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Bagpipe player portland8/3/2023 Game of Thrones Theme | Bagpipe cover 2nds v2. Wedding Photographers Wedding DJs Wedding Hair & Makeup Wedding Planners Wedding Caterers. Game of Thrones Theme | Bagpipe cover 1sts v2.bww Other vendors in Portland for your wedding. Game of Thrones Theme | Bagpipe cover 2nds. Game of Thrones Theme | Bagpipe cover 1sts. My only requests are that you 1) respect our composition and credit our names in the top right, and 2) send me a video or recording of your arrangement when it's ready- I'd love to hear it! Hire a Portland OR Bagpiper for all occasions: Weddings, Funerals, Celebrations of Life, Parades, Birthdays, and other special events. Here's the music as well (1sts and 2nds) in pdf and bww format. Feel free to arrange/adapt as you like. Audio samples are also available on that site. The bagpipe experience, with a level control The bagpipe has been a popular instrument across all of Europe for centuries, and its greatest visibility has been achieved by the famous Scottish Great Highland bagpipe. Simply type Bagpiper and the name of your 'City' to find me. The app useful for learning a new tunes and writing a new tune. Basic functions: show bww file as musical notes sheet, for playing and printing. Original theme composed by Ramin Djawadi, then covered by every musician in the entire world. Sl inte 50 (office) or 50 (cell/text) You can read more about me on the website. The Bagpipe Player is app for IOS uses very popular format BWW, BMW files for writing music of the bagpipe. Game of Thrones Theme - Bagpipe cover Novem/ Mark Mullaney. Also, just to reiterate, this is a rough, ROUGH practice chanter version that fully shows off all the strange sounds my chanter likes to make when I'm trying to play. A bagpiper for any occasion: enliven your wedding, wake, or special event with the energy of the great highland bagpipe. 'AMAZING', is the word used by many clients to describe him. Brian Kidd, 38, also known as the Unipiper, is famous for playing the bagpipe while riding a unicycle. Celtic Bagpipes & Bagpipes from New York City, NY (81 miles from Connecticut) 1 RATED TOP PIPER in the area, 'The NYC PIPER', Jerry Dixon, should be your FIRST choice in selecting a Bagpiper for your event. A rough practice chanter preview of the Game of Thrones Theme cover Chris Bollinger and I wrote- full bagpipe version with accompanying video coming soon!Ĭompletely unrelated: Does anyone have a blonde wig and maybe a few swords that I can borrow.?īecause facebook and some other sites don't accept straight audio files I was forced to make an awful, boring slide show of some recent Scotland pics n' stuff. (KPTV) - Portland’s famous Unipiper had his unicycle stolen. Great Highland Bagpipes and Small Pipes for Sale.
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A video file has a limited number of keyframes - not every frame is a keyframe. Keyframe: A keyframe is a frame used to indicate the beginning or end of a change made to the signal. (A frame contains partial information of a still scene.) Frame: A frame is a single shot of a series of still transparent pictures that form a video. It will allow users to cut videos at high speed with excellent and lossless quality. The user can save the video as an AVI or MP4 file.īandicut supports common codecs such as H.264, Xvid, MPEG-1 and Motion JPEG, and various video formats such as *.avi, *.mp4, *.mov, *.m4v, *.mkv, *.mpeg, *.mpg, *.dat, *.vob, *.flv, *.asf, *.wmv, *.ts, *.tp, *.trp, *.mpe, *.mpv2, *.mp2v, *.m2t, *.m2ts, *.k3g, *.divx, *.wm, *.wmx, *.wvx, *.rm, *.rmvb, *.ram, *.ivf, *.ogm, *.vp6 and *.xvd.īandicut also supports hardware acceleration using Intel Quick Sync Video provided your CPU has this functionality. "Encoding mode" allows re-encoding if the user wishes to change the codec, resolution or quality of a video according to their needs. "High-speed mode" allows the user to cut a video precisely without re-encoding, as a result the quality is lossless and the cutting speed is faster than any other software. However, Bandicut is able to cut quickly between "any frames" that the user selects.īandicut supports two cutting methods, and. Other software cuts quickly only between "keyframes". The cutting area can be selected per frame which allows the user to precisely choose the cutting area. Users can easily extract audio tracks (.mp3) from a video, select multiple sections to cut, allowing the removal of one or more parts from the video, or split the video into multiple files. Bandicut is a very fast video cutting program with an easy to use interface.
