theGayEditor's Blog http://thegayeditorsblog.com providing news about and notes from The Gay Publishing Company, as well as the world of gay publishing Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:29:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 And, several months later . . . http://thegayeditorsblog.com/2010/08/01/and-several-months-later/ http://thegayeditorsblog.com/2010/08/01/and-several-months-later/#comments Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:29:44 +0000 Stephen, theGayEditor http://thegayeditorsblog.com/?p=206 Continue reading →]]> . . . we are finally getting close to wrapping up some behind-the-scenes changes—including the unveiling (yes, at long last) of  our Raw Collection  and online social community.  To that end, we have finished updating to the new generation of WordPress and are becoming fairly comfortable with BuddyPress, following plenty of experiments, trials, and errors!  That only leaves a few finishing touches on our blog site and some additional testing of the new community site; we expect to go live with it by the end of September 2010.

By the way, if you are interested in helping us test the community site, please contact theGayEditor.  We could still use a couple more authors and a few more participants to serve as guinea pigs!

Thanking you for just a few more weeks of patience,

Stephen, theGayEditor.com

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]]> http://thegayeditorsblog.com/2010/08/01/and-several-months-later/feed/ 0 Music: One of my personal passions and, yes, yet another form of publishing http://thegayeditorsblog.com/2009/11/19/music-one-of-my-personal-passions-and-yes-yet-another-form-of-publishing/ http://thegayeditorsblog.com/2009/11/19/music-one-of-my-personal-passions-and-yes-yet-another-form-of-publishing/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:20:50 +0000 Stephen, theGayEditor http://thegayeditorsblog.com/2009/11/19/music-one-of-my-personal-passions-and-yes-yet-another-form-of-publishing/ Continue reading →]]> The first  Michael DiMartino (aka CaptainLOver) video I ever saw was his rendition of  Britney Spears’ song Womanizer. That is still my favorite, but he’s also done a powerful version of  Kelly Clarkson’s Addicted and a version of  Kill the Lights (also by Britney Spears) that shows off more of his directing and producing skills. Of course, many people like his tongue-in-cheek version of  God Put the Rhythm in Me . . . which he performed with the cast of  AltarBoyz. Regardless, my intention today is to alert you to a potential new direction (and a new goal) for Michael and his talents and to see if our community can help him out.

That new direction is outlined in  this video message, along with an explanation of why he needs our help. Basically, Michael wants to share some of his own music—of course, in his own style of signed interpretation and movement—and he is seeking just a few thousand dollars to make that jump. The goal is to choreograph and produce videos for two of the original songs; the videos will then be submitted to the first World Deaf Laser Party in Norway next year, an event that will feature dance, interpeted music (both live and recorded, as presented by disc jockeys, video jockeys, and aroma jockeys), and other events for the deaf and the hard of hearing, as well as the hearing.

So, if you can chip in a few dollars, please do—and mention that theGayEditor and The Gay Publishing Company sent you!  Thanks for the consideration,

Stephen, theGayEditor.com

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]]> http://thegayeditorsblog.com/2009/11/19/music-one-of-my-personal-passions-and-yes-yet-another-form-of-publishing/feed/ 0 An update on the company situation http://thegayeditorsblog.com/2009/11/14/an-update-on-the-company-situation/ http://thegayeditorsblog.com/2009/11/14/an-update-on-the-company-situation/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:52:49 +0000 Stephen, theGayEditor http://thegayeditorsblog.com/2009/11/11/an-update-on-the-company-situation/ Continue reading →]]> If any group of people has felt the roller coaster ride of the American economy over the past two years—and experienced its effects on small business—that group would have to include each and every one of you. We appreciate your patience and fully expect to begin moving quite a bit faster in the coming months. Thankfully, our three primary investors are still hanging in there with us, still helping us weather what we all hope are the final hills of that uncomfortable ride and the first of more enjoyable times.

In the coming weeks, we’ll be unveiling a couple of major developments. One is the online publication of our first material, our “Raw” Collection, which will consist of unedited, unformatted original submissions. We will start posting those pieces in December. The other development is the announcement of our two final vendors for handling subscriptions and secure pages. We anticipate that these two events will occur simultaneously; doing so will provide the components we’ll need to solicit your input on selection of the final vendor.

So, start getting anxious! But, not too much: for the most part, we are now—for the time-being—a volunteer organization. Just be patient, and know that we’ll move as quickly and steadfastly as possible. Don’t give up!

As always, thanks for your support. Please, let us know what you think,

Stephen, theGayEditor.com

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