Jennifer Leigh Mills
Member
Hello ET!
This is my first posting, although I feel like I've been a part of the site for a long time, having heard about it and its interesting personalities from Randy Bigham. Randy has been a coworker of mine and a very close friend for several years. So it's great to now be working with him on another project - and one he feels so deeply about. For me, the Titanic was always an interesting topic but I didn't realize the extent of the actual disaster until seeing the 1997 movie.
On meeting Randy, when we were both junior reporters, and learning about this passion of his, I started seeing it as more than a disaster but as a window into a very fascinating period of history. Randy's knowledge of the culture of that era - particularly as it relates to the changing role of women - has opened the story up to me in a new way. He has made it live.
And that's what we hope the first five women we have selected for our "Titanic First Ladies" book series will do - live. We want them to live again for readers who are interested in discovering more about them than their Titanic experience.
For this series, Randy has delved into the human side of these women, and the tale he tells is captivating. Dorothy Gibson was not his first choice to begin the series. He had his heart set on another of "my gals," as he affectionately calls these inspiring women. But Dorothy was chosen as the most marketable to launch the project.
I know Randy was expecting me to ask specific questions of members in this post but I am going to do that privately. I have a folder filled with names of experts, some of whom I have been in touch with, and there are still others I plan to run questions by. We welcome their participation and each will be duly credited in the finished product. We are making this extra effort as Randy said the Titanic community will not forgive glaring errors of fact!
For more information, please feel free to contact me. We have already received questions about pre-ordering and that will be covered in a release I'll send to E-T, the Titanic-Titanic site, and to Michael Tennaro's book site.
Important facts: a significant percentage of proceeds from the sale of this book will benefit the British Titanic Society and the Fort Lee Film Commission. The book is actually a package enclosing a soft cover book in magazine format, a CD-ROM of select images and two reproduction art prints, suitable for framing. The price will be $24.99.
I look forward to corresponding (and hopefully meeting) with some of you in the near future.
Regards,
Jennifer Mills,
Project Coordinator/Editor,
"Finding Dorothy"
This is my first posting, although I feel like I've been a part of the site for a long time, having heard about it and its interesting personalities from Randy Bigham. Randy has been a coworker of mine and a very close friend for several years. So it's great to now be working with him on another project - and one he feels so deeply about. For me, the Titanic was always an interesting topic but I didn't realize the extent of the actual disaster until seeing the 1997 movie.
On meeting Randy, when we were both junior reporters, and learning about this passion of his, I started seeing it as more than a disaster but as a window into a very fascinating period of history. Randy's knowledge of the culture of that era - particularly as it relates to the changing role of women - has opened the story up to me in a new way. He has made it live.
And that's what we hope the first five women we have selected for our "Titanic First Ladies" book series will do - live. We want them to live again for readers who are interested in discovering more about them than their Titanic experience.
For this series, Randy has delved into the human side of these women, and the tale he tells is captivating. Dorothy Gibson was not his first choice to begin the series. He had his heart set on another of "my gals," as he affectionately calls these inspiring women. But Dorothy was chosen as the most marketable to launch the project.
I know Randy was expecting me to ask specific questions of members in this post but I am going to do that privately. I have a folder filled with names of experts, some of whom I have been in touch with, and there are still others I plan to run questions by. We welcome their participation and each will be duly credited in the finished product. We are making this extra effort as Randy said the Titanic community will not forgive glaring errors of fact!
For more information, please feel free to contact me. We have already received questions about pre-ordering and that will be covered in a release I'll send to E-T, the Titanic-Titanic site, and to Michael Tennaro's book site.
Important facts: a significant percentage of proceeds from the sale of this book will benefit the British Titanic Society and the Fort Lee Film Commission. The book is actually a package enclosing a soft cover book in magazine format, a CD-ROM of select images and two reproduction art prints, suitable for framing. The price will be $24.99.
I look forward to corresponding (and hopefully meeting) with some of you in the near future.
Regards,
Jennifer Mills,
Project Coordinator/Editor,
"Finding Dorothy"