsteps it doesn't necessarily mean that his value system is different, he just might not (forgive me) have balls. A more interesting dilemma would be if we got the sense that he DID have courage, but then decided to go his own way. Then it would mean that he was rejecting his father's value system in a real way.
There you have it. Writing advice from the gym.
*The words "imagine my surprise" are an inside joke between me, my fiancee, and the wonderful patrons of San Francisco's greatest bar, John Barleycorn (please sign the petition to save John Barleycorn). Larry, the amazing bartender and owner, was working the bar when a homeless man stumbled in with a mysterious paper bag. He walked slowly up to the bar and things got quiet as everyone was wondering what the guy was going to do. Then he opened the bag to reveal a wine bottle with a cork instead of a screw top. He looked up at Larry and said, "Imagine my surprise."
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
What is Your Favorite Book Title?
I have seen books go through twenty tentative titles before a final title was finally chosen, and it's often an agonizing choice. There's a reason for that: a great title can really capture a reader's attention and can separate a book from the pack. Although they're great books that suceeded on their own merits, no doubt titles like HEARTBREAKING WORK OF STAGGERING GENIUS, SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS and THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST helped set those books apart.
So you tell me: you don't have to have read the book or even liked it, but what is your favorite book title of all time? As always, you can only pick one. Why? Because I'm mean. (And it's more fun that way.)
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Ian McEwan
BUT. There are benefits to all this hard work. Did I mention the free books???
Yes, I was able to score an advance copy of Ian McEwan's ON CHESIL BEACH, which is officially being published today, and I have an announcement to make: I am now the official chairman of the "Can't We Just Give Ian McEwan the Nobel Prize Already?" Committee.
ON CHESIL BEACH is, in a word, incredible. I liked it even more than ATONEMENT, which for my money is one of the greatest books written in the past ten years. ON CHESIL BEACH is barely more than a novella, but it's just so precise, it's beautiful, it's amazing.
And in my opinion every writer should read ON CHESIL BEACH because it is a case study in conflict. The conflict drips off the page. The characters are caught in conflict with each other, with themselves, with their families, but most of all, they're caught between two eras, poised on the brink of the new modern times but not quite able to get there themselves.
New York Magazine recently had an article where they asked professors which books would be taught in schools in 50 years, and I don't think you have to look any farther than Ian McEwan's works.
So if you hit me up on the homeboy phone this week, be forewarned, I might just be inclined to shout into the phone, "Yo, why are you calling me instead of reading ON CHESIL BEACH??"
Monday, June 4, 2007
The Future is Coming... at some point
Anyway, BEA is over, and this just in from the participants: it was hot. Really hot.
Also at BEA: publishers, authors and booksellers wondering how new technology and our new robot overlords will affect the world of books. The New York Times, of course, was all over this.
From Camp "I love the taste of chrome in the morning" you have Chris Anderson, who is contemplating releasing his new book for free online (the book is conveniently titled FREE), only it will have advertisements inside. And from Camp "Die you robot scum" you have.... well, no one was willing to denigrate our robot overlords on the record for fear of retribution, but the Times article quotes some people who express a sense of inevitability and mild fear about the coming changes.
Now personally, although I joke about the publishing industry's reluctance to embrace certain mind-boggling new technologies such as, uh, e-mailed query letters, I feel that the publishing industry often gets a bad rap for being left behind in a world of new technologies. To my eye, this isn't the case. Publishers are investing lots of cold hard cash in new technology-based publishing initiatives to be ready for changes in the marketplace, but so far... things haven't changed all that much. Sure, you have more online marketing, Internet piracy is becoming more of a problem, Amazon and other online vendors loom large, independents are struggling from competition from chains and the Internet, but the vast majority of books are still bought in stores, are published by the same publishers, are printed in paper and ink.... etc.
So the next time you see the publishing industry criticized for being unreceptive to technological change, or the next time you hear someone talk about a coming massive change in publishing that the industry is catastrophically unprepared for, think about how little has actually changed in the last 10 years. Sure, things are going to continue to evolve, and it's possible that I'll see something like a digital revolution during my publishing lifetime, but until people decide that they want to read on PDAs and screens than hold a book in their hands, things will continue to stay relatively the same.
It's not that publishing is behind the technological curve. The industry is just giving people what they want.
Friday, June 1, 2007
Your Rights as an Author
Actually, this week's public service announcement has to do with your rights as an author. I get lots and lots of questions about whether this or that agent is a scam artist, and whether someone should pay their agent $500 to read their manuscript (my answer: um, no). It's amazing how much confusion is out there, so let me do my little part to put this one to bed.
