ABOUT BIMINI FROM GOBIGGITY!

Here are some interesting facts about Bimini from Bahamian Travel Blogger Linny Deveaux. Linny's photography is out of this world as well as being from around the world! 

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MAY/JUNE 2016 ISSUE OF THE BROADKILL REVIEW NOW AVAILABLE

Following is the link to the May/June 2016 issue of “The Broadkill Review”, Delaware, U.S.A. (expires July 24, 2016). Jamie Brown, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of TBR says: “We hope you enjoy it, and our authors would love your feedback!”

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Renowned Bahamian poet Obediah Michael Smith’s poems have been published in The Broadkill Review and I have also been honoured to have short stories in this prestigious publication. A reader mentions Obediah in a letter to the editor in this issue.

“A Journal of Literature”, "The Broadkill Review" is published six times a year by Broadkill Publishing Associates, LLC. "The Broadkill Review" is a member of the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP), the Delaware Press Association (DPA), and the Independent Mid-Atlantic Publishers (IMAP), and is listed in Dustbooks’ International Directory of Literary Magazines and Small Presses and the Writer’s Market and Poet’s Market. Website: http://www.thebroadkillriverpress.com/the-broadkill-review

“The Broadkill Review” is full of great poetry, reviews, fiction, articles, photography and more!

FREELANCING IN THE BAHAMAS!

Fay covering an event in Town Centre Mall, Nassau, Bahamas
(former Police Assistant Superintendent Allerdyce Strachan rt.)

One day, in the early nineties, I quit my day job! I ran an ad in a local newspaper “Writer available”. I only received one reply and that was from an ex bank manager that we knew. He owned and operated a villa and car rental business and wanted me to put together the text for some brochures.

I took the assignment on with great delight, but still listened for the phone to ring with more enquiries. I had just about given up when I had a call from a local mall (again it was someone we knew). He asked me if I’d be interested in taking promotional photos at events held in the mall.

I drove to Town Centre Mall, armed with a camera and note pad (remember, those were the days before iPhones!). I threw myself into the project, not only taking photos of events and goings on in the mall, but writing about them. I also interviewed shop owners and wrote features to promote their businesses.

Every week, I would have copies made at a local photographer’s shop of my black and white photos, and then attach typed captions to the photos with a paper clip. The photos would go into an envelope along with my feature articles and I’d then run around town, dropping them off to each newspaper. I’d usually take the time to have a little chat with the editors.

The articles appeared with my byline in every local newspaper every week for as long as I worked at the mall. I would write one basic version of the article, and then edit it to suit each newspaper. The local tabloid required articles short and sweet; I’d aim my article at the youth page of another newspaper; the other two received the original article.

I still use this technique in my non fiction. It often comes in handy with press releases. Also, if a short story is rejected I can easily adapt it for another market. But everything is high tech now. How times have changed!