The following was sent to a major Writer's Group here in the USA on the East Coast in order to enlighten them about problems we Writers can encounter. Several good pointers and recommendations are listed that you should be apprised:
Thursday, October 18, 2012 3:55 PM CST
RE: What
it takes to be a Writer
Dear ___: What
I find amusing is the degree of Notoriety and KNOW-toriety
writers/authors/creatifs can achieve in their lifetime for the Works they
produce. Notice, I did not use the word:
PUBLISH.
Once a production is complete (or sort of done), it can take on a life of
its own. It can take-off and end up in
places never dreamt. Such is and was the
case of my Literary Genre called:
EVENTOLOGY
THE
ART
EVENT-MAKING
ADRiENNE
SiOUX
KOOPERSMiTH’s
CAMPAIGNS FOR HUMANITY ©1990
that
I launched on Wednesday, July 25, 1990 at 9:45 PM CST. Although I also head my own PRAM: Public Relations
– Advertising – Marketing Biz and self- publicize my Works, what I do mind
terribly is when people (so-called journalists and reporters) think they can
put WORDS into my Mouth.
HOW
THIS CONCLUSION WAS ARRIVED UPON: It’s a very good idea to google your name to
see where your name is landing. I do this on a semi-regular basis. This allows me to update my Media List of who
noticed and acknowledged my Writings that appear frequently on my blogs and throughout
my social networks. It allows me to then
pen a proper thank you note to them if the article is complimentary and/or
correct them if they are wrong.
Some
of the grandest periodicals (magazines + newspapers) and TV/Radio stations on
the planet fall liable to following this sour/dour practice. Furthermore, if it happens to me, it probably
is happening to other writers/authors at all levels of productivity/publishing. Now is the time to expose it for the greater
good! Editors and Publishers have a high
standing to maintain. If they allow lies
and fallacies to surface, they should be reprimanded and outright fired for
on-the-job negligence. Fact-checking is
instrumental in today’s literary scene as it is in all others.
ON
A LIGHTER AND MORE BOASTFUL SIDE: I had to laugh and admit: This Stream of Media Coverage that I have
received since 1990 was all done without having one book published by a leading
book publisher. In those days, that technique was called: GUERRILLA MARKETING. The
topics I created were that popular and spectacular and they still are. They hit a vein in people. People reacted. In my Collection of Works/Words, approximately
10 prototypes of Books (Manuscripts) are ready to go into the next step of
production with 40 patiently waiting in ‘the
wings.’ Cited as:
‘America’s
Premier Eventologist’
by Gene Koprowski of Insight Magazine
in Washington, DC in August 1997
&
‘The
Premier Eventologist in The History of The World’
by Eric Zorn of The Chicago Tribune
in Chicago in January, 2001
I
have 1,900 HOLIDATES TO CELEBRATE that fall into 34 specific Categories.
Each could/should be a mini-Book or several Encyclopedias. Throughout
the last two decades, many have already been made into Greeting Cards.
HOWEVER:
You have to admit, this is highly problematic not only for the Creatif but
for the Reader, Subscriber, Scholar and/or Student who is reading material that
is misrepresented. Why these reporters
and journalists report on a story without CONSULTING with the Creator FIRST AND FOREMOST is beyond me. Why these reporters and
journalists report on a story without listing my Name as CREATOR is more than
insulting, it is criminal. They can
easily email, FB or tweet the writer/author.
They can find their phone number in a matter of seconds. There is no excuse for their lameness.
IN
MY PARTICULAR CASE THE LAST 22 YEARS: No literary agent or publisher ever came
forth when an article was published, i.e.: when this slew of these articles (listed
below) were current. However, in 1995, I
did contact some Literary Agents and have a stack of Testimonials as to the
uniqueness of these Writings. This is
when it was much easier to get ‘through’ and an answer would be
forthcoming. Gone are ‘those days.’
THE INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED
MEDIA
THAT
HAS SPOTLIGHTED MY WRITINGS / CONCEPTS / PHILOSOPHIES
1990 - Present
As
a Creative Writer since July 25, 1990, Interviews about me as
a noted Writer, Trendsetter and ‘Someone to Watch’ appeared in:
USA
Today, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Insight Magazine, The Chicago
Tribune, The Chicago Sun-Times, Time Magazine, ESPN: The Magazine; Fast Company, Redbook,
More Magazine, Woman’s World, Sports Illustrated For Kids, Village Voice,
Nickelodeon, The Times Picayune, The Gainesville Sun, The Springfield
News-Leader, Dave Egger’s Might Magazine, The Milwaukee-Journal-Sentinel, The
Detroit Free Press, The Daily Herald, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Atlanta
Journal Constitution, The Advocate/Greenwich Time, The San Antonio Express, The
Dallas Morning News, Skyline, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Home Cooking,
Cooking Light, Chase’s Calendar of Events, The Daily Northwestern, Popular
Photography and Imaging, Shutterbug, Kennedy’s Confection (London, England),
Eric Cohen Books (Israel) and an Estonian Newspaper as well as an endless
Assortment of Websites, Blogs, Facebook Postings, ‘Tweets’ on Twitter and employing other popular Social
Networks. Besides being the Guest on over 3,000 Radio Interviews (including The
Voice of America since 1990), ABC, NBC, CBS & MSNBC Television Networks
have also featured me for my Creation of these EVENTOLOGICAL Works.