The Association of Authors' Representatives (AAR) is sort of like a gang for agents, only instead of wearing matching colors people dress in ill-fitting clothes (I kid -- people in publishing have great fashion sense... compared to a 3 year old playing dress-up). The AAR has a canon of ethics that its members follow, and you should really take some time to familiarize yourself with it so you know your rights.
Here 'tis.
Learn it. Know it. Live it.
Or, if you're the type of person who is into that whole brevity thing, here's the abridged version:
1. Agents are loyal to their clients' business, avoid conflict of interests, and never deceive or defraud their clients, other agents, the general public, or anyone else they do business with.
2. Agents are responsible and secure with their clients' funds. Payments must be made on time. Books of account must be open.
3. Agents may pass along charges, such as photocopies and purchase of books used for sales of other rights.
4. Agents keep their client apprised of matters entrusted to the agent and provides information that the client requests.
5. Agents cannot represent the buyer and seller in a transaction.
6. Agents may not receive a secret profit, and may not receive a referral fee.
7. Agents keep their clients' financial information confidential.
The last one is the most important for aspiring authors, so I'm going to bold it:
8. Agents may not charge clients or potential clients reading fees.
There you have it. Those are your rights (in addition to your right to remain silent). If you are looking for an agent who follows these rules, consult the AAR's online database of agents.
Have a great weekend!


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Police reports often describe an officer's initial contact with a citizen as a consensual encounter. And these so-called consensual encounters sometimes result in searches of the person or car and ultimately in arrests. Can the police stop people without a reason and arrest them? Florida law recognizes three kinds of contact with law enforcement: Consensual… Read More »
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Here's that the dictionary says about Dessert:
the sweet course eaten at the end of a meal.
"a dessert of chocolate mousse"
Did someone say chocolate mousse? Yes please! I'm definitely one of those people who likes something sweet after dinner. Not lunch. Just dinner. For me, it's definitely a mental thing. If I have cake, cookies, ice cream or maybe I really struck gold and have chocolate mousse in the house, it MUST be eaten after dinner. However, if I have nothing "dessert-y" in the house, I'm good with a piece of fruit. Because I'm a good little nutritionist, I usually have fruit. Sigh… Continue Reading..


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Facebook Vice President of Global Marketing Solutions Carolyn Everson is still holding out hope for a reconciliation between the social network and automaker General Motors, telling Business Insider at its Ignition 2012 conference in New York last week that the two companies are talking.
GM pulled $10 million worth of advertising off Facebook in May, just days prior to the social network's initial public offering, but Business Insider pointed out that then-Chief Marketing Officer Joel Ewanick is no longer with the company.
Everson said at Ignition 2012, as reported by Business Insider:
We have talked a lot about General Motors, and what I can say to you is that it wasn't necessarily about ads don't work on Facebook — it was about whether or not their strategy on Facebook was the right strategy. And we are working very hard to get that in a better place than it was.
They're not spending right now. They are very eager to be at the table speaking with us.
I personally have seen GM executives over the past couple of months, I've been to Detroit, and there is a new CMO for General Motors in Canada who's a very big Facebook supporter. There are Facebook supporters at GM throughout the world, so I'm confident that this situation is going to be in a better place soon.
Readers: Do you think GM will rekindle its relationship with Facebook?


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BIM for the Small Firm - Augusta
GRAPHISOFT North America
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM (EDT)
Event Details
Earn 1 AIA CES Credit
Check-in starts at 11:40am. Lunch will be provided.
BIM is an affordable, effective and efficient tool for small firms to optimize your design processes, communicate ideas, streamline documentation, and sell your designs through elegant visualization. Join us in Augusta, ME on September 10th! This workshop will allow participants to gain personal experience utilizing BIM technology in a real-world application. Participants will see the benefits of BIM first-hand and learn how the technology is positioning small firms to be more competitive, productive and profitable.
The learning objectives for this session are:
- Identify the specific benefits of a BIM-enabled process for small firms.
- Discover first-hand how a BIM workflow can act as a catalyst for creating a collaborative approach to sustainable design on projects of all sizes.
- Learn how to leverage the model for more effective communication.
- Learn how your practice can implement BIM in a way that meets your specific needs and goals.
Presenter: Yanni Alexakis, Product Manager, GRAPHISOFT
Yanni Alexakis received his Degree in Architectural Engineering in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1990 and then became the youngest registered architect in Greece at the age of 23. Being a self-professed "computer geek" since his early college years, in 1993, Yanni was hired to assist in the development of tools of the trade.
Yanni worked in almost every phase of several projects while in Europe. However, in 1998, he moved permanently to the United States where he has continued to push for the adaptation of new technologies.
