[stylist] Could I publish this somewhere? Like in a tabloid

Mon Feb 27 23:41:18 UTC 2012

Vejas,
I think Brigit meant "anecdotal."
Donna

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Hi,
What is antidotal? I looked it up in the dictionary and it said 
something about making something unpleasant more entertaining? 
Which I guess makes sense.  If this Smith family I wrote about 
really existed, I do not think they would be entertained to have 
a life story about them.
As I said I like writing these.  Maybe I just need to write these 
for myself.  Because you have a point; who would read them? 
(other than fans of multiples, of course.)

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From: Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com
To: <stylist at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:16:46 -0600
Subject: [stylist] Could I publish this somewhere? Like in a 
tabloid

Since this is fiction, you couldn't publish it in any 
nonfiction-type
publication.  And it's more antidotal than story-like, so perhaps 
a
digest like The Reader's Digest which accepts short stories, 
jokes,
antidotal pieces like this and various other things.  You also 
have to
ask why would people want to read this, and by "this," I mean in 
the
general sense of anything any writer writes.  We all have to 
consider the
purpose of our writing, and if others would enjoy it; once you 
figure
this out, it can help you find a market in which to publish it.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
Read my blog at:
http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/

"History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan

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Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 20:33:36 -0800
From: vejas <brlsurfer at gmail.com
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Subject: [stylist] could i publish this somewhere, like in a 
tabloid?
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Hi Stylist and Writers-Chat Members,
I wanted to share a little something with you.
I have a whole Braillenote folder dedicated for these.  I have
started writing these for enjoyment ever since December.  What I
do is, I make up the last name of a family, decide how many
multiples there will be, name them, and create their story.  I'm
wondering if I could maybe put this into a tabloid? I really
enjoy making these.  Here's an example of one.

I have been pretty much using the format of articles about
multiples that I find on the Internet.
Here goes:

December 20, 2012

The Smith family of Montgomery, Alabama are celebrating Christmas
once again.  Their three singletons, surviving quads and
andrviving quints are all getting their Christmas tree here.  The 
Smith
quadruplets were born on December 31, 2008, to Carla
and Alfred Smith.  The couple did not use fertility treatment;
rather, they were produced from one egg.  Minutes before the
birth, the family named them-Honor, Honey, Haven, Heaven.
Carla says, "Lots of people laughed at our decisions for names.
Oh well, we're old enough to make our own decisions."
At the birth of the quads, the family already had a single child,
Sandra, born November 23, 1996.
Honor came at 9-08 AM the morning of the birth; Honey at 11-10,
Haven at 8-11 and Heaven at 8-13.  However, Honor died at 8-12.
The cause, however, is unknown.  Doctors made sure to take extra
pecial care of the three survivors, as they were worried that
Honor's death was caused by a genetic deffect.
In October 2000, the Smiths decided to have one last child.
However, they got quints; 3 boys and 2 girls, this time all
fraternal, and again conceived spontaneously.  Dutch, English,
Vanille, Coco and French were born between March 10 and 12, 2001;
the first two March 10, the second 2 March 11, and the last,
March 12.
The quints were in critical condition much longer than the quads.
Carla and Alfred were worried that they wouldn't make it.  Sadly,
on March 16, the youngest and smallest, French, succumbed.  By
September 28, however, all were home, safe and sound.
When asked by reporters whether the sets feel that they are
missing something because of one from each set no longer being
alive, Heaven says, "No-we have each other."
"But," Honey remembers, "we do remember our grandparents not
liking our names.  My grandma hated the name Honey so much, she
just called me "Little Girl number 3", because Sandra and Honor
were older than me."
In May 2006, Charlotte entered the family; in May 2008 came
Celeste, and the family is awaiting one last child-a boy-comin
spring 2013.
Alfred says, "No matter what happens, we will always be a family.
That's what makes ours so strong."

Any hope I could get this published? How?

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