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The shepherd by william blake8/3/2023 Each sestet has an ABCAAC rhyme scheme, although some of the lines may qualify as near rhymes rather than true rhymes for example, “Blossom” and “Bosom” are visual rather than aural rhymes, whereas “Robin” and “Sobbing” demonstrate the use of slant rhyme. “The Blossom” is a two-stanza poem following an irregular rhyme scheme. The sparrow seeks its nest within the tree, while the robin weeps for some unknown reason. The blossom itself does nothing but observe a sparrow and a robin. The innocence represented by the sheep and the caring Shepherd knots a tie of mutual relationship between man and Almighty.Blake uses apostrophe in addressing the blossom of an unidentified tree. The flock of sheep, the green valleys, the all-pervading influence of the Shepherd sets the poetic environ, and is instrumental in the development of the theme of the poem. The poem abounds in pictorial beauty and ecstatic imagination. for they know when the Shepherd is nigh Theme of The Shepherd by William Blake He only involves in taking care of his allies and provides them all the liberty to move far and wide! However, it’s only the sheep who feel comfortable to rest in the Shepherd’s proximity. We never find a hint of the Shepherd’s dominance, have perceives him as friendly. The poet plays with the lyrics to ensure the security is actually felt by the sheep and is not just superimposed. His presence is only entitled with security and safety of the flock of sheep. The Shepherd plays a significant role, perhaps most aptly the role of a guardian angel. It may imply that the Shepherd will follow the sheep not only to this world but also to the other world. Yes, there is something noteworthy that needs a mention! The entire poem is in the present tense except the third and the fourth lines. The flock of sheep feels safe only because it knows the proximity of the Shepherd. The Shepherd is ever happy and peaceful because he finds himself among his sheep who let out innocent calls. While following his sheep, he sing songs in praise of God. The shepherd is gifted with a sweet fortune as he roams all across the valley from morning to evening. A Brief Summary of The Shepherd by William Blake Human beings are happy and at peace under the blessings of God. The shepherd symbolizes to Christ and the sheep represents the human beings. The poet depicts a wonderful landscape with a few sheep and a shepherd. The word ‘Shepherd’ beginning with a capital letter calls for a personification. How sweet.lot! On transforming the sentence to exclamatory we get, the shepherd’s lot is extraordinarily sweet Lot refers to the Shepherd’s fortune Strays refers to wandering Ewe is the mother sheep Nigh: near Introduction to the poem, The Shepherd He chides the idea of supernatural deities.Īnd his tongue shall be filled with praise.įor they know when their shepherd is nigh. He says that he knows no other Christianity or Gospel except the one that incite man to exercise the divine arts of imagination, the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but just a faint shadow. Before we attempt a critical analysis of “The Shepherd”, it is crucial to understand Blake’s concept of religion since the poem is deeply religious.Īccording to Blake, God is within us and thus, we have to listen only to our inner voices. Blake was known to be blessed with a beautiful wife who assisted in his artistic endeavors. The songs of innocence and of experience are lyrical effusions with deep inner meaning. Born in London, 1757, William Blake was the greatest visionary poet every produced.
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Human japanese reviews8/3/2023 Szőke, meanwhile, is stunning in her first major film role, radiating bold, beyond-her-age smarts and heaving insecurity with flinty, take-charge magnetism - it’s light-years from the pathos-driven portrayals of Holocaust-scarred youths we so often get, but no less touching for how energetic it is.Īs the narrative progresses, with the political winds chilling the air again, the watchfulness at the core of this true compassion is joined by a broader concern about who else is watching, what they see, and where that empathy-deficient vigilance might lead. With deep, melancholy eyes you can imagine inspiring a painter, Hajduk keeps Aldó’s sorrow ever-present, even in the hint of a smile the way his worry for “Sunny” (Klára’s nickname) becomes a quiet engine in the film is a low-key master’s class. The actors bring all the intelligence such heart-rending delicacy requires, too, as cinematographer Gábor Marosi foregrounds their faces in flatly lighted widescreen images evocative of a dimly lighted existence. Tóth nods cautiously toward a dignified ambiguity, what can exist in the molecules between vulnerable souls in the process of rebuilding. Várkonyi, handles this intermittent tension - both what’s interior and unarticulated, and what’s externally threatening - with an appreciative subtlety, and without a hint of soapiness. So it’s a relief to report that Tóth, co-adapting with Klára Muhi a novel by Zsuzsa F. That being said, there’s no getting around what even the least judgmental observer would wonder about, especially at a time when Communism is fomenting a new, appearance-driven severity. (The scene where she’s given access to the photo albums he can’t look at anymore is quite moving, like the key to something sacred and unspeakable, as the glassine sheets between each page give off a crinkling fragility.) Of course, the fostering works in the other direction, too: