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María Reimóndez replied to the discussion 'Publishing Perspectives' in the group Publishing Industry News
"Hi Rachel, I am also new here so happy to become shewrite friends! I have checked and enjoyed Publishing Perspectives, great job! If you ever want to write about Galician literature or the literatures of "minority" languages in…"
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Ali Berlinski commented on the blog post 'Word City Studio: It's a Garden'
" I loved this book growing up, and consequently, have always wanted to bathe in a fountain with coins.  AMAZING"
Feb 12, 2012
A blog post by Rachel Aydt was featured

Word City Studio: It's a Garden

Word City Word Lab prompt: "I've never been here before..."Full disclosure: both Kathleen Sweeney and I have secret hiding places in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Most likely we can blame The Mixed of Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, which both of us read somewhere between Ramona and Harriet the Spy. I’ve been coming here since fifth grade, when I first spied the Renaissance bed where Claudia stayed…See More
Feb 11, 2012
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Word City Studio: It's a Garden

Word City Word Lab prompt: "I've never been here before..."Full disclosure: both Kathleen Sweeney and I have secret hiding places in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Most likely we can blame The Mixed of Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, which both of us read somewhere between Ramona and Harriet the Spy. I’ve been coming here since fifth grade, when I first spied the Renaissance bed where Claudia stayed…See More
Feb 11, 2012
Karla Brown replied to the discussion 'Publishing Perspectives' in the group Publishing Industry News
"Hey rachel, I'm new to SheWrites, too. I'd love to be added to your list. Karla"
Feb 11, 2012
Rachel Aydt commented on the group 'Essay Writing'
"Did everyone see the MediaBistro series on pitching non-fiction? It was for avant guild members, but maybe I can lift it and paste... i found it very helpful."
Feb 10, 2012
A blog post by Rachel Aydt was featured

Word City Studio: Found Language

Out of our Word City Studio collaborations, sometimes an appreciation for inspiring fragments would hit suddenly. For Kathleen Sweeney, this would often translate into a video doodle of sorts. Says Kathleen: "NYC is one of those places you can never fully know. First of all, it's too big. That's the obvious part. Then there's the ever-changing nature of the architecture. Something new is always under construction. But even on those streets you think you know, even in those grid-sequences you…See More
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Feb 10, 2012
Laura Brennan commented on the blog post 'Word City Studio: Rainy Day at Patchin Place'
"I love how free - and freeing - e.e. cummings is.  "when faces called flowers float out of the ground..."  I may be misquoting, it's from memory, but that's the point - it's the exuberance of his stuff that…"
Feb 10, 2012
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"Rachel Aydt, Newyorklostandfound.blogspot.com"
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For blogging readers, writers, collectors, reviewers to discuss blogging. Please no all-caps posts and no book jackets/other imagines on the wall. We're trying to avoid self-promo hell. And seriously, contributing to the conversation will draw more readers to your blog that spamming the wall with links to your posts.Thanks!See More
Feb 9, 2012
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Word City Studio: Rainy Day at Patchin Place

Cross Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) at 10th Street, headed west, and you'll stumble straight into the Jefferson Market library, a castle of a place that used to be a women's prison. Around the corner is a little street, with another little street...Meet Patchin Place, a cul-de-sac houses, including one that was once the…See More
Feb 8, 2012
Rachel Aydt commented on the blog post 'Word City Studio: The Story of a Collaboration'
"@Celine: I wouldn't say it was an issue in a bad way- it was definitely something that we discussed, but it became I think it's safe to say important to take stock of what we mutually had to offer. We'd both been teaching for years,…"
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Who I am:
For nearly two decades I've worked on staff at publications including Cosmopolitan, YM, American Heritage, and CosmoGirl. For a decade now I've also taught magazine journalism at the New School for Public Engagement and for Parsons. I blog about art, parenting, culture and New York City at newyorklostandfound.com. NewYorkLostandFound.blogspot.com.
Connect with me online! My site, blog, or Twitter handle are:
blog: newyorklostandfound.com
twitter: @rachelrooo
clips, bio, etc: rachelaydt.com
Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
Welcome to My World (contributed essay; Blogstar, 2011); Why Me? A Teen's Guide to Divorce and Your Feelings (Rosen, 2000)
Media outlets that I currently write for:
Parents Magazine, Inked, Huffington Post, NYT' Motherlode, Publishing Perspectives.com, Prevention
My writing is:
Nonfiction, Memoir, Journalism, Blog Posts
Outlets where I review books, TV, or film:
publishingperspectives.com
Services I offer to other writers:
Editing, Manuscript Review, Blogging Consultation.
My professional associations:
New School for Public Engagement; Parsons; Word City Studio
I found out about She Writes from:
Kathleen Sweeney

