Wanted to share this press release. I'm pretty psyched, as I have what you might call a "history" (a good one!) with this magazine.
I have a habit of continuing to work for my former employers as a freelancer, and this continues. My business & marketing column for paintballers launches in Paintball Sports Magazine's March issue, and I will also be blogging about scenario paintball and woodsball for the Web site.
Paintball Sports Magazine Launches Brand New Website
Deer Park, NY (PSM) March 18, 2009: Paintball’s fastest growing magazine launched a brand new website - PaintballSportsMag.com. The cutting-edge articles and full-color photos that capture the true essence of the sport of paintball at every level are not only available in print, but at Paintball Sports Magazine’s website.
We’ll also bring you weekly blogs from celebrity athletes like Greg Hastings, Mike Paxson, Nicky Cuba, Todd Martinez and Chris Lasoya, along with a Scenario/ Woodsball blog from Dawn & T.J. Allcot, “Montydoom”, “Blue & Deuce,” and other well-known players.
Some of the features within this newly designed website will be:
· PSM’s “On the ‘Net” virtual online magazine,
· Streaming video with a video archive,
· Web exclusive interviews and stories,
· Up-to-date industry news and press releases,
· Instant updates and images from major industry events submitted by our on-scene staff of reporters,
· Product reviews,
· New product announcements and more!
Paintball Sports Magazine – We strive to provide our readers with in-depth coverage of the hottest players, products, and events, while increasing the general public’s awareness of the world of paintball.
www.PaintballSportsMag.com
CONTACT:
Bea Youngs
Editor-in-Chief
Paintball Sports Magazine
513 Commack Road
Deer Park, NY 11729
Editor@PaintballSportsMag.com
www.PaintballSportsMag.com
Showing posts with label scenario paintball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scenario paintball. Show all posts
Following Your Passion
What I like best about being a writer and publicist is the opportunities to talk to people about their passions.
Last week, I spoke with two men who are extremely passionate about what they do: Jayson Nielson of the SPPL and Toby Dagenhart of iPrayerworks.
Jayson, my business partner for RECON Magazine, took over the SPPL scenario paintball tournament league last year and has implemented a ton of changes for the 2008 season. The introduction of Divisional Play at three levels, a ranking system, and player ID cards will make the SPPL -- the premier woodsball tournament league in the sport -- more like the major paintball leagues, the PSP and NPPL.
For those unfamiliar with the sport, this will help turn woodsball players (long the invisible majority as far as marketing and sponsorships) into rock stars.
Nielson's enthusiasm is infectious. When he told me about the refinements to the league, I said, "This is the best thing to happen to scenario players since SpecOps!"
While I was still reeling in anticipation of covering the 2008 SPPL season in RECON, Paintball Sports, Paintball News and a host of other media outlets, I had a conversation with Toby Dagenhart, who designed Web-based prayer room management software.
The coolest thing about the program is not that it lets people pray for congregation members from their homes, anytime (although that IS cool.)
The software also manages the records of homebound and hospitalized members of the church. People can log in, track a congregatoin member's condition, see who visited last, and when. After a visit, a church volunteer can log in straight from their Blackberry, iPhone or any web-enabled device and post an update.
While the data is computerized, the ministry is 100 percent human. As Toby said to me: "It's less administration and a whole lot more ministry."
I could hear in Toby's voice how much it means to him to be able to offer the software.
That's what happiness is about: finding a way to make a living using your talents and following your passions.
Me?
I'm passionate about freelance writing. As much as I know about the field, I realize there's a lot more I have to learn, and many people out there who know more than I do.
I recently updated this blog to include more links to sites of interest to freelance writers. If, like me, you enjoy learning about the craft and business, or you're just looking for a few good markets, check back often.
Last week, I spoke with two men who are extremely passionate about what they do: Jayson Nielson of the SPPL and Toby Dagenhart of iPrayerworks.
Jayson, my business partner for RECON Magazine, took over the SPPL scenario paintball tournament league last year and has implemented a ton of changes for the 2008 season. The introduction of Divisional Play at three levels, a ranking system, and player ID cards will make the SPPL -- the premier woodsball tournament league in the sport -- more like the major paintball leagues, the PSP and NPPL.
For those unfamiliar with the sport, this will help turn woodsball players (long the invisible majority as far as marketing and sponsorships) into rock stars.
Nielson's enthusiasm is infectious. When he told me about the refinements to the league, I said, "This is the best thing to happen to scenario players since SpecOps!"
While I was still reeling in anticipation of covering the 2008 SPPL season in RECON, Paintball Sports, Paintball News and a host of other media outlets, I had a conversation with Toby Dagenhart, who designed Web-based prayer room management software.
The coolest thing about the program is not that it lets people pray for congregation members from their homes, anytime (although that IS cool.)
The software also manages the records of homebound and hospitalized members of the church. People can log in, track a congregatoin member's condition, see who visited last, and when. After a visit, a church volunteer can log in straight from their Blackberry, iPhone or any web-enabled device and post an update.