In 2005, Yanni settled in Las Vegas, Nevada, as Director of Design & Technology for Rhodes Homes, developing a pioneering process for designing and manufacturing homes. At the end of 2006 he joined Lucchesi Galati in a flexible role that has allowed him to contribute to the firm in many areas, but especially in guiding our technological advances.
Since 2010, he is the Product Manager of GRAPHISOFT North America, working as a liaison between the ArchiCAD development and the Architects in US & Canada as well as managing the Technical Support team..
When & Where
Hampton Inn
1 Dillon Road
Hilton Head Island,
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM (EDT)
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GRAPHISOFT North America
Website: https://blog.graphisoftus.com/organizer/graphisoft-north-america


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A community prayer will be said today on behalf of the San Francisco Giants fan severely beaten in a Dodger Stadium parking lot by two people wearing Dodgers apparel.
Clergy members, community activists, Dodger fans and the family of beating victim Bryan Stow are scheduled to gather at 6 p.m. for the prayer on his behalf outside County-USC Medical Center, where he is hospitalized.
Community activists will also ask that all members of the public work together to create a response to alcohol abuse and violence among youth and young adults, according to Eddie Martinez of The Wall-Las Memorias Project, which seeks to prevent illness among Latino populations affected by HIV and AIDS, and is organizing the prayer.
Stow, a 42-year-old paramedic and married father of two, remains in a comatose state and in critical condition. Earlier Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a $10,000 reward for information leading to the two men who attacked Stow. The City Council approved a $50,000 reward.
"Violence has no place at what should be a family venue," Councilman Ed Reyes, who proposed the reward, said.
The rewards in the case now total $100,000, including $25,000 from the Dodgers, a $10,000 reward offered by the Giants and $5,000 from Stow's employer, American Medical Response. His co-workers have also set up a fund to help pay his medical expenses.
Stow was leaving the stadium with friends, all wearing Giants apparel, around 8:25 p.m. Thursday when the two suspects, wearing Dodgers gear, started taunting them for being Giants fans, police said.
"At some point the suspects attacked the victim and hit him in the back of the head. The victim fell and hit his head on the pavement. But he continued to be assaulted and kicked," LAPD Detective Percy Morris said at a Friday news conference.
"The two friends tried to get away but when they saw what was happening, they tried to go back to aid their friend, but the crowd was so dense they couldn't get there fast enough."
Dr. Gabriel Zada, who has been treating Stow, said he suffered "a very severe fracture to his skull, as well as contusions, which are very bad amounts of bruising in both frontal lobes."
Zada said surgeons inserted a pressure-relieving device in Stow's brain, but on Friday, his condition worsened and he underwent surgery, which successfully eased his brain pressure.
"However, since that time, he has remained in a comatose state and our medical team has done and is doing everything to ensure that the most optimal outcome that is possible is achieved, and we're working tirelessly to do so," Zada said.
"It's very hard to say what the prognosis is. It's really too early at this point. He does remain in critical condition and over the next week or so we'll be able to make a better assessment, but at this time the prognosis remains guarded."
The suspects are described as between 18 and 25 years old, Morris said. According to the composite sketches released by police, the two suspects had shaved heads. Both had thin mustaches and one also had a small goatee. The second suspect had numerous tattoos on his neck.
Anyone with information on the beating was asked to call Morris or fellow Detective Larry Burcher at (213) 847-4261.
The Giants announced Tuesday they will dedicate their home opener Friday at AT&T Park against the Dodgers in honor of Stow and pay tribute to him in pregame ceremonies.
The team will collect donations at Monday's game to benefit a fund established to support him and his family. The Giants will make an initial $10,000 contribution to The Bryan Stow Fund and encourage fans to give what they can.
The Giants Community Fund will hold a silent auction during Monday's game with all proceeds benefiting The Bryan Stow Fund.
"Bryan is a father, paramedic and lifelong Giants fan who has dedicated himself to caring for others," said Giants managing general partner and Chief Executive Officer Bill Nuekom, who visited Stow in his hospital room Saturday.
"Now he needs our support as he fights for his life following this brutal and unconscionable act of violence."
The Dodgers are planning to hold a collection drive at Dodger Stadium this weekend or early next week for the various funds benefiting Stow's family, Josh Rawitch, the team's vice president of communications, told City News Service.


