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Written by Mc Sherry, Lisa
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Sunday, 17 May 2009 |
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Welcome to one of the largest collections of reviews of neopagan/Spiritual/New Age oriented books, music, and other items of interest to our community. My wonderful team of reviewers and I have been writing reviews for many years now, and we love it.
Opened on October 31, 2006 with just over 200 reviews, Facing North is -- first and foremost -- a community resource. We closed out 2006 with more than double our opening number of reviews (500+). Although we slowed our growth, 2007 ended with our database at more than 600 records. In October 2008 we broke 800 records. Despite Mercury retrograde, we are updated! It’s a great collection (as always) of honest opinions about items of interest to our community. I’ve got an even dozen reviews of books, ‘tools’, and CDs, some old, some hot off the presses. Michele Morgan and I did a fun interview a few months back, and that’s been posted for you to enjoy. Mark Lesser wrote a couple of articles for me, each based on the idea that doing less means you’ll do more. It’s a groundbreaking idea in this day and age of busyness. My review of his book (Less: Accomplishing More by Doing Less) will be in next month’s update. I can tell you now that it is making em think very carefully about certain assumptions I’ve been making for a decade or more. Brooks Palmer gave me a great article (Clutter Busting!) which feels timely for all of us looking at our spring cleaning rituals. All in all, a nice bunch to add to one of the largest collections of reviews of interest to the Pagan and alternative spirituality community.
We are committed to creating a practical site that everyone can use. I always welcome your feedback and suggestions at: lisa_at_facingnorth.net.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 17 May 2009 )
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Facing North Needs Reviewers |
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Written by Lisa Mc Sherry
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Wednesday, 18 March 2009 |
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The piles of books and other items have grown too large -- we need help! If you are interested in reviewing items for publication (no pay at this time, but you get to keep the items you review) please contact me with a writing sample (or a list of places you've been published) -- ideally a review. (Feel free to choose a book off your shelves and review it for me.) Amateurs welcomed (it's how I got my start!). You must be willing to accept constructive criticism, and review items within a month of receiving them. I advise you to take a look at our submission guidelines to see what kind of writing we are looking for, as well as the style we prefer to use. Once a month or so, I contact my reviewers and offer them their pick of the latest offerings. You may not get your first choice (if a lot of people want it, for example) but you'll get one or more of the items you prefer. I mail out the items to you within the week and you have about a month to get the review back to me. There is no limit to the number of items you review. All reviewers are asked to sign a Contributor's Form, which acknowleges that you are writing in your own words and that we have permission to post your writings exclusively for six months (after that your writings can be published anywhere). if you are interested, drop me a line -- I welcome any questions you have. ~
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 18 March 2009 )
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