All About Space Magazine Article
About 6 weeks ago I was contacted by Gemma Lavender - the features editor of All About Space Magazine. She had seen my photos of the lunar eclipse on Twitter and wanted to know if I would be interested in writing an article for their monthly 'Stargazing Stories' feature - a section of the magazine where people write about how they became involved in astronomy, as well as offering tips for beginners.
My son subscribes to the magazine and we regularly read it together - I think it is very well written and pitched at just the right level so that it isn't too heavy for beginners, but still has lots of interesting articles. I also like the fact that it isn't overly packed full of adverts like some other well known astronomy magazines. So, keen to see the look on my son's face when he opened the next edition, I spent the next evening writing my article so I could meet the deadline I had been given.
Realistically, I expected mine to be one of many articles submitted each month and didn't think it would be published straight away, so I was almost as surprised as my son when issue 45 arrived and there was my article on page 91 - my very own full page spread!
For those that don't subscribe to the magazine, I strongly recommend it - especially if you share your interest in space with your children. In the meantime, Gemma has kindly given me permission to post a copy of the article here for you to read. Let me know what you think.
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| Reproduced with the kind permission of Imagine Publishing |
