I need a good story writer. This could benefit eBid.

[pearlygirl555]

My guess is that editors don't want contact details and offers to reformat, they probably want it the right way first time through. Bear in mind that I am not speaking as a published writer, but as someone who grew up with aunts, uncles, grandparents and family friends who were published, who served as editors, and who had sackfulls of rejection slips.

Maybe someone who is published could weigh in? Has anyone seen Kimbo lately? I don't know how much editors are willing to work with authors, and how often they just reject something out of hand. It would be a shame for you to be put off because of a technicality, as the story itself is a good one.

[HannaHolly]

send it to ebids PR company (copying in Mark and Gazza) they can tweak it and send it on as a Press release .
Assuming they're still under contract. the company is
downeymckay.com I have an email if you need it

[JanetB]

send it to ebids PR company (copying in Mark and Gazza) they can tweak it and send it on as a Press release .
Assuming they're still under contract. the company is
downeymckay.com I have an email if you need it

I found this:

http://downeymckay.com/portfolio.html

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[yorkiesauctions]

send it to ebids PR company (copying in Mark and Gazza) they can tweak it and send it on as a Press release .
Assuming they're still under contract. the company is
downeymckay.com I have an email if you need it

An excellent idea!, thank you.

Can you PM me the email address please?

Thank you for the sponsorship too lass.

[gramma1111]

Okay here goes, I've not spell checked it or owt yet, so it's just a rough draft at the moment.

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American and British citizens show the politicians how to do it.

Britain is facing growing American criticism over the release of the Lockerbie bomber and British oppostion parties are jumping on the bandwagon as the media reports on a rift between Britain and the US. Gordon Brown is attempting to distance himself from the decision by the Scottish justice secretary as the other MP's and American politicians continue to point their fingers and voice their strongly-held views.

Meanwhile, British and US citizens are leaving the politicians to it while they come together to support a council cleaner in Yorkshire raise money for the NSPCC. Frank Carr, a 47 year old grandad from Slaithwaite near Huddersfield, decided that he wanted to do something useful with his summer break this year. Knowing that Frank supports charities his daughters suggested that he had a go at the NSPCC's 25 miles challenge walk in the Yorkshire Dales. Frank registered for the challenge walk and his family and friends rallied round to help him get sponsors for the walk, within a few weeks Frank had reached his target of £250 and was very pleased. But when he happened to menton that he was doing the charity walk on Ebid.net's online forums his sponsorhsip suddenly doubled. Not happy with doubling the amount of sponsorship the British and US Ebid members decided that they would use the monthly fun charity auctions, known as the YDC, to further boost Frank's sponsorship.

"I am absolutely amazed by the support given to me by the British and US people. These people are just ordinary folk who have decided to support me, not out of self interest but for the greater good of others. Imagine if all our politicians acted in the same way, the world would be a different place." Frank went on to add, "It is very humbling to see these strangers from both sides of the Atlantic work together and put themselves out to help a lowly council cleaner do his bit to end cruelty to children. These people could teach our politicians a thing or two. I know that the children would thank them all for their unselfish and brilliant support, it's something that I will never forget."

The NSPCC is the UK's leading charity specialising in child protection and the prevention of cruelty to children. It is the only children's charity with statutory powers, enabling it to act to safeguard children. The charity relies on public support and desperately needs more funds.

The challenge walk is a 25 miles circular walk which starts and finishes in Clapham in the Yorkshire Dales. The walk includes having to scale Ingleborough peak, Yorkshire's most famous flat top mountain which stands at 2,373ft tall.

The charity auctions run from Friday 28th of August to Sunday 6th of September on ebid.net, a complete list of the auctions can be found at www.YDCauctions.co.uk or anyone wishing to sponsor Frank direct can do so at www.JustGiving.com/FCarr

Frank's last word about the transatlantic sponsorship, "I hope the politicians see this and take note. More can be accomplished if we work together rather than working against each other. Your citizens obviously know this so why don't you?"

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Tips or advice welcome.

As an author, may I add my take on your story? If you like it you are free to use it verbatim.


American and British Citizens show the politicians how to do it.

Britain is facing growing American criticism over the release of the Lockerbie bomber. British opposition parties are joining the cause as the media reports on a rift between Britain and the U.S. As the other MP's and American politicians continue to point their fingers and voice their strongly held views, Gordon Brown is attempting to distance himself from the decision by the Scottish Justice Secretary.

Meanwhile, British and US citizens are leaving the politicians to their usual bickering, while they come together to support a council cleaner in Yorkshire raise money for the NSPCC. Frank Carr, a 47-year-old granddad from Slaithwaite near Huddersfield, decided that he wanted to do something useful with his summer break this year. Knowing that Frank supports charities, his daughters suggested that he have a go at the NSPCC's 25-mile challenge walk in the Yorkshire Dales. Frank registered for the challenge walk and his family and friends rallied round to help him get sponsors for the walk. Within a few weeks, Frank had reached his target of £250 and was immensely pleased. However, when he happened to mention on the eBid.net online forums that he was doing the charity walk his sponsorship suddenly doubled. Not content with merely doubling the amount of sponsorship, the British and U.S. eBid members decided that they would use the monthly fun charity auctions, known as the YDC, to increase Frank's sponsorship.

"I am absolutely amazed by the support given to me by the British and U.S. people. They are just ordinary folk who have decided to support me, not out of self-interest but for the greater good of others. Imagine if all our politicians acted in the same way, the world would be a better place". Frank went on to add, "It is very humbling to see these strangers from both sides of the Atlantic work together and put themselves out to help a lowly council cleaner do his bit to end cruelty to children. These people could teach our politicians a thing or two. I know that the children would thank them all for their unselfish and brilliant support, it's something that I will never forget."

The NSPCC, the UK's leading charity specializing in child protection and prevention of cruelty to children is the only children's charity with statutory powers, enabling it to act to safeguard children. The charity relies on public support and desperately needs more funds.

The challenge walk is a 25-mile circular walk that starts and finishes in Clapham in the Yorkshire Dales. The walk includes scaling Ingleborough Peak, Yorkshire's most famous flat top mountain that stands at a height of 2,373 feet.

The “YDC” charity auctions run from Friday August 28 to Sunday September 6 on eBid.net. A complete list of the auctions can be viewed at www.YDCauctions.co.uk. Anyone wishing to sponsor Frank direct can do so at www.JustGiving.com/FCarr.

Frank's last word about the transatlantic sponsorship, "I hope the politicians see this and take notice that more can be accomplished by working together than against each other. Your citizens obviously know this, why don't you?"