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- Sep 12, 2013
Hi Everyone!
So I'm going to "out" myself now- I'm the writer Priscilla Gilman. Some of you have read my work and have been in touch with me privately about my book and articles, but now I have to "come out" and tell you all because I've written a long piece about my passionate love of skating! The piece is in this month's REDBOOK (with Hilary Duff on the cover); it's pegged to US Nationals. I titled it "Why I Watch Figure Skating and You Should Too;" they re-titled it "Figure Skating Life Lessons." When I went to a meeting with the editors at REDBOOK, I pitched them several ideas, and I was elated when my ardent love of figure skating was the one they picked. The piece is really my love letter to our beloved sport, and I hope that it both sums up many of the reasons we all love it so much and helps attract new fans to the sport. Figure skating needs all the good publicity it can get right now!
One note: I wrote about a LOT of skaters; unfortunately, many ended up on the cutting room floor due to space constraints.
I will post a link to the online version of the piece when it's available, but that probably won't be for several months.
I love being a part of this board, and it's fun to share this news with you all because I know you will really appreciate that a national magazine is covering our sport at all!
warm regards,
Priscilla
So I'm going to "out" myself now- I'm the writer Priscilla Gilman. Some of you have read my work and have been in touch with me privately about my book and articles, but now I have to "come out" and tell you all because I've written a long piece about my passionate love of skating! The piece is in this month's REDBOOK (with Hilary Duff on the cover); it's pegged to US Nationals. I titled it "Why I Watch Figure Skating and You Should Too;" they re-titled it "Figure Skating Life Lessons." When I went to a meeting with the editors at REDBOOK, I pitched them several ideas, and I was elated when my ardent love of figure skating was the one they picked. The piece is really my love letter to our beloved sport, and I hope that it both sums up many of the reasons we all love it so much and helps attract new fans to the sport. Figure skating needs all the good publicity it can get right now!
One note: I wrote about a LOT of skaters; unfortunately, many ended up on the cutting room floor due to space constraints.
I will post a link to the online version of the piece when it's available, but that probably won't be for several months.
I love being a part of this board, and it's fun to share this news with you all because I know you will really appreciate that a national magazine is covering our sport at all!
warm regards,
Priscilla