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Friday, November 27, 1998 Media Cynic | Forum | Advertising | Classifieds | Jobs November Issue of The Internet Writing Journal Now Online This month's issue of The Internet Writing Journal TM "The IWJ" features interviews with award-winning journalist and popular mystery writer Kathy Hogan Trochek, author of Strange Brew and Midnight Clear (HarperCollins, 1998), horror author and educator Mort Castle, editor of Writing Horror (Writer's Digest Books, 1997), and romance novelist Julia Quinn, author of Brighter Than the Sun and To Catch an Heiress (Avon, 1998). Articles include: "Creating the Perfect Setting - Part I" by British crime author Alex Keegan, "All of My Mentors Are Dead" by Bridget Becker and "A Music Lover's Guide to the Internet" by Greg Knollenberg. The IWJ also features a large book review section each month with reviews in several genres. This book reviews in this month's issue include: Bag of Bones by Stephen King (Scribner, 1998), A Breach of Promise by Anne Perry (Fawcett Columbine, 1998), Drinker of Blood by Lynda S. Robinson (Mysterious Press, 1998), A Knight of the Word by Terry Brooks (Del Ray, 1998), The Gilded Chain by Dave Duncan (Eos, 1998), The MacGregor Brides by Nora Roberts (Silhouette, 1998), The Lost Bride by Marianne Willman (St. Martin's Press, 1998), Angel Hide and Seek by Ann Turner, Illustrated by Lois Ehlert (HarperCollins, 1998) and A Dozen Dozens by Harriet Ziefert, Illustrated by Chris Demarest (Viking Math Easy to Read, 1998). Metro Announces Expansion and New Publications Metro Global Media, Inc. announced that its newly acquired international publishing company, Fanzine International, Inc., has finalized arrangements to distribute its new monthly magazine, Celebrity Style, throughout Europe. Celebrity Style began its European launch on November 24th throughout the UK and is being translated for sale during the first quarter of 1999 to the Netherlands, Belgium and France. It will then be distributed during the second quarter to Germany, Italy and Spain. Metro also announced Fanzine's excitement over the release of two new publications, GYM and BURN. Both publications are targeted to male readers focusing on health and fitness. GYM and BURN will compete with established publications such as Men's Health, Men's Fitness and Exercise for Men Only. Each magazine will have a newsstand distribution of 250,000 copies on a monthly basis. GYM is scheduled for a premiere on-sale date of January 5, 1999; BURN will debut in February 1999. A. Daniel Geribo, Metro's President and CEO stated, "Our sales are expected to dramatically increase in the Company's third and fourth quarters as a result of our expanded international distribution. We continue to be proud of the remarkable growth in our revenue and profits, and we recently purchased another 42,500 shares of common stock as we maintain a commitment to capitalizing on the investment value of our Company." WayBack, US History for Kids Debuts Online The American Experience Online has announced WayBack, the premiere issue of a US history webzine targeted to kids age 9 to 13. The American Experience Online appears on PBS Online. Loaded with fun, funky features, each issue will examine a specific topic or theme. Now playing is technology, turn-of-the-century-style, with a debate over horse versus horseless carriage, surprising facts about the first telephone operators (clue: they would rather wrestle than work!), and a look at the first "music videos" from the 90s -- that's the 1890s! Future issues of WayBack will launch in January, March, April, and May 1999. The American Experience, winner of the 1998 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-fiction Series, produces a companion website for each new program in the series and WayBack, US History for Kids. Coming to WayBack in January: a look at civil rights -- and wrongs. WayBack is funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. Click here to return to the homepage of The Write NewsTM Click here to subscribe to our free weekly email newsletter.  www.writenews.com Copyright © 1997-2007 by Writers Write, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
