From: "Shelly Roberts" Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 11:12:25 +0000 Subject: LESBIAN BABY PICTURES SOUGHT IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WIDEST POSSIBLE DISTRIBUTION 5 November, 1996 Please allow me to introduce myself: My name is Shelly Roberts. I am a nationally syndicated lesbian humor/observation columnist. My column, Roberts' Rules, runs in 60 to 70 lesbian and gay papers, magazines, and newsletters worldwide. I am also an author. Among the books I have written are The Dyke Detector (How to tell the real lesbians from ordinary people), Hey, Mom, Guess What!, and the most recent, Roberts' Rules of Lesbian Living, which I'm please to share with you has been on the lesbian/gay best seller lists for the past five months After a couple of years of working on this project, I finally have a go-ahead from the publisher (Gynergy Books. CA) for September, '97, for a new book called BABY DYKES. It is a book of lesbian baby pictures. Rita Mae Brown has promised to raid her early albums, and Leslea Newman and Patricia Nell Warren, among lots of others, have already sent me their pictures. Now I would like yours. If you are a lesbian, and have an baby picture of yourself (UNDER THREE YEARS OLD - NOBODY ELSE IN THE PHOTO) in some adorable butch, femme or just wonderful pose, and would like to be considered for inclusion in this new book, please do the following: 1) Print out this post. 2) Read the release below. 3) Sign release. 4) Send the release and the photo (Originals, not xerox copies)per the instructions on the form. You'll know by Spring if you, too, can have your 15 minutes of fame in very good company. Thanks for reading this far. I really hope you'll dig into the family album. Oh, yes, please get it to me within the next 3-4 weeks for consideration. All the necessary instructions and addresses are included below. Thanks so much. Shelly Roberts *************************************** YOU MUST HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL BABY! Shelly Roberts, the author of the #1 best selling, Roberts' Rules of Lesbian Living, along with Gynergy Books of Canada, will be publishing the first-ever collection of lesbian baby pictures, BABY DYKES. And she wants yours. Submit your best UNDER-*3*-YEARS-OLD baby picture (particularly butch, particularly femme, and particularly charming will get first consideration). Original photos. No photocopies. All photos treated respectfully as the family treasures they are, and returned on project completion. DIRECTIONS: Lightly, but legibly, in pencil, write your name, address and age at the time of the picture on the back. Mark envelope "Photos. Do Not Bend." Pad or protect the picture with cardboard, foam core, or thin bubble wrap. Print out, sign and include the photo release below , being sure to make a copy for your own records. All photographs will be returned. Naturally, not all photos can be used. Early submissions get first consideration. Photos must be submitted by December 15th AT THE LATEST, or email me at shellyr@bridge.net if you need to make other arrangements. Send to: BABY PIX, 3405 Robbins Road, Pompano Beach, FL 33062 PHOTOGRAPHIC RELEASE: In return for valuable consideration upon inclusion, I, ______________________________ irrevocably consent to and authorize the use and reproduction by Shelly Roberts, or anyone authorized by her, of any and all photographs which have been designated by me to be used for her purposes. I testify and affirm that the aforementioned photograph(s) are images and/or likenesses of only myself and not other person(s). I herein grant, for the said consideration, reproduction rights both foreign and domestic for use in (a) future booklength work(s) and/or any specialty items as deemed appropriate, including, but not limited to posters, stationery, greeting cards and/or calendars, as well as any and all promotional, or advertising material used in the advancement of said work(s). These rights are granted into perpetuity and may not be amended or abridged by any current or future heirs. Description of Photo(s)______________________________________________________________ |_| You have my explicit permission to use my name in conjunction with my photograph. (IF THIS BOX IS NOT CHECKED, YOUR NAME WILL NOT BE USED.) Particular credit(s) or title(s) within the lesbian/gay community that could be used with your photo. (NOT REQUIRED) : ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ Date ______________________ Signed _______________________________________ Address_______________________________________ City __________________________________________ State ________ Zip ___________ Witnessed by _______________________________________________ Date______________________________________ ==>We All Do The Work In Our Own Way<==