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Newsworthy Category
I’m a writer, but sometimes instead of being behind the keyboard I’m interviewed or written about by other writers. This category acts as a repository for my various press clippings.
Thanks to the fabulous Katie Toft, I finally was able to get my segment from Northwest Afternoon onto YouTube for all the world to see. Here’s me trying to explain the wackiness of hula hoops and rave music to a daytime television audience. I wore a black blazer to try to help my credibility, but I guess the braids still gave me away…
This spot aired on January 29, 2007 on KOMO 4, Seattle’s local ABC affiliate.
- 15 Comments
- Tags: broadcast media, media, tv
I recently did an interview with Kimi Kline on Seattle’s JACKfm 96.5, and we talked about wedding porn, the relativity of what “offbeat” means, bachelor party spelunking, and forgetting your vows. The conversation is now available as a podcast, so take a listen.
(crossposted on offbeatbride.com)
I have an interview airing Monday on Northwest Afternoon, a local afternoon talk show. The show is on between 3 and 4pm, and I’m not sure at what point my segment will air. Norah Vincent will be on the show too, however, so it’s worth watching the whole thing.
The real question is, who can get the segment onto youtube first? A free book to the tivo geek who makes the magic happen!
A few months ago I won a charity auction to have my book reviewed by the Seattle’s snarkiest alt-weekly, The Stranger. The review published today, and it’s a win/win … the article is wonderful and I got to donate to Northwest Harvest! Plus, it was fun. Furthermore, one of my favorite Stranger writers, Cienna Madrid, wrote the piece. Is that four wins? Whatever. Here’s a quote:
Offbeat Bride is the perfect book for engaged couples who are grappling with how to buck tradition, bypass the formidable Wedding Industry, and design their own weddings. For such couples, Offbeat Bride is more than a go-to guide; it is a godsend. (Or goddess-send. Or mystical-universal-life-force-connected-to-the-great-mother-earth-send.)
Stallings is a relentless researcher and clever type A who has explored every avenue ending in wedding bells, interviewed every other offbeat bride she could shake a charming stick at, and has the good heart to pass on her smarts so that other brides aching to break from tradition may profit from her knowledge. Stallings doesn’t just pave new bridal paths, she gives couples the tools to forge their own.
(crossposted on offbeatbride.com)
- 4 Comments
- Tags: Book, media, offbeatbride, print media, publicity
- 1 Comment
- Tags: Book, eugeneweekly, media, print media, publicity
Looks like the Brits have taken notice of Offbeat Bride. The book was mentioned in an article called And the bride wore hotpants.
The Salon of Shame got a small mention in a Newsweek/MSNBC article: Sharing the Shame, On Stage - Newsweek Society. One small issue of contention: the article seems to suggest that both Cringe and the Salon of Shame are somehow affiliated with Mortified. That’s not true. Cringe and the Salon are both independent events. While all three events are obviously related and similar in structure and theme, the three are in no way connected.
My Top 8 on MySpace
28
Jun
2006
In: Newsworthy
I was interviewed recently for a Seattle Times article about how I use my Top 8 on MySpace. I’m all about the weekly thematic grouping, you see. You can read the article over here: You’re just a clique away from MySpace’s “Top 8″.
Woohoo — The Salon was written up in The Stranger! Read the article here.
Thanks to the fabulous Katie Toft, I finally was able to get my segment from Northwest Afternoon onto YouTube for all the world to see. Here’s me trying to explain the wackiness of hula hoops and rave music to a daytime television audience. I wore a black blazer to try to help my credibility, but I guess the braids still gave me away…
This spot aired on January 29, 2007 on KOMO 4, Seattle’s local ABC affiliate.
- 15 Comments
- Tags: broadcast media, media, tv
I recently did an interview with Kimi Kline on Seattle’s JACKfm 96.5, and we talked about wedding porn, the relativity of what “offbeat” means, bachelor party spelunking, and forgetting your vows. The conversation is now available as a podcast, so take a listen.
(crossposted on offbeatbride.com)
I have an interview airing Monday on Northwest Afternoon, a local afternoon talk show. The show is on between 3 and 4pm, and I’m not sure at what point my segment will air. Norah Vincent will be on the show too, however, so it’s worth watching the whole thing.
The real question is, who can get the segment onto youtube first? A free book to the tivo geek who makes the magic happen!
A few months ago I won a charity auction to have my book reviewed by the Seattle’s snarkiest alt-weekly, The Stranger. The review published today, and it’s a win/win … the article is wonderful and I got to donate to Northwest Harvest! Plus, it was fun. Furthermore, one of my favorite Stranger writers, Cienna Madrid, wrote the piece. Is that four wins? Whatever. Here’s a quote:
Offbeat Bride is the perfect book for engaged couples who are grappling with how to buck tradition, bypass the formidable Wedding Industry, and design their own weddings. For such couples, Offbeat Bride is more than a go-to guide; it is a godsend. (Or goddess-send. Or mystical-universal-life-force-connected-to-the-great-mother-earth-send.)
Stallings is a relentless researcher and clever type A who has explored every avenue ending in wedding bells, interviewed every other offbeat bride she could shake a charming stick at, and has the good heart to pass on her smarts so that other brides aching to break from tradition may profit from her knowledge. Stallings doesn’t just pave new bridal paths, she gives couples the tools to forge their own.
(crossposted on offbeatbride.com)
- 4 Comments
- Tags: Book, media, offbeatbride, print media, publicity
- 1 Comment
- Tags: Book, eugeneweekly, media, print media, publicity
Looks like the Brits have taken notice of Offbeat Bride. The book was mentioned in an article called And the bride wore hotpants.
The Salon of Shame got a small mention in a Newsweek/MSNBC article: Sharing the Shame, On Stage - Newsweek Society. One small issue of contention: the article seems to suggest that both Cringe and the Salon of Shame are somehow affiliated with Mortified. That’s not true. Cringe and the Salon are both independent events. While all three events are obviously related and similar in structure and theme, the three are in no way connected.
My Top 8 on MySpace
28 Jun 2006 In: NewsworthyI was interviewed recently for a Seattle Times article about how I use my Top 8 on MySpace. I’m all about the weekly thematic grouping, you see. You can read the article over here: You’re just a clique away from MySpace’s “Top 8″.
Woohoo — The Salon was written up in The Stranger! Read the article here.
Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, was published last year.
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