It's not easy being an editor either. We get hundreds of GREAT pages, and we have to sift through all of those to pick the 20 or 30 or 40 we're publishing in our latest issue. We just got done selecting the 10 layouts for the Nov/Dec "Our Readers" column, and I have to share two of the comments that came in from women who were picked:
"So excited you want to use my layout for the Nov/Dec issue! I have
to tell you how funny it was when I got the email last night with your
request, because I recently wrote in an email that I haven't been
published in Simple Scrapbooks yet...and now I will have 3 layouts in
the Nov/Dec issue! I'm so so excited to be a part of SS and get the
chance to work with all of you! Thank you so much for this opportunity!"
Stephanie Klauck, Ontario
"Thanks for choosing my layout to be published in your magazine. I'm
thrilled to have a page chosen, especially one that really didn't take
long to put together. My life has taken a turn for the busier, with no
relief in sight, so I was considering just getting out of the
submitting game... not that I submit much, maybe 1 or 2 pages a month
to two different magazines. I have a hard time not getting obsessive
about scrapping at a certain level but this goes to show it doesn't
have to be fancy or take a long time to get noticed."
Barb Wong, Ottawa
So, if you haven't had a layout picked up yet, take heart! You never know when the stars will align and three different editors will select pages you made for the same issue. And I love Barb's perspective...she's absolutely right. It doesn't have to be fancy to get noticed here at Simple.
Oh, and p.s., it might help your chances if you moved to Canada. Just by coincidence, eight of the ten layouts in "Our Readers" this issue were designed by talented Candian scrapbookers!
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