avatarDr. Gabriella Korosi

Summary

Dancing Elephants Press is launching a series of initiatives for 2023, including a new photo column, a continuation of their poetry column, scheduled Zoom meetings for community engagement, and a collaborative book project, all aimed at fostering a positive and creative community for writers and authors.

Abstract

Dancing Elephants Press is gearing up for an exciting year with several engaging projects planned for 2023. The press will introduce a new photo column by editor Vidya Sury, which will complement the ongoing poetry column curated by Sharing Randomly. These columns are designed to share stories and memories through the powerful mediums of photography and poetry. Additionally, the press will host Zoom meetings to strengthen community ties among authors, editors, and contributors. A significant highlight of the year is the planned book project, inviting active Dancing Elephants Press writers to submit a letter of interest for participation. This book aims to immortalize the writers' stories and provide a platform for them to become published authors. The press is also open to collaboration and support for its writers, encouraging them to reach out with ideas and projects. The initiatives are part of Dancing Elephants Press's mission to spread joy and positivity through storytelling and collaboration.

Opinions

  • The editor, Gabriella Korosi, expresses enthusiasm for the new year and the opportunities it brings for the Dancing Elephants Press community.
  • There is a strong emphasis on the importance of community and collaboration, as evidenced by the invitation for writers to engage in Zoom meetings and the collaborative book project.
  • The press values the longevity of stories and aims to preserve them through book publications, as opposed to content that disappears on social media and Medium platforms.
  • Priority for participation in the book project is given to writers who have been actively contributing to the publication, indicating a reward system for consistent engagement.
  • The press is committed to supporting its writers by offering assistance with book publishing, interviews, author profiles, and book reviews.
  • The initiatives, including the photo and poetry columns, Zoom meetings, and book project, are seen as avenues for writers to advance their author careers and gain visibility.
  • The press encourages an environment of learning and growth, with the book project serving as a stepping stone for authors to transition into book publishing.
  • There is a clear directive for transparency and open communication, with multiple channels provided for writers to ask questions, seek clarifications, and collaborate with the editorial team.

Get Ready, Buckle Up And Fly With Dancing Elephants Press 2023 Plans

A new journey will begin: Let's make a book and more….

Scotland, Isle of Skye journey to the Fairy Pools summer 2022

🐘🐘Happy January Dancing Elephants Press Family🐘🐘

May your day be joyful and fun.

#1. NEW PHOTO COLUMN

A New Year and a New Journey in front of us. I am excited to announce that our editor Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles will be starting a photography column in January in our publication. Watch for her announcement coming soon. Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles tells amazing photo stories and I am very happy to see this column starting. Photos can tell interesting stories and share memories from our past and present. A beautiful way to share the joy with each other.

#2. CONTINUING POETRY COLUMN

The poetry column started by our editor Sharing Randomly will continue this year. Look out for exciting prompts and beautiful poems flying your way. Stay tuned for the next poetry prompt from Sharing Randomly coming soon. Did you know we have a poetry section in our publication? Check it out from our link on the main page. When submitting poetry use #DEP Poetry.

#3. ZOOM MEETINGS

💝🐘🐘 Meet your editors and each other. I would like to invite Dancing Elephants Press, authors, and writers, for our first all-together Zoom Meeting. I am planning to do either a monthly or quarterly meeting where we can join, depending on attendance and popularity where we can get to know each other, have live discussions and collaborate. Your editors have been meeting on Zoom and it is a wonderful experience to see each other and put a face to the name.

I hope to see you there. Please see the meeting invite below.

Gabriella Korosi is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Dancing Elephants Press January Writer Meeting Time: Jan 7, 2023, 07:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting https://us05web.zoom.us/j/84782165183?pwd=b1RGKzZqbzRhcmZmNVNSSnNlNGtYQT09

Meeting ID: 847 8216 5183 Passcode: 624bWQ

#4. NEW BOOK 💝💝🐘🐘📚📚

Ready? Lift off….

The reason for the book is to continue with our mission to spread positivity and joy in the world. Additionally, to keep our stories alive as they disappear from readers' eyes on social media and Medium platforms after a few weeks. Creating a book you can read online and hold in your hands is a great way to keep the amazing stories you write alive. It is a nice transition to start your author career by publishing a book together and collaborating.

Yes. We created one amazing book last year. Holistic Journey Toward Wellness is one unique book. The book was a great undertaking. We are planning to continue this tradition in our publication. We are scaling down for our next book, with fewer topics and fewer authors. A smaller project is easier to manage for us.

Now it is time to make another one for this year. We will start by asking current active Dancing Elephants Press Writers to submit a letter of interest addressed to your editors stating why you would like to participate in our book project.

🎉Priority will be given to writers of Dancing Elephants Press who have been submitting multiple articles per month to the publication.

We are planning to choose the 10 participants by the end of January.

The deadline to submit a letter of interest in our 2nd book project is by January 27th. Participants will be announced at the beginning of February.