Klára answering Aldó’s fatherly ministrations with a style of care and attention that - if not technically spousal - suggests a mature awareness for what has been wrenched from his life. That Aldó and Klára can talk to each other about such things, while showing a respectful attitude toward their individual emotional architecture - his paternally compassionate touch, her request for comforting hugs - suggests an open door to healing neither wants to shut and which convinces Olgi to accept a co-guardianship with this cheerless but kind doctor. Underneath her mask of old-soul scorn and his hollowed-out professionalism, they feel left behind, without a clear path forward. When he meets angrily self-possessed 16-year-old patient Klára (Abigél Szőke), she’s coming out of a delayed puberty, still writing letters to parents whose absence she can explain away, and railing against life under her discipline-intensive, exasperated great-aunt Olgi (Mari Nagy).īut it’s already a sign of the sensitive hands we’re in - from the actors, the director and the editor - that when these generation-apart opposites lock eyes in the sterile atmosphere of an examination room, we know what’s passing between them isn’t some illicit spark, but the recognition of what binds them: presenting a brave front to an unjust world. A solemn male doctor and an impetuous teenage girl find a hopeful bond, and a way back from loss, in the patient, tender Hungarian period drama “Those Who Remained.” Gently pitched to hold equal levels of hurt and promise, even as it deftly addresses the optics that are hard to ignore, Barnabás Tóth’s richly acted film exudes a faith in human connection as relevant today as such relationships needed to be in the years after World War II for survivors of unimaginable trauma.Īldó, played by Károly Hajduk, is a wiry, disheveled figure with benevolent eyes and a haunted air, whose entire life is his ob-gyn practice since losing his family in the camps.
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Powerpoint twitter ticker bar8/3/2023 Objects Dashboarding product, Xcelsius, that help make presentations a more interactive, web 2. Point Twitter Tools I designed using the SAP Business. PowerPoint zoom text, which zooms text on your screen.Introduction Welcome! This presentation explains the PROTOTYPE Power. PowerPoint crowd meter, to monitor and display the crowd noise in your room. PowerPoint mood meter, enabling your audience to communicate their agreement or disagreement with key presentation points. PowerPoint Twitter ticker bar that displays the last 10 tweets at the bottom of your presentation slides. PowerPoint Twitter voting, with real-time results displayed in bar charts and pie charts. PowerPoint AutoTweet, which enables you to tweet key points during your presentation. PowerPoint Twitter feedback slides, whichĭisplay tweets on PowerPoint slides during your presentation, with theĬapability to filter spam or any content you don’t want to share. SAP ( has released a series of free PowerPoint Twitter tools that increaseĪudience interactivity during your presentations. Finally, you can display real-time poll results directly Twitter, SMS text message, a smartphone’s web browser, or a computer’s Multiple choice question or an open-ended question. To start, you ask your audience a question-either a Poll Everywhere ( enables you to maximize the use of Twitter during a live presentation by polling your audience. Introduces you to two innovative ways to do just that. Of it and integrate Twitter into your presentation. Rather than having your audience’sĬommentary take place solely on this backchannel, you can become part The use of Twitter during conference and other large Presentations in mind, with a navigation disk and slide advance button. It’s designed specifically with the delivery of PowerPoint The Laser Mouse ( is a long-range wireless remote mouse with a built-in laser pointer. To integrate special ExamView questions into your PowerPoint Specifically for use in schools and universities, including the ability TurningPoint offers several additional features Response systems such as TurningPoint are popular in both the corporateĪnd education markets. Submitted to a wireless receiver, which you can then share with yourĪudience or analyze for reporting purposes. Polling slide in your PowerPoint presentation. ResponseCard keypad that they click in response to an interactive Members of your audience receive a credit card-sized TurningPoint ( is a PowerPoint add-in that works with wireless keypads to form anĪudience response system you can use in real-time during your Into Papershow, print it on the interactive paper, and then annotate You can import your PowerPoint presentation Interactive paper that transmits to your screen, all bundled in a case The Papershow Kit ( contains a Bluetooth digital pen, USB key loaded with software, and The ShowMateĪlso comes with a Bluetooth USB adapter for wireless use withīluetooth-enabled Blackberry devices. To view PowerPoint presentations on Blackberry devices (includingĪnimations, slide transitions, rich text, and hyperlinks). With the Impatica for BlackBerry Enterprise Server, which enables you Projector, enabling you to deliver a PowerPoint presentation without The Impatica ShowMate ( is a small device that connects your Blackberry handheld device to a Solve common problems and make delivering PowerPoint presentations a There are also several unique hardware solutions that Software isn’t the only option for third-party ( offers another extensive collection of PowerPoint templates and backgrounds.