'Always good to share happy Studebaker news with fellow Studenuts here on the Forum...and Today was The Day:
If I've heard it once, I've heard it a hundred times in the last 30-odd years, "Geeze, Bob, why didn't such-and-such magazine hire you to write that Studebaker article? It would have been so much better than so-and-so's writing with all those mistakes." I've always considered that a compliment, and thank those of you who have tendered said thoughts over the years.
Well, a major automotive magazine listened. As a result, FedEx today dropped off a contract from Publications International Ltd, for me to write a major article for the February 2009 issue of their slick, full-color magazine, Collectible Automobile.
Title of the article: High-Performance Studebakers of The Fifties and Sixties.
This has been in the works almost a month; a handful of friends knew about it but were sworn to secrecy until the contract was actually in hand, which it now is.
Truth be known, the article is virtually done. When I had the [thankfully benign] polyp removed from one vocal cord three weeks ago, the Dr. told me to talk as little as possible for a week. I took the Collectible Automobile acquisition folks at their word that a contract was forthcoming, so it was natural to sit down at the computer, open my files and reference materials, and pound out the article while I was not supposed to talk.
I polished the first draft and then sent it out to knowledgable Studenuts Cousin George Krem, Dick Quinn, and Nelson Bove for review. (Anybody who says, "I know it all" in this business is fooling themselves!) Those guys each made some appreciated recommendations and we've been going back and forth, fine-tuning the presentation. Cousin George said today, "This will be The Gold Standard of High-Performance Studebaker Information."
Well, I hope he's right, because a ton of research and cross-checking has gone into this to confirm everything we thought we knew...and it's surprising what details can turn up when you dig deeper than is usually done for an article of this nature. Unfortunately, the contract is for only 2500 words. That's not much for all I'd like to get in, so the final submission will be about 15% "over." Dick Quinn says that will likely be OK.
As most of you know, Dick has written many articles for Collectible Automobile. They contacted Dick to do this article, but the time frame and topic weren't to his liking at the moment...so he asked if I wanted the job and if so, he'd decline the offer with a strong recommendation that I be contracted to write it. That they did in less than 24 hours in the middle of July! So I'll publically thank Dick as I have privately for this opportunity: Thanks, Dick!
Collectible Automobile is bi-monthly and is usually on newsstands well in advance of its cover date. So if all goes as planned, this might be at your local Barnes & Noble, etc, around Christmas time. BP
If I've heard it once, I've heard it a hundred times in the last 30-odd years, "Geeze, Bob, why didn't such-and-such magazine hire you to write that Studebaker article? It would have been so much better than so-and-so's writing with all those mistakes." I've always considered that a compliment, and thank those of you who have tendered said thoughts over the years.
Well, a major automotive magazine listened. As a result, FedEx today dropped off a contract from Publications International Ltd, for me to write a major article for the February 2009 issue of their slick, full-color magazine, Collectible Automobile.
Title of the article: High-Performance Studebakers of The Fifties and Sixties.
This has been in the works almost a month; a handful of friends knew about it but were sworn to secrecy until the contract was actually in hand, which it now is.
Truth be known, the article is virtually done. When I had the [thankfully benign] polyp removed from one vocal cord three weeks ago, the Dr. told me to talk as little as possible for a week. I took the Collectible Automobile acquisition folks at their word that a contract was forthcoming, so it was natural to sit down at the computer, open my files and reference materials, and pound out the article while I was not supposed to talk.
I polished the first draft and then sent it out to knowledgable Studenuts Cousin George Krem, Dick Quinn, and Nelson Bove for review. (Anybody who says, "I know it all" in this business is fooling themselves!) Those guys each made some appreciated recommendations and we've been going back and forth, fine-tuning the presentation. Cousin George said today, "This will be The Gold Standard of High-Performance Studebaker Information."
Well, I hope he's right, because a ton of research and cross-checking has gone into this to confirm everything we thought we knew...and it's surprising what details can turn up when you dig deeper than is usually done for an article of this nature. Unfortunately, the contract is for only 2500 words. That's not much for all I'd like to get in, so the final submission will be about 15% "over." Dick Quinn says that will likely be OK.
As most of you know, Dick has written many articles for Collectible Automobile. They contacted Dick to do this article, but the time frame and topic weren't to his liking at the moment...so he asked if I wanted the job and if so, he'd decline the offer with a strong recommendation that I be contracted to write it. That they did in less than 24 hours in the middle of July! So I'll publically thank Dick as I have privately for this opportunity: Thanks, Dick!
Collectible Automobile is bi-monthly and is usually on newsstands well in advance of its cover date. So if all goes as planned, this might be at your local Barnes & Noble, etc, around Christmas time. BP
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