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Outrageous: Candidate for expulsion - Jesuit novice in Oregon province
Now I find out the disturbing news that one of the Province's novices is, well, morally bankrupt:
Meet Cormac Brissett who's a novice in that province. He signed a protest in defense of public lewdness in a circular letter posted on-line by an apologist for pederasty, William A. Percy, in No to Sexophobia (May 3, 1995) with one of the founding members of Nambla. It's hard to believe that Mr. Brissett's opinions are a passing fancy, he's penned articles for Lavender Magazine, and intereviewed another pederastic intellectual,Edmund White, without the slightest criticism. It would be more surprising that Mr. Brissett would give up his unnatural tastes and intellectual defense of them than that the Jesuit order will perform due dilligence on its candidates for priesthood.I'll leave the moralizing to Diogenes, but I'll write down my gut reaction: "What would Ignatius say?!"
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Oct '16 — Current · Partner
Mar '13 — Sep '16 · Head of Design
Expa is a startup studio, a company that creates new companies. It was founded by Garrett Camp, co-founder of Uber, to work with proven founders to develop and launch new companies. After 10 years designing and building consumer services, the Expa team has identified many techniques that help create successful companies. Vítor currently leads design, product, branding, and prototyping efforts for multiple stealth companies. Expa raised $150M to invest between $500,000 and $2M in new startups.
Aug '15 — Current · Advisor
Ando is Momofuku's delivery-only restaurant in NYC. Ando is rethinking restaurants in a world dominated by mobile technology. Their menu features everything from cheesesteaks and chicken tenders to mapo tofu and chicken teriyaki, not to mention cookies by Milk Bar. As its Founding Designer, Vítor led the charge to design Ando's customer experience from order to delivery and helped recruit a team of designers and engineers.
Jun '14 — Jun '15 · Advisor
Jun '13 — Jun '14 · Founding Designer
Operator is a request network that connects consumers with in-store operators through a messaging platform. Vítor was deeply involved in the foundation of the company alongside Robin Chan and Garrett Camp. Vítor designed the first prototype for the product, and help set the tone and vision for the product. Operator recently raised a $10M Series A round from Greylock Partners.
Nov '15 — Current · Investor
Specialized Types is a hybrid co-investment and advisory group. They get involved with startups by making small investments alongside world class VCs — Accel, Benchmark, CRV, Foundation, Greylock, Homebrew, Index, KPCB, Obvious, Redpoint, Sherpa, True and others. The group consists of deeply technical folks with different areas of expertise, spanning all layers of the modern tech stack from bare metal to pixel. They help startup founders in all technical aspects — including informal technical advice about stacks and architectures, hiring for senior technical roles, and access to a large network of star engineers.
Jan '13 — Current · Advisor
Monashees Capital is the leading technology venture capital firm in Brazil. Their investments include Peixe Urbano, ContaAzul, EmpregoLigado, VivaReal, Baby.com.br. Vítor works with many portfolio founders to help them embrace design as a competive advantage. Monashees has recently launched its seventh vehicle with a $140M target.
Jan '14 — Jan '16 · Advisor
Jan '13 — Jan '14 · Co-founder
Envoy is the new standard for visitor registration. It brings security, efficiency and elegance to corporate front desks and lobbies. Customers include Tesla, Airbnb, Uber, Pinterest, Yahoo!, Medium, GoPro, and many of others. Vítor founded the company and headed up design and product efforts during its early days. Envoy raised a $15M Series A round from Andreessen Horowitz.
Oct '13 — Mar '14 · Designer
Reserve is your personal dining concierge. With just a few taps, Reserve enables a more seamless experience, from getting the table you want to paying effortlessly at the end of the meal. As part of Expa's partnership with the company, Vítor designed Reserve's initial mobile experience and helped direct its branding efforts. Reserve raised a $15M Series A round from multiple investors.
Jan '13 — Jan '14 · Founding Designer
Spot is your guide to the best places in the world for you according to the friends and experts you trust. Spot now has more than half a million expert reviews covering hundreds of cities and dozens of countries, and thousands more are added every day. Spot raised $2M from investors including SV Angel.
Apr '08 — Dec '12 · Designer
Vítor joined Twitter as its first Designer in 2008, when the company had only 15 employees. He had the opportunity to work alongside founders while leading Twitter's first major redesign in 2008. During the subsequent period of 4,5 years, he helped simplify and evolve the Twitter product into what it is today. Left in December 2012, after having become the second longest tenured employee at the company. TWTR's market cap stood at $24.5B on its first trading day at NYSE.
Aug '08 — Dec '08 · Designer
As a consultant, Vítor designed products for Yahoo's Innovation Cell in Latin America. Using lean agile principles, his team built a series of consumer products in the publishing market. Meme, a lightweight blogging tool, went from an idea to live product in less than 3 months. In addition to Latin America, it ended up being released in five additional fast-growing emerging markets.
