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writing for the third millennium
Lorette C. Luzajic
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Fascinating People: gossip for smart people
http://fascinatingpeople.wordpress.com
When I thought about my “niche,” it was very hard to narrow my broad interests into one particular strength and area of enthusiasm. I thought it would have to be fascinating people, artists, musicians, spiritual leaders, thinkers, scientists…so many stories. I think everyone loves people stories, but we can’t always read a full biography on every interesting person out there. And certainly not about someone we’ve never heard of. But what if I were to write an essay length story about these interesting people, stories that could be read in ten minutes, or a half hour?
It’s been so exciting for me to learn so much about so many fascinating people! Some are old favourite artists, some were complete strangers to me, some I have chosen at random or after learning an interesting tidbit. A few I’ve covered so far: Vaslav Nijinksy, the tormented ballet star; Bill Traylor, an Alabama slave who took up painting while in his 80s; John Calvin, the “great theologian,” who as it turned out is a mass murderer; native painted Benjamin Chee Chee, who hung himself in his prison cell; New Orleans voodoo priestess Marie Laveau; Memphis Minnie, the best female guitarist ever known; finance guru Suze Orman; poor little rich girl Danielle Steel, and more, more, more….
This series has become so popular that I have three spin offs! Fascinating Writers, Fascinating Queers, and Fascinating Canadian Women!
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Meet Virginia, 1882-1941 Read more: |
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Little Boy Lost, Henry Darger, 1892-1973 read more: |
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Am I That Easy to Forget? remembering Little Esther Phillips, 1935-1984
Three things defined Little Esther’s life: the blues, her singing career, and heroin.
read more:
http://fascinatingpeople.wordpress.com/tag/little-esther-phillips/
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Cosmic Karmic Kramer: meet Brother Michael Richards |
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Keep on Gokking in the Free World: Gok Wan
Everyone’s favourite rice queen Gok Wan might be the world’s only diva who’s just too dang nice. The sweetest stylist on the planet, she looms larger than life but can’t be accused of being too big for her britches. Indeed, when Gok Wan was born in a trailer park in Leicester, UK, in 1974, he was too small for his nappies.
read more:
http://fascinatingpeople.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/keep-on-gokking-in-the-free-world/
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 Lorette Luzajic is a Fascinating Writer, too! |
Read Fascinating Queers:
http://www.outimpact.com/category/features/news-features/spotlights-news-features-features/fascinating-queers
Read Fascinating Canadian Women:
www.cahootsmagazine.com
Love to Eat?
The Spice Girl is my regular gig at Gremolata, www.gremolata.com, Canada’s most awesome food magazine. I delve into the history, lore, legend and nutrition in all of your favourite flavours.
I also write an occasional gluten-free blog, restaurant musings, and great feature stories.
Recently, I covered the story of Toronto’s best east African cuisine at Wazema, along with a little bit of history of the cradle of civilization.
Look for me by name - Lorette C. Luzajic. You’ll find something great to make you hungry!
I did raise a few eyebrows refuting the idea that vegetarianism is the healthiest diet, in Natural Born Killers. Though I have nothing against the compassionate choice that vegetarians make, I stirred the pot again with a major research piece on the dangers of soy, called Spilling the Beans. Apparently, the original human diet is so controversial that Greg Davis interviewed me about these pieces here:
- http://lifespotlight.com/health/2008/12/08/an-interview-with-gremolatas-resident-spice-girl-part-i/
- http://lifespotlight.com/health/2008/12/10/an-interview-with-gremolatas-resident-spice-girl/comment-page-1/#comment-2671
- http://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2008/12/lorette_luzajic_on_the_toronto_food_scene/
Why not Google me? You’ll be reading until the next millennium!
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What else does The Girl write? Where else has she been published?
Many times, my name does not appear on work I do for companies, corporations, or private clients. A business letter, for example, or a speech, necessarily has your name on it, not mine. Menus don’t have a cheery note saying, “Lorette wrote these blurbs.” Many of my services are available to help you express yourself best. These services may include web content, English tutoring, press releases, product labels, real estate notes, letters, newsletters, liner notes, bios, and more. What kinds of companies have used me behind the scenes?