While the data is computerized, the ministry is 100 percent human. As Toby said to me: "It's less administration and a whole lot more ministry."
I could hear in Toby's voice how much it means to him to be able to offer the software.
That's what happiness is about: finding a way to make a living using your talents and following your passions.
Me?
I'm passionate about freelance writing. As much as I know about the field, I realize there's a lot more I have to learn, and many people out there who know more than I do.
I recently updated this blog to include more links to sites of interest to freelance writers. If, like me, you enjoy learning about the craft and business, or you're just looking for a few good markets, check back often.
Lament for a Missing Notebook
I have a collection of notebooks that I use for on-the-scene reporting, as a back-up to my digital voice recorder, and for paintball events where I don't want to carry something else that uses batteries and can get broken, wet, or lost on the field.
I got hooked on Moleskine notebooks a few years ago. These sturdy little leather journals include an inner pocket for business cards, an elastic band to hold the book closed, an attached bookmark, and was the writer's notebook of choice for Hemingway. I loved the insert in the notebook which told the story of how Hemingway used the book. (Yes, that's what sold me on it. Really.)
The book includes a place to write your name: "In case of loss, return to_____" and a line that reads, "As a reward: $___." I always write "Good Karma" in that spot. Fortunately, I've never lost one (well, not permanently) but I like the idea that my notes could have a dollar value assigned to them if I desired.
Then I discovered similar notebooks, not leather, for about half the price in bright colors. I came to associate different color notebooks with different times of the year or different eras in my writing life. Plus, what's cooler than a chick in digital camouflage who pulls out a bright pink notebook to write down the Commander's name during a big scenario paintball game?
I remember my first trip to Salt Lake City in October 2006. I was visiting two paintball companies, fierce competitors. I signed a "non-disclosure agreement" for one company and took pages and pages of off-the-record notes in my little blue notebook.
The next day, I visited their competitor. When I got back to my friend's house that night, (who happened to work for the first company) I couldn't find my notebook. I thought I left it on my friend's desk at work, I could even see it there in my mind's eye, but a fear nagged at me that I had left it at the competitor's facility. I didn't sleep that night.
Then again, I purposely take notes in my own version of shorthand, practically illegible to anyone but me. My husband loves teasing me about it. "How can a writer have such awful handwriting?" he asks. But there's a reason for it, beyond expediency.
Anyway, when we arrived at the office very early the next morning, there was my notebook, right where I left it, on my friend's desk! Since then, I'm even more careful with my notebooks. Usually.
Late Friday night, lying in bed, I wrote a post for this blog in one of my notebooks. I didn't feel like booting up the computer. Now I can't find the book. It may be in my car, but it's 30 degrees outside, 10:30 at night, and I'm not wearing shoes.
I added a few links to some job resources for writers and a few good web sites.
Hopefully, I'll put up "the missing post" tomorrow. I hope it's worth the wait.
I got hooked on Moleskine notebooks a few years ago. These sturdy little leather journals include an inner pocket for business cards, an elastic band to hold the book closed, an attached bookmark, and was the writer's notebook of choice for Hemingway. I loved the insert in the notebook which told the story of how Hemingway used the book. (Yes, that's what sold me on it. Really.)
The book includes a place to write your name: "In case of loss, return to_____" and a line that reads, "As a reward: $___." I always write "Good Karma" in that spot. Fortunately, I've never lost one (well, not permanently) but I like the idea that my notes could have a dollar value assigned to them if I desired.
Then I discovered similar notebooks, not leather, for about half the price in bright colors. I came to associate different color notebooks with different times of the year or different eras in my writing life. Plus, what's cooler than a chick in digital camouflage who pulls out a bright pink notebook to write down the Commander's name during a big scenario paintball game?
I remember my first trip to Salt Lake City in October 2006. I was visiting two paintball companies, fierce competitors. I signed a "non-disclosure agreement" for one company and took pages and pages of off-the-record notes in my little blue notebook.
The next day, I visited their competitor. When I got back to my friend's house that night, (who happened to work for the first company) I couldn't find my notebook. I thought I left it on my friend's desk at work, I could even see it there in my mind's eye, but a fear nagged at me that I had left it at the competitor's facility. I didn't sleep that night.
Then again, I purposely take notes in my own version of shorthand, practically illegible to anyone but me. My husband loves teasing me about it. "How can a writer have such awful handwriting?" he asks. But there's a reason for it, beyond expediency.
Anyway, when we arrived at the office very early the next morning, there was my notebook, right where I left it, on my friend's desk! Since then, I'm even more careful with my notebooks. Usually.
Late Friday night, lying in bed, I wrote a post for this blog in one of my notebooks. I didn't feel like booting up the computer. Now I can't find the book. It may be in my car, but it's 30 degrees outside, 10:30 at night, and I'm not wearing shoes.
I added a few links to some job resources for writers and a few good web sites.
Hopefully, I'll put up "the missing post" tomorrow. I hope it's worth the wait.
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