  • There is a specific tag for this column: #Dep Book Project
  • Also, use the tag #Dancingelephantspress
  • Please put in your subtitle: Letter of Intent to DEP book project #2
  • Address your letter to your editors Dr. Gabriella Korosi, Sharing Randomly, Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles, and Dr. Preeti Singh
  • The topic areas we decided on are in our 52-week prompts including Spirituality, Inspiration, and Joyfulness.
  • Participants will need to register on the Draft2Digital website
  • Participants will need to send a word document with their submission of the topics to Dancing Elepahts Press e-mail no later than March 15th.
  • Participants will need to submit a Biography to Dancing Elaphts Press that will be part of the book by February 28th.
  • Word count for the articles minimum of 800 words.
  • Previous articles submitted to 52-week posts on the 3 topics can be edited for the book and submitted by e-mail.
  • Authors are required to participate in WhatsApp and e-mail conversations, and Zoom meetings as needed to collaborate.
  • Once participants are selected, a consent form will be sent to your e-mail for the book project.
  • Profits from the book will be equally divided amongst the authors with 1% more for your editor’s hard work.
  • You also have to be willing to promote the book.
  • No embedded links can be present in the word documents.
  • One photo only please with the medium article. No photos for the Word document.
  • The articles have to be about personal experiences and without plagiarism.

Thank you for reading and looking forward to seeing your submissions with your letter of intent.

We are planning for a possible 3rd book this year or next year depending on how the project will be going with a smaller author group. More to come later this year.

#5. COLLABORATION

As mentioned in our end-of-the-year article Dancing Elephants Press is open to collaboration and support of its writers and authors.

“Additionally, Dancing Elephants Press is committed to providing support for the writers and authors in this publication. Reach out with any collaborative ideas, if you would like to publish your own book and need support if you like to publish a book through Dancing Elephants Press on Draft to Digital or on Amazon, do an interview, or request an author profile or book review.”

Here’s my video introducing all the authors of our first collaborative book, Holistic Journey Toward Wellness

We would love to highlight an author every month. Please reach out if interested.

Have a wonderful and joyful day,

Gabriella

Have questions or need clarifications? Do not hesitate to get in touch with us via email or a private note, or a comment on this post.

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With love from your editors:

Lady Dr. Gabriella Korosi, Sharing Randomly and Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles, Dr. Preeti Singh

If you like my writing please follow me here, Subscribe to the Medium platform using my link here, and Buy me a coffee here. My Books are available on my website here, Amazon here and Barnes and Noble here, Draft2Digital here. Gabriella on Newsbreak here.

For Our Writers Thank you for being here with us at Dancing Elephants Press and helping send positivity out to the world.

Jo An Fox-Wright Maddox, Antonis Iliakis, Dr. Preeti Singh, Sharing Randomly, Trista Signe Ainsworth, Ayoub Mouhachtt, Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles, Carrie, Cynthia A. Morgan, Cypriano Mokobia, Tunnel Books, author and creator, Francis Edwards, Filiz Özer, Christina DeFeo, Natalie Gasper, Alejandro Betancourt, Neal Lemery, Art Bram, Victoria Gregg, Jodian Marie Thomas, MS, Bsc, Asc, Sumit Kumar, Siobhan Champion, Synthia Stark, Saif Farooqi, PhD, Rane Kelze, Rahul Anand, Nimity, Nikki Waterson, B.R. Shenoy, Umme Salma, Nathalie Clair, Marrisa W., Kevin J Fellows, Kedy, E. Katherine Kottaras, Judey Kalchik, Darlene Corbett, DR Rawson — The Possibilist, Holly Faupel, Pius Adejumobi, Bright Okeye, Andreas D., Alex Lorenzen, Agnes Davis, Adam Nathan Wieland, Bridie D, Tamil, Carmen Micsa, Lucia Landini, CARMEN F MICSA, Juana Flor, Monoreena Acharjee Majumdar, Alan Simpson, Nada Chehade, Purbita Chakraborty, Niall Leah, Anjali Joshi, B.R. Shenoy, Suma Narayan, Karen Schwartz, Pene Hodge, Lola Rosario, Vashni Stories, Libby Shively McAvoy, Mary Vraa, Christina, Sally Prag, Bernie Pullen, Bingz Huang, Arup Purkayastha, Jennifer Dunne, Mawde Olssen, Jodie Helm, Erin M., Anaya Nosso, Barbara Cook, DesaraeBlack, Divya Goswami, Misti Lynn, Patricia Pixie❤, David Amato, Omy, Drashti Shroff, Mahein Kazi, Lalitha Brahma, Ticapo, Shev K, Amanda Payne, Amina Giselle, B A Little, Life not abrupt (L.n.a.), Aarti Tailor, Adriianna Lagorio, Amaya Island Girl, Dave Amato, DR Rawson — The Possibilist, Paul Gardner, Gulsun Uluer, Janet Mary Cobb (she/her), Jielynne Barao, Jerry Pompilio, Kasturi Patra, Lillian Esther, Mohini Vats, Neera Handa Dr, Neha Sonney, Author, Patrick Parker, Pam Winter, Susie Pinon, AliB, Ron Van Fleet, Shaqib Akram, Zack Harris, Pauline Evanosky, David Stockar, Anurag Paul, Anna Boulas, Blogs by J, Nicki J, Sahil Patel, Deb Fiore, Pam Avila, Buddhi Ruparathna, Kerrie Gutierrez-Diaz, Allisonn Church, The Sturg, Melissa Gray, G. Hobson Goff III, Kennedie, GnanVi_Speaks, Judy Walker, Akemi Sagawa, Malini, Shubha Apte, Wendi Gordon, Leonard Tillerman, Jan Sebastian

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