to name a very few: Technofunk Electronica Collective, Heritage Education Funds, HIS Agency, Nelson Thomson Publishing, P Cube Computer Services, ACE Bakery, Health and Nutrition Tips, The Guvernment Night Club, Tattoo Rock Parlour, Art 4 Media, Gay Cities, Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto, No More Violence, The Golden Griddle, Dolce Farms, Fast Cat Movers, Noodle Heaven, Pulp and Fiber Brand Management, Full Bloom Floral, Bird Song Chalet Bed and Breakfast, and many, many more
Creative Director and Editor of The Idea Factory: an exquisite wheneverly
From 2002 until 2007, The Idea Museum was an editorial and artistic experiment. As an online arts portal, later revived as The Idea Factory, we attracted visitors from every country in the world. I published interesting pieces on creativity and interviews and profiles of fascinating artists, musicians, writers, and other creative thinkers. As a collective in Toronto, we organized and hosted local art parties showing Toronto’s most amazing artists, like Jason Cavener, Dmitri Miletski, Iaian Greenson, and Joey DAMMIT! We brought entertainment to each art event- stand-up comedy, burlesque, The Pillow Fight League, and the legendary Donnarama.
As our team branched into the world for work and play, I tried to keep the dream alive with the online magazine format. It was so amazing and I learned a lot about multitasking and met many creative people. Ultimately, my work was moving into a different direction and my writing needed more attention than my project management work. I will always miss the Idea Factory/Museum but it opened up many doors, to the world, and to my imagination.
Journals, Magazines, Zines, Papers, and Anthologies:
Although I find it a bit dull to present a lifeless list of publications where my poetry, short fiction, and nonfiction have appeared, many readers or clients ask me about it. I admit that over the years I have not kept as faithful a record as I should have. However, here is a partial list. Many of these publications have used my work multiple times.
The Breath, Canoe, Unlikely Stories, The Academy, In Q Magazine, The Ryersonian, Xtra! Newspaper, About Such Things, Amber, American Poets and Poetry, Anthology, Aphrodite Gone Berserk, Arachne, The Archer, Adbusters, The Artist, Backspace, Bad Monkey, Black Cat 115, Blood and Aphorisms, The Black Spot, Brownstone Review, Canadian Women’s Studies Journal, Caffeine, Canadian Baptist, Canned Phlegm, Candlelight Poetry Review, Chicks on Dicks Anthology, Listening to the Birth of Crystals Poetry Anthology, The People’s Poet Anthology 2, Take My Word For It Anthology, The Complete Woman, Compost News, The Core, The Conscience, Damaged Goods, Billy Graham’s Decision Magazine, The Diviners, Dog Fancy, Dusk Til Dawn, Dwan, Even the Kitchen Sink, The Ever Dancing Muse, Eye Weekly, The Eyeopener, The Fiddlehead, Fledgling, Gotta Write, Hecate’s Loom, Grain, Geez Magazine, Hook and Ladder, In Hell’s Belly, Ink Magazine, Jones Av, Kairos, Labour of Love, Listen Magazine for Celebrating Positive Choices, The Listening Eye, Love Never Fails, Main Street Rag, McClung’s, Melting Trees Review, Mind Purge, Minus Tides Magazine, Modern Poetry, Muse of Fire, Niagara Advance, The Ninth Wave, The New Writer, Novella, Oh! Magazine, Off Our Back, The Outreach, The Outrider, Other Voices, Papyrus, Phoebe, Poet’s Page, Poetry Motel, Prairie Winds, Procreation, Q Age, Quarry Magazine, Quota, Rattle, Red Booth Review, Rhig, Sidewalks, Siren for Women, Siren Literary Journal, Slinky, Shift Positions Anthology from Ontario College of Art and Design, Spillway, Stovepipe, Syncopated City, Teen Quest, Tight, Transition, Transforum, Twilight Ending, Time For Rhyme, Urban Graffiti, Yet Another Small Magazine, Venue Magazine, Sage Woman, Young Ambassador, Whatever Vaughan, White Wall Review, Wind, Writer’s Journal, Writer’s Ink, Wyrd, Zygote, Writing for our Lives, I Love Cats, Style Republic, and many more…
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Here’s a long list of other amazing stories about art, business, poetry, people, books, and more. You can Google me, too, and then you’ll be reading for the rest of your life.
999 Borats
Insane artist Oli Goldsmith decided to paint one thousand Borats.
www.stylerepublicmagazine.com/999b.html
Changing Gears: Molloys Auto Repair
One woman leaves her bustling urban career to run an auto shop.
www.womencandoanything.com/content/view/410/283/
I Have an Idea: Now What?
How to get started in business.
www.womencandoanything.com/content/view/369/285/
Allison Crowe’s Tidings of Comfort and Joy and the Opposite, Too
She’ll go down in history as the brightest northern star in music.
www.allisoncrowe.com/press/08120301.html
I Review Nadine McInnis’s asylum poetry
check out all of my Brick Book reviews on their site
www.brickbooks.ca/?page_id=76&reviewid=54
More Poetry Reviews
look for me here
www.poetryreviews.ca
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