Intro Time!

Hey. Rachel here.

Okay, so in my last post I said I wasn't going to do a silly, non-interesting introduction... well, I'm not. But I do think I should introduce myself; I'll just keep out a boring list of my favorite movies.

I call myself "A Student By Day; A Magazine Editor By Night." Ya see, I'm moving to New York City in June from a little rural town in Colorado. So, since I want to get into the magazine business when I move, and there's no way of getting into that business where I live, I decided to get into it on my own. My sister, Laura, and our best friend, Elaine, have created a magazine: Valley Vogue Magazine. It's a women's magazine that features talented, creative, and independent women all over our mountain valley here in Colorado.

Anyway, so our first issue came out in October. I edit and design the magazine, Laura writes and takes photos for it, and Elaine writes as well. We all had a lot of fun with it. But for our first issue, it cost us $400 to print! Now, that's a chunk of change, especially for three poor students. But, we decided it was a worthy investment and that we'd sell ads to cover the cost for our next issue. But selling ads is hard work! You got your people who are really nice and say, "I can't this time, but thanks so much for the offer;" then you got your people who say, "No. Now, I have to go make a phone call. You can see yourself out." But, we have almost made enough money to cover this issue's cost (coming out on the 10th) so I'm not too worried about the people that said no.... you've just got to move on. It's not personal, it's just business.

Check out our official website and let me know what you think.

tlk 2 u soon,
rez

ps. the image is the cover for our next issue featuring cross-country state champion alicia nelson.