Aug '06 — Aug '08 · Designer
Globo Corporation is the largest media conglomerate in Latin America and among the biggest in the world. Vítor brought social and web 2.0 initiatives to the company by developing Facebook and OpenSocial applications. Vítor designed and helped build the GloboEsporte.com Orkut app, which in December '08 achieved over 1.5 million active users.


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The Bracks report card
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Photo: Craig AbrahamArtwork: Bill Farr
Malcolm Maiden brings Victoria's Premier together with some of the state's corporate leaders to put the Government's business credentials to the test.
Cuts in land tax and workcover premiums worth $1.9 billion over five years, $370 million for a new convention centre, and plans for a bigger, better port and docks were the centrepieces of the Bracks Government's new special business budget. And in its general budget for the new financial year, the Government predicts cash surpluses for the foreseeable future. That's a scenario business likes - and it is one Premier Steve Bracks and his Treasurer, John Brumby, have cultivated.
The Victorian Government has just handed down its budget for 2004-05, and a separate business economic statement. Premier, are you happy with what you've produced?
STEVE BRACKS: Yes, I am. We did two documents because business conditions have changed. The Australian dollar is higher, drought has affected Victoria more than in other places, and it's had a compounding effect on manufacturers and exporters, including our biggest exporters, the dairy farmers. In our economic statement we wanted to get the cost of doing business down, and bring forward projects which could assist in long-term planning for business. We have to be competitive in Australia and the region, and we don't have the natural resource advantages of Queensland or Western Australia. That means we have to work harder to get our share of investment, our share of activity.
Michael Andrew, KPMG recently analysed Melbourne as a destination for international businesses.
MICHAEL ANDREW: And Melbourne scored very high ratings, particularly in the services sector, in back-office support, and in technology. The survey covered the top 11 OECD countries, and didn't look at some key regional competitors, including Singapore and China. But homeland security for employees is a key emerging factor, and Melbourne is a favoured base for regional activities. We're seeing strong US interest in particular.John McFarlane and John Fletcher, you run national businesses. How does Victoria compare with other states?
JOHN McFARLANE: First, Australia is in pretty good shape. It has outperformed the OECD for decades, so it's a good place to be. Victoria's pretty good: it's not the fastest-growing state, but it's very good for us. We're more represented in Victoria than we are in other states, being Melbourne based, and we need to invest a little more heavily in growth corridors elsewhere, such as Queensland. But we'll keep our Victorian business going.
JOHN FLETCHER: Victoria is not the fastest-growing state, but it's as important as NSW to us.
Is Coles allocating relatively more capital to growth areas outside Victoria?
FLETCHER: No, not really. We still see that there's a lot of opportunity in Victoria. We've just added 150 stores in Coles Express, we've got 50,000 people here. Like ANZ, we are headquartered here, and things tend to concentrate a bit around headquarters. But there's low debt, low unemployment and a feeling of confidence . . . There's actually been more small-business growth here than in any other state, and that attracts people into the marketplace.
Neil Coulson, you liked the business statement?
NEIL COULSON: Yes we did. Our pre-budget submission argued that the budget should underpin business confidence. Projects in the statement including the port channel deepening, a new convention centre, and cuts in business costs did that, and will drive growth.
Premier, the land-tax cuts you have announced only brought Victoria up with land-tax regimes in other states, didn't they? Is there room for more cuts, in payroll tax for example?
BRACKS: We've been targeting reductions in business tax since we came in, which is somewhat unusual. We haven't looked at other personal domestic taxes for reduction because we believe business tax cuts grow jobs and benefit every Victorian. It's been our long-term objective to reduce the headline rate of payroll tax, and we have progressively cut it to 5.25 per cent, the second lowest in the country, after Queensland.
On this occasion we've moved on land tax, and you're right - the escalation of property prices meant that the whole structure of our land-tax system was askew. So we brought the top land-tax rate down, and gave a bit of relief in the middle. That was our immediate priority, but it doesn't change our course, to look at payroll tax as probably the highest priority for driving business costs lower. We'd love to get it down further - we just can't at this stage. We took $1 billion off in our first term, we're taking $1.9 billion off in this term, so I think our record's been pretty good.
FLETCHER: If you look at the relative benefits of the latest land tax cuts and a payroll tax change, for us they are hugely different. We pay $70 million a year in payroll tax, and in a very low-margin business, that makes a difference.NEIL COULSON: We've been arguing that the Government should aim for the most competitive payroll tax regime by 2006. There's a major link between payroll tax and the business outlook, jobs growth and investment. Many small-business employers also see the prospect of moving through the payroll size threshold as a disincentive to grow their workforce.