Įnhancing Your PowerPoint Experience with External Hardware PowerPoint presentations and several other PowerPoint tools. Presentation Pro ( sells a bundle of 18,000 templates, graphics, and icons suited for Subscription, with timeframes ranging from one week to one year. Transitions, charts, pictures, Flash animations, templates, TV-styleģ-D titles, shapes, presentation shells, photo animations, and music.Ĭ ( offers a vast collection of more than 10 million objects, includingĬlip art, photos, fonts, and sounds. Here are some interestingĬrystalGraphics PowerPlugs ( are a series of PowerPoint plug-ins that enhance the quality of The exact match for your presentation needs. Offer collections of templates, clip art, and more. The good news is that numerous third-party providers In your presentations, sometimes you just want something different. Offer an extensive array of templates, backgrounds, and clip art to use Getting Creative with Third-Party Templates, Backgrounds, and Clip ArtĮven though PowerPoint and Microsoft Office Online ( ) Product Key Free : Microsoft Office 2019 – Serial Number Free Product Key for Microsoft office 365 Microsoft Powerpoint 2010 : Extending PowerPoint with Third-Party Software - Getting Creative with Third-Party Templates, Backgrounds, and Clip Art
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Countdown timer plus serial number8/3/2023 Stores like Humble Bundle or Indie Gala frequently give away free Steam keys for promotional purposes. You can create a price alert on GG.deals and set your price as “ free”.If you’re short on money and want to get Countdown Timer for free, there are a couple of ways for you to try: Can I get a free Countdown Timer Steam key? Is there a way to download Countdown Timer for free? If your order is selected for a manual review and you don't want to wait or provide additional information, you can always request order cancellation and get your money back. These checks are meant to prevent the store from frauds. Occasionally some stores might delay the purchase for manual review of your order. If you don't know how to activate the key, check out the tutorials section on the bottom of the page. After you activate key on a corresponding platform, you will be able to download and play your game for free. This will be either in the form of direct download or PC key - depending on the store of your choice. Will I be able to download Countdown Timer game immediately?Īll shops featured on GG.deals will deliver your game immediately after the payment has been approved. If you notice any product assigned to incorrect region on GG.deals, contact us and we will correct the listing as soon as possible. Before you buy Countdown Timer, please check the store page for any information about activation restrictions in your region. However, some shops don’t share information regarding regional locks in their product feeds and that can lead to some very occasional mistakes. We always try to make sure that price displayed in our comparison is assigned to the correct regions. If the price is still too high, create a price alert and receive an email notification when Countdown Timer matches your budget! Does Countdown Timer cd key activate in my region? Check the price history of the game to determine how good the deal is in relation to historical low offers. All offers already include discounts from vouchers to save you time and money. GG.deals aggregates game keys from over 40 digital distribution stores so you can find the best deals on video games.
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Office for mac product key finder8/3/2023 Product Key Finder is an essential tool for keeping track of your different product keys. See 'Find the product key associated with activated installations linked to your Microsoft account' here. A: If you purchase the digital download version of this software, you will not receive a physical product key card in the mail. You can also obtain product keys from applications installed on a remote computer, and from unbootable Windows systems. Mac Mac Product Key Finder Pro APKF Product Key Finder Free to try Retrieve. But if Office was pre-installed when you bought your PC or laptop, you might find a sticker on the machine itself with the code. Mac Product Key Finder Pro is professional tool for recovering your product keys from 180 apps. Head to from your new device, then see if you can download the apps via your purchase history. It supports many applications such as Microsoft Office suite, Exchange Server, Visual Studio, SQL Server, VMWare, and Adobe, as well as lots of other tools included on your current version of Windows. Mac Product Key Finder helps you to backup all your activation keys, in case your computers hard disk crashes, or the entire system fails accidentally. On modern versions of Office, you might not even need a product key. This tool will gather keys from every previously installed program on your computer, so you can manually create backups of these codes for future reinstallations. Product Key Finder is a complete solution for such cases, because it allows you to recover stored product keys from almost any application. With so much software installed on your computer, it's easy to accidentally lose some of these keys. Every time you buy new software, you are required to enter a specific code for software activation. Product Key Finder is a powerful recovery tool for the different CD keys of your products. Instead, you may just sign in the My Account page with your Microsoft Account to which the product key attached to access your Office 365 benefits.