Rachel Aydt's Blog

Word City Studio: It's a Garden

Posted on February 11, 2012 at 5:00am 1 Comment

Word City Word Lab prompt:

"I've never been here before..."

Full disclosure: both Kathleen Sweeney and I have secret hiding places in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Most likely we can blame The Mixed of Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, which both of us read somewhere between Ramona and Harriet the Spy. I’ve been coming here since fifth grade,…

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Word City Studio: Found Language

Posted on February 10, 2012 at 5:00am 0 Comments

Out of our Word City Studio collaborations, sometimes an appreciation for inspiring fragments would hit suddenly. For Kathleen Sweeney, this would often translate into a video doodle of sorts. Says Kathleen: "NYC is one of those places you can never fully know. First of all, it's too big. That's the obvious part. Then there's the ever-changing nature of the architecture. Something new is always under construction. But even on those streets you think you know, even in those grid-sequences you…

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Word City Studio: Below Our Feet

Posted on February 9, 2012 at 5:00am 0 Comments

Word City Studio found ourselves looking for the Poet's Walk, a series of plaques embedded in cracked sidewalks which was created by the New York Public Library in Midtown, NYC. Thousands of people pour over every day without taking the slightest notice. What better place to stop in our tracks to observe and…

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Word City Studio: Rainy Day at Patchin Place

Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:00am 1 Comment

Cross Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) at 10th Street, headed west, and you'll stumble straight into the Jefferson Market library, a castle of a place that used to be a women's prison. Around the corner is a little street, with another little street...

Meet Patchin Place, a cul-de-sac houses,…

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At 10:26am on January 11, 2012, Emilia Giordano said…

Thank you! I could not have gotten here without you.

At 11:44am on December 8, 2011, Meg Waite Clayton said…

Waving a friendly hello, Rachel - thanks for reaching out!

Meg

www.TheFourMsBradwells.com

At 9:52am on December 8, 2011, Kelli Swearingen said…

Welcome to Mother Writer,Rachel! If you haven't already, feel free to introduce yourself, browse our threads, or start one of your own. And again, welcome to Mother Writer.
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At 7:07am on December 8, 2011, Julie Powers Schoerke said…

That makes sense! If ever I, or any of us on our team or our authors can help you, we'll be happy to do so! Have a great rest of the week!

At 8:27am on December 7, 2011, Holly Hughes said…

Rachel,

Thanks for the support! Holly

At 9:02pm on December 3, 2011, Meg Waite Clayton said…

Welcome to She Writes, Rachel. Enjoy the site!

Meg Waite Clayton
Moderator, Publishing Industry News, and Novelist Group
Bestselling Author of The Four Ms. Bradwells, The Wednesday Sisters (a writing group novel), and The Language of Light (all Random House/Ballantine)

At 9:52am on December 2, 2011, Kathleen Cassen Mickelson said…

Hi Rachel! Nice to be connected and I'm glad the call for submissions at EDP inspired you.

At 11:31pm on December 1, 2011, Jennifer Lauck said…

You are so welcome!  Jennifer,

jennfierlauckmemoirwriting.com

At 6:38am on December 1, 2011, Sara Davis said…

Thanks Rachel!  I feel like it's the bravest thing I've done so far!  :)  I'm going to let myself walk on air today and get back to business tomorrow, lol! 

At 7:26am on November 30, 2011, farzana said…

thanks for reading Rachel! LM is awesome.  I am writing a fiction piece that i submitted to them and they suggested I edit and re-submit.  have fun poking around on their site - they have great stuff

you're a pretty cool Mama yourself!

 
 
 

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