Friday, May 8, 2009

Life of a Publisher

I did not get to post yesterday because I got tired. Yesterday I had a good day. I started with an interview with a ballet dancer. She is starting a dance company as well as a studio. We had a good discussion about how black children in our community are not moving forward in this arena. They get to a certain point and then they stop or have no options to continue. She will provide this continuous road. I had coffee with my marketing assistant and then I headed to my coffee shop office Java. I got some things done, I even attempted to write my articles for the June issue. But I got phone calls and emails done so that was good. 
I am excited about this morning. I have my photo shoot with three fathers for the Father's Day issue. It is the first time, the photo's will be staged. Each month I learn something by observing other magazine's and studying photos, etc. So, I'm going to make my photos look better by using the surroundings in Austin to bring out wonderful covers and inside photos. I'm very excited. I will let you know in the next blog how it goes. Thanks for reading.

4 comments:

BigJandLittleA said...

Where is this coffee shop you keep referring to? :)

Damita Miller-Shanklin said...

It is in Austin Texas in Pflugerville. A small suburb of Austin. The actual name is Blue Marble Java. The staff is wonderful and the other people who are "regulars" are great people to work around.

BigJandLittleA said...

Hey, BigJandLittleA is me, Sasha :)

Damita Miller-Shanklin said...

Hey Sash, glad to know it's you. Thanks for reading. I'm following you now.