Laying it out there...

Over the past two months, the Intern has been working her butt-off at BAZAAR on their January 08 issue, Travel Guide… It’s been fun. It’s been hectic. There have been more than a few thousand e-mails sent and received (and that’s no exaggeration), and a fair few long distant phone calls requiring venturing into the office early to catch hotels closing in the southern hemisphere, and staying late for those across the Atlantic to get their act together and respond/return calls. Now the copy has been through subs (fact-checked and confirmed - of course yours truly made sure everything was good-to-go before subs, but hey, they got a job to do), and for the last couple of days art has been busy laying out the pages… Ahhhh, mag-talk, don’t cha love it?!

Last week when a freelancer was trying to locate high-res images of the hotels and resorts featured, she stumbled across a few boltholes who’s kindly owners new nothing of computers, and far less about digital cameras… Thus, copy was dropped for lack of a pic! Says quite a bit about the function of a glossy magazine, does it not?

The fact that the Intern wrote five of the entries based on press-kit info alone also intrigues those not in the know. Being new to the biz myself, I jumped at the chance to contribute to the Guide – any chance to get my name in print – in my excitement I told family and friends, their reaction at all times, the same, “Does that mean they’re going to send/fly you there?” Ah, no.

Today, looking over the shoulder of a designer as he mixed-and-matched images to copy any sense of loss that the initial reactions of my friends caused me, was erased. There were my stories, on the chic Mac screen. My words along side pretty pictures – nothing better.