ANDREW: I think business also wants guidance on the expenditure side. We know there's the Commonwealth Games coming up, the Scoresby bypass, the new convention centre. But we're also conscious that the City Loop is 20 years old; Westgate Bridge will be at capacity by 2007; the Calder-Tullamarine Freeway connection needs to be addressed at some stage and the Werribee Plains project was announced in 2002. Those projects will limit the capacity to pass on business-tax reductions. Some of them were addressed in the economic statement, but some weren't.
BRACKS: The channel deepening, the Dynon rail link, the moving of the markets, they're all integrated and are our biggest priority for industry, business and trade. They will have a profound impact on what we can do, how competitive we are. Obviously the volume of population traffic funnelling on to the Westgate Bridge is an issue. We're not in a position to give any indications on the likely project yet, but it will be something we'll have to do soon. There's many options and they're not all totally expensive - we've still got Footscray Road, a big road, which can take a lot of volume. The Calder is in the budget estimates, so it's not a pending issue. Werribee Plains is going very well. We've got a water trust, which is funded from water authority dividends, and we'll be looking at allocations of that in the water white paper soon.
FLETCHER: Australia's two biggest retailers are going through a quite significant supply chain transformation together right now. But it's no good getting very good links into Australia, and from the docks to the stores, if you can't get it through the docks. Anything that can be done in that area is going to fit hand in glove with the two big retailers.
BRACKS: Absolutely. And John, you know from your previous occupations that we have a logistical advantage compared to, say, Sydney. We've got the best and busiest port, and highway and rail links. But we need to make it better.
John McFarlane you're running a huge services company. Is Victoria doing enough to emphasise and develop its strengths in that sector?McFARLANE: I have a few observations. The first is that the services industry is cyclical: we go through great times and weak times, and in a sense, the state is a bit like that too. The state budget should be planned from a tax standpoint across the cycle, and I don't see much evidence of that in any of your state budgets. As a second observation, the greatest thing that would benefit financial services is an increase in the population.
BRACKS: I agree with that.
McFARLANE: And while trying to get financial services jobs here is a very good thing, I can tell you, I can move jobs. We've had a big technology set-up in India since 1988 as everybody knows, and every employee there is a graduate. We actually have high value-added things there, like systems development, rather than low-cost jobs. But it's very tough, given the location of Melbourne, and the opportunities in Fiji or the Philippines or India, to see Victoria being an international financial services hub. I sense that Victoria needs to think about how to position itself into tomorrow's services industries - and education clearly is one of them.
How do we compete with that, Premier?
BRACKS: I think we do compete in terms of post-secondary qualifications. But I just want to come back to population. I agree completely, this is something that Victoria can do better than any other state. Our population growth rate is about 1.2 per cent, and it's come down from 1.5. We're still suffering some interstate migration, but we're getting a bigger share of overseas migration. There's about 120,000 a year coming in, and we've lifted our share from 18-19 per cent to 25 per cent. We want more and we are chasing it. In Australia there's not too many places that are: NSW is presenting itself as full. I'll be writing a personalised letter to every prospective person who makes an inquiry about Australia to present the case for Victoria. We're giving some money to some of the councils and regional centres to look at settlement and language and other issues. We're also using people who have already come here and have settled well, as ambassadors to attract more.
McFARLANE: As somebody who's in the queue, can I say that there are ways to streamline this process.
BRACKS: In the queue? Haven't you got citizenship?
McFARLANE: No, I haven't even got residency after seven years. I don't want any favours, but you go through this massive process, and you get police checks in two countries and medicals, and then you get more forms. It's months and months, you know. If you're really serious, you need a fast-track process.
BRACKS: Yes, you do. And particularly for identified skills that we want in the economy. That's where you want to fast track, and we're obviously going to push that to the Commonwealth.
FLETCHER: In the last two years at Coles Myer we have recruited 15 of the best retailers in the world from overseas, and three common observations they make is that this place is safe, the housing's good, and it has a fantastic education system. That's a great starting point, but I can only agree with John: getting them in the country on a visa is easy, but to then try and get them residency is heartbreaking.
McFARLANE: I've stopped trying to recruit people from overseas. They want to go to Sydney, they don't want to come to Melbourne, don't know the other cities. And we can't afford them anyway. We essentially attract Australians returning to Australia.
The overall level of industrial action has fallen about 30 per cent under the Bracks Government, but there are industrial relations hot spots. Is that why the Government is moving to strengthen its emergency IR powers?
