I'm a features writer looking for UK women with stories

Hi there,
I hope the creator of this forum will allow me to post this. My name is Laura Barton and I’m a features writer. I source, write and then sell real life feature articles to a huge range of women’s magazines including Grazia, Look, Marie Claire, Reveal, Cosmopolitan, More, etc, as well as all the national newspapers.
Perhaps you've lost ten stone, spent thousands of pounds on plastic surgery, been the victim of crime, have/had an unusual illness or condition, given birth or married against the odds, been betrayed by your partner or had an unusual wedding. Perhaps you have a weird phobia, occupation or hobbie...
....anything unusual, inspiring, shocking, dramatic, entertaining, interesting, or quirky
Most people have a story to tell but don't even realise it! – you could earn between £300 and £1500!
Does anything spring to mind which you think might make a good starting point?
You will remain in complete control over how, where and when your story is told. We will even read the article back to you before it goes to print so you can take out anything you don’t like.
Please feel free to drop me an email at laura@medavia.co.uk or call me anytime on 07815 552 705 for an informal but confidential chat, and we’ll go through any ideas you have.
For more information about Medavia you can visit our website at www.medavia.co.uk
Follow me on twitter @lauraannbarton

Best wishes,

Laura
www.medavia.co.uk

 

Go and do something useful with your life, for god's sake. The nation is sick of this sensationalist bullshit adding to the dumbing-down effect and we're sick of the people that write it.

 

do your subjects remain anonymous? i DO have real life stories that might interest your female readers...

 

And so greed continues to feed the machine.

 

^^^wtf? i just thought other women might benefit from hearing my life story...

 

yes, I think that was a bit harsh mustlivelife, I think people can find it helpful to read
about others who have gone through the same things as themselves, and so feel that
they are not alone in what they have experienced, though granted it depends on the
subject matter and how it is written.

 

thanks JT... :2thumbsup: yes, i am checking her out now... the mag and what she's about... might email her later if it feels comfortable to do so...

 

I've never read one of those real life magazines that was well-written or tasteful. They always have horrendous grammar errors, they always use ugly Jeremy Kyle style phrases like "at the end of the day" and they're full of pictures of obese people's stomach lining and severed limbs. The actual content is very limited. The paragraphs usually look something like this:

"Me and my husband had fallen head over heels at first sight. He was working at the pub down the road from me where I loved to have a swift pint or five with the girls after work every night and he was called Jason. He had eyes as bright as comets, twinkling diamonds in a sea of black. Thinking "what the hell", I asked him to go out with me and delightedly he said yes! We became very close over the next few months and the sex was dynamite.

But something started to ring alarm bells for me because Jason had a bad temper.
"Jason", I moaned, "please don't get so angry with me."
"Shut up", he ejaculated.
"Ok"
This continued even after our gorgeous daughter Jayleen was born weighing 7lbs 5..."

And so on. Add more meaningless shite and inappropriate phrasing to that and stretch it out over 2 pages and you'll get the idea.

I have interesting stories to tell, even at the age of 23, but that's because everybody does. My tales of abuse or relationship breakdowns or a bad childhood are not special and would end up becoming cheap nonsense wedged between photos of people's cats in wheelbarrows.

 

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Cheers Glen.

 

Point proven: I'm 23 and every one of those things applies to me.

 

lithium was busy last night but maybe he'll get rid or move this or something.

 

i know what you saying FM... well, i'll think some more on it before acting on it... or not :2thumbsup:

 

I will give you 300 pounds for this story

 

There once was this guy who worked on a farm.

He questioned his sexuality for many years.

He was unable to find love and became really depressed.

Until one day he met this goat...

The End

 

DON'T STOP THERE l NEED CLOSURE ON THlS STORY!!!

 

just so you know.... i decided against it...

 

Srry bbz i went out down to pub after here's the rest OMFG!!!1

"But I still loved him, so what could I do? I'd even got a tattoo of his name across my chest. I thought it would go away because he loved me too. But it didn't. Those twinkling eyes turned into fireballs whenever he had had more than a few vodkas.

"I'm going to kill you, bitch" he yelled one night, after an argument about ordering a curry.
"Please, no" I asked, running to the kitchen.
But I wasn't quick enough. He'd grabbed me by the leg and started shaking. Jayleen and our younger son, Jaydon, cried like little animals."

There's more bbz but gota go back down pub xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

Add in a few awkwardly-placed adjectives and PM it to the OP.

 

Oh dear, I never thought I'd see the day. Trawling for human interest stories in Forums! What is the world coming to? Pull up the drawbridge and batten down the hatches!

 

maxi you are hilarious.

i've got loads of horror stories of my trivial life, but guess what, noone cares or wants to hear them. why?? coz everyones got their own problems, especially people that read trash magazines.

however this thread is lolz.