LET
THIS SERVE AS A WARNING: Now, the saddest point to make is that the 90%
of my Works are on floppy disks (the variety we used from 1994 to circa 2009),
meaning they are outdated and obsolete when it comes to reproducing the Material. However, I do have Backup in the form of
Paper Copies, because when you open your eyes up and admit it, we will never be
a thoroughly paperless society. And, yes,
I have a booklet on that Topic of going Paperless as well.
Luckily,
my movie script called iN
THE COMPANY OF ANTS ©2009 (that
beat out 3,164 other contenders and placed in Scriptapalooza’s International
Screenplay Competition located in Hollywood, California) is on a flash drive
and backed up. It is part and parcel of my
7-part book and movie script collection called:
SKiN: SACRED KINSHP
iN NATURE™
HOW
10 BELOVED PLUSH TOYS REDEFINE RACE ©2009
that
deals with the highly pertinent topics of:
-
Erasing Racism;
-
Dissolving the Mixed Signals and Ironies we receive every Day; and
-
Getting to the Heart of what really matters
WHAT
IT TAKES TO BE A WRITER:
There
are a Plethora of Topics that stem from Writing ‘right’ and what happens via
the Usage and Proliferation of High Technology.
When things go ‘write’ compared to when things go ‘wrong,’ Writing is never
an easy task. These Topics should be covered in every Writing Class, Case and Seminar ever hosted. These
are very important topics that people (who want to be a WRITER/AUTHOR) must
know about before they start pursuing this Art, Craft and Pastime. They need to know:
Can
we creatifs keep up with it?
What
if a reporter misrepresents your works?
What
if you stumble upon someone on the web plagiarizing your words and cashing in
on those?
What
happens when you win a contest and decide to switch gears in order to ‘write’
for the masses?
Why
don’t journalists give credit where it’s due?
The
list is certainly endless. Shall I go on and on? I’ve been known to!
Therefore,
if you are hosting a panel in your upcoming _____Annual Convention
and/or Book Fest or Fair and would like for me to speak as a panelist, let me
know. I find this Body of Topics concerning ‘Writer’s
Rights’ (we could call it) to be of utmost importance and extremely interesting. ‘Staying
ahead’ of the Writing Curve is difficult on its own these days in so many ways. This can encompass trying to get published in
a publication. Then, it is broken down into IF it is your article or another writer
who is writing about you. Then, did they interview you or just take
their findings from material found on the web?
What if you are not given the credit you deserve? This changes the
entire Course of Literature by dispelling the Accuracy of that Article. And,
let us not forget:
When something is
placed in Cyberspace, it stays there forever.
These act(ions) borders on criminal – on Copyright
Infringement of Intellectual Property.
The world would be pretty boring if there were no Intellectuals
producing the Property we so enjoy today.
Two acts of Copyright
Infringement happened to me earlier this year when my copyrighted, 18 year old material
was placed on NBC TV for 29 days’ worth of commercials and I didn’t receive a single
dime. Yes, this, too, is slated as a
book because its story needs to be told to protect the innocent.
So
many Topics deal with Writing. We’ll
never get bored, will we!
In
closing, thank you, ______, so much for letting me tell you about a subject
matter that matters and affects us all each day. Please call-on-me if you need an Article or
Panelist for any of your creative endeavors.
I’d be happy to participate.
Sincerely,
ASK: Adrienne
Sioux Koopersmith
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Friday,
January 16, 2009
THE ASK BRAND:
ADRIENNE SIOUX KOOPERSMITH
http://adriennesiouxkoopersmith.blogspot.com/2012/01/ask-adrienne-sioux-koopersmith-brand.html
Thursday,
October 2, 2008
ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith: Online Resume
http://adriennesiouxkoopersmith.blogspot.com/2008/10/adrienne-sioux-koopersmith-online.html
Wednesday,
October 8, 2008
The Creative Biography & Profile of Adrienne Sioux
Koopersmith
http://adriennesiouxkoopersmith.blogspot.com/2008/10/creative-biography-profile-of-adrienne.html