BRACKS: There's two big initiatives. One is to consolidate all the emergency powers to have an extra capacity to get people back to work when a dispute has a state-wide impact. The second thing we've argued for is more power to intervene to terminate the bargaining period earlier - to have the capacity as a state to present before the (IR) commission, and have some compulsory settlement. Why do we want that? One, because we have faith in the umpire, and two, because there's unequal bargaining power in certain industries, and the only way you can resolve that is to have a compulsory arbitrator. The current system does not work in favour of that: to get a bargaining period terminated is an extraordinarily difficult process under the Workplace Relations Act.
COULSON: It's important that the Government have the power to act when bloody-minded approaches to negotiation threaten, say, electricity supplies to the community, or when intractable disputes put significant investments at risk.
McFARLANE: You've got two of the world's biggest financial institutions headquartered here, and we process the bulk of the international payments of the country. Electricity and telecommunications are absolutely fundamental. We are out of business if we can't get it. Now we've got protection, clearly, but you'd never want to run two data centres on back-up power.
BRACKS: We're taking action on that. But the capacity to intervene in certain areas really does require some concessions by the Federal Government that will change the law. We are going to pursue that.
Leighton Holdings' share price has come under pressure over likely losses on the Spencer Street project. That's a public-private partnership deal. Does this news signal that the Government now has a PPP structure that lays off the development risk?
FLETCHER: Governments don't have to do profit warnings [laughter].BRACKS: I think we have improved the structure of our partnerships projects enormously, and the assignment of risk in Spencer Street is a good example. It's not the Government's risk, it will be delivered, and we will be enforcing the contract.
ANDREW: I think the Government's done a very good job on PPPs. Victoria is clearly a leader in this area. There were no shortage of bidders for Spencer Street Station.
BRACKS: Yes, it was very competitive, wasn't it?
COULSON: People want all sorts of infrastructure, but if you are going to rely on government expenditure, you're going to be waiting a long time. The PPP structure is still immature, but it will deliver more infrastructure, sooner. One for John Fletcher. Big retailers are still unable to trade on Easter Sunday here.
FLETCHER: We've talked about that [laughs] . . . you're in reasonable shape, but we were bemused by the recent backwards step . . .
BRACKS: We'll have to agree to differ on this one, though, John. If you look at total trading hours in Victoria, we are the most liberal state . . . we haven't relaxed it to the big chains, but if you go across the border, you can't trade at all . . . it's a balance to be struck.


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Oh, the frustrations of coaching a young team.
Just ask Mark Whatley.
With plenty of firepower on offense, speed on defense, and momentum from a dramatic comeback win at Vilonia to call on, the Jacksonville Red Devils seemed poised for a blowout of Mills last Friday.
Instead, Jacksonville will begin 6A-East Conference play this Friday at Jan Crow Stadium trying to shake off a disappointing, mistake-plagued 31-19 stunner at the hands of the Comets.
We didnt need to let them hangaround, said Whatley, the Red Devils fourth-year head coach. But we had mistakes that definitely hurt us, no question about it. We just didnt get out of the box.
Youth kind of reared its head a little bit.
Mountain Home will be trying to shake off a 2-game slide after falling 37-14 to Harrison in Week 2 and 29-16 to Batesville last Friday.
Were a little disappointed because in all my years here, our teams have always played hard, said Bomber head coach Shane Patrick. But we havent done that all the time this year. Unless that changes, we wont win another game.
The Red Devil defense will be looking at a similar style in the Mountain Home Wishbone that they saw last Friday. Their attack is centered around fullback Chase Walker, who ran for 117 yards last week and has had three big games for the Bombers.
But they also have a quick option in quarterback Zach Hawthorne.
Weve been pretty effective running the football so far, Patrick said.
The Comets bulled through and around the Red Devils for more than 300 yards last week, and thats an obvious concern for Whatley heading into Friday night.
Mountain Home will make you play assignment football, he said. Theyve got a good offensive line. Last Friday, we gave up the big plays we hadnt been giving up all year. A lot of that had to do with their speed. Their quarterback was tough to deal with. Weve got to be able to make that tackle at the line of scrimmage this week.
Assuming the Red Devils are able to shore up that defense this Friday, the key will be to limit mistakes offensively and turn loose their various weapons on a Mountain Home defense that has surrendered 66 points the past two weeks.
Tailback Patrick Geans showed flashes of his slithery elusiveness in snaking his way to 112 yards against the Comets, but he got only 13 carries. Keith Rodgers provided a nice complement to Geans with more straight-ahead running, and Lawrence Tillman ripped off a couple of long runs.
Keith gave us everything he had, Whatley said. The two backs are blocking well for each other, but we didnt get the blocking on the perimeter from our receivers that we need. Geans doesnt need much. Hes real elusive and can do a lot of things with it.