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Memory clean extreme clean8/3/2023 Please see the image below to view the list of customizable options present in the Preferences panel. You can right-click the menubar icon for Memory Clean 3 (or hit Cmd + , keys together with the app window open) to launch the Preferences menu. If you run the cleaning process again straight after freeing memory, you will be able to release more memory, but we only recommend this to users who know what they are doing as cleaning memory too often in a short amount of time could cause your Mac to freeze up. Memory Clean 3 frees a safe amount of memory from your Mac. In both cases, when memory is cleaned using Memory Clean 3, you are notified about how much memory was freed up after the cleaning. We have done a lot of internal testing on Extreme Clean and have found that on average, for a MacBook Pro with 8GB of RAM, the Extreme Clean mode will free up between 1GB to 1.5GB more RAM than the standard cleaning mode. The amount of additional memory that will be freed up varies depending on factors such as: Total RAM, Number of Applications currently open, current Free RAM available etc. It is a deep clean and will take longer to complete than the standard cleaning mode. We have developed the Extreme Clean mode after years of research on how to safely free up more memory from the Mac. This functionality within Memory Clean 3 makes use of our advanced cleaning process to free up even more memory than the standard cleaning method. By freeing up unneeded memory, you can make available more memory for other apps to take advantage of. The app works by purging your Mac's inactive memory and is best used when you close a memory hogging app that you won't be using again soon. Hit the ‘Clean’ button at the bottom of the app to purge the Mac's inactive memory. Note: Waking up your Mac from sleep will reset the inactive apps timer. You can choose to close these inactive apps to reduce memory usage and regain memory. Inactive apps: You can enable Memory Clean 3 to notify you of opened apps that have not been used for a period of time (default time is 30 minutes). These can be seen in the ‘Memory Hogs’ section, as visualised below: Memory Hogs: Memory Clean 3 lets you know which apps are using up the most memory on your Mac and can automatically recover memory when you close them. Clicking on this will provide you with an explanation for each of the corresponding stats displayed within the app, as seen below: Memory Details: Under the main free memory available figure at the top of the app window and the corresponding coloured graph, you will notice a ‘?’ (question mark) icon next to the text ‘Details’. If you click this on your menubar, you will notice the app window appear with a more detailed view and a colour coordinated and pictorial representation of the same data. This means that as soon as you download the app and launch it, it’ll appear in the top menubar on your Mac’s screen memory chip icon, as seen below.Īlongside the memory chip icon, the numerical value of the amount of free MB you have on your Mac will also be displayed. It is the leading app for optimizing your Mac's memory and is best used after you have finished using a memory (RAM) intensive app or game. The app replicates the feeling of a fresh system restart and helps to keep your Mac running smoothly. Memory Clean 3 is an absolutely gorgeous, extremely powerful and super slick app for optimizing your Mac's memory.
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Warm up culrs up8/3/2023 Work on your triceps with push downs, then work your (rested biceps) as your triceps recover. If you don’t want to hang around for four minutes – time is of the essence, after all – train a different group of muscles during the rest. How to Use Rest Periods to Hack Your Workout.This level of structured breathing may not be necessary for every bicep exercise – whereas for every compound move it’s a must – but keep this is mind when working out. This is how you need to brace when lifting. Push your stomach into the belt as you breathe in, but also push out to the sides and back. Engaging your diaphragm, a process known as ‘bracing’ by powerlifters, is key to explosive performances.īracing: Imagine you’re about to get gut-punched. An oxygenated body will also reduce the risk of passing out and help deliver that sweet, sweet air to your muscles, allowing them to 'breathe' and work harder.īut there’s more to breathing correctly than a few gasps of air. Structured, rhythmic-like breathing will help you concentrate, calm you down and keep your tempo more controlled. In fact, not breathing out can cause your blood pressure to spike and make you dizzy. Think holding your breath during your big lift is helping? Think again. Variety truly is the spice of life.īuild Bigger Biceps Rule 3: The Importance of Breathing Quite simply, sitting there curling away each week won’t be doing much. Remember, every six workouts (give or take) your body has fully adapted and won’t get the same benefits. The increase in temperature will help reduce the risk of rips and tears and deliver more red blood cells – and therefore oxygen and nutrients – to the muscle while it is working.Ĭonstantinis Build Bigger Biceps Rule 2: Change Up Your Workouts It sounds boring, but patience is a virtue, and besides, it’s bloody important. After all, if you're going to work your biceps, you might as do them properly. 4 Rules That Are Key to Building Bigger Bicepsįollow these top tips to ensure you are maximising every rep and set. But if you want thicker, fuller looking arms, you need to work all areas of