Sophomore quarterback Logan Perry threw four interceptions, but also delivered a lot of passes right on the money, mostly to Demetrius Harris and Devin Featherston. Of Perrys 15 completions in 21 attempts, six were hauled in by Harris two for touchdowns and five more were caught by Featherston.
Demetrius has had three really good games for us, Whatley said. Thats six touchdowns hes caught now. And Devin has come along and given us production on the other side. A lot of that has to do with them trying to stop Demetrius. Now we just need to eliminate mistakes.
Whatley said his team appears to have shaken off the effects of the disappointing loss to Mills.
The biggest thing is were undefeated in conference, he said. Hopefully we learned a lesson from (the loss). Every game from here on out is a bowl game. They all count from here.


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Climategate Should Put a Halt to Duke Energy's Lobbying for Cap-and-TradeThe National Center's Free Enterprise Project has called on Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers to cease lobbying for cap-and-trade in the wake of revelations regarding the integrity of processes underpinning the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's climate conclusions.
In the Climategate scandal, released documents from a British university reveal what appear to be efforts to manipulate data to support the preexisting views of leading climate researchers.
Raw data without which it is impossible to confirm the accuracy of IPCC findings also has been destroyed.
Duke Energy has said the company's decision to lobby for cap-and-trade is based on the very IPCC report whose conclusions have now been called into question. A company report says: "...our policy positions are driven by the IPCC peer-reviewed science and by our judgment that this science is not only credible, but that it is accepted by the vast majority of public policymakers who will shape U.S. climate legislation in the years to come."
"Rogers must exercise his fiduciary responsibility to shareholders by carefully assessing whether he has been duped by a group of rogue climate change scientists," said Tom Borelli, Ph.D., director of the Free Enterprise Project. "The burden of proof is now on Rogers to show his global warming policy is sound and Duke Energy's board of directors must hold him accountable."
Rogers has taken a high-profile role in lobbying for cap-and-trade, including testifying in Congress and appearing in advertising.
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An analysis has been completed of the global carbon cycle and climate for a 70,000 year period in the most recent Ice Age, showing a remarkable correlation between carbon dioxide levels and surprisingly abrupt changes in climate.
The findings, to be published this week in the online edition of the journal Science, shed further light on the fluctuations in greenhouse gases and climate in Earth's past, and appear to confirm the validity of the types of computer models that are used to project a warmer climate in the future, researchers said.
"We've identified a consistent and coherent pattern of carbon dioxide fluctuations from the past and are able to observe the correlation of this to temperature in the northern and southern hemispheres," said Ed Brook, an associate professor of geosciences at Oregon State University. "This is a global, interconnected system of ocean and atmosphere, and data like these help us better understand how it works."
The analysis was made by studying the levels of carbon dioxide and other trace gases trapped as bubbles in ancient ice cores from Antarctica.
In the last Ice Age, as during most of Earth's history, levels of carbon dioxide and climate change are intimately linked. Carbon dioxide tends to rise when climate warms, and the higher levels of carbon dioxide magnify the warming, Brook said. These natural cycles provide a "fingerprint" of how the carbon cycle responds to climate change.
In contrast to the relatively low levels of carbon dioxide in the Ice Age, the burning of fossil fuels since the Industrial Revolution has led to levels of greenhouse gases that by comparison are off the charts. The level of atmospheric carbon dioxide today is about 385 parts per million, or more than double that of some of the lower levels during the Ice Age.
These changes have taken place at a speed and magnitude that has not occurred in hundreds of thousands of years, if not longer. Past studies of ice cores have suggested that Earth's temperature can sometimes change amazingly fast, warming as much as 15 degrees in some regions within a couple of decades.
The question everyone wants to know is what all this will mean in terms of future climate change.
"Before humans were affecting the Earth, what we are finding is regular warm and cold cycles, which both began and ended fairly abruptly," Brook said. "This study supports the theory that a key driver in all this is ocean currents and circulation patterns, which create different patterns of warm and cold climates depending on the strength of various parts of the global ocean circulation system."
This issue is of more than academic interest - one of the primary circulation patterns is referred to scientifically as "meridional overturning circulation." When that current is moving large amounts of warm water from the equator to the north, it helps to warm the high latitude parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and particularly the North Atlantic region. When the system stops or dramatically slows, as it has repeatedly in the past, Greenland and Europe get much colder while the Antarctic regions become warmer, Brook said.
"In every historic sequence we observed, the abrupt warming of Greenland occurred about when carbon dioxide was at maximum levels," Brook said. "And that was during an Ice Age, and at levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide that are far lower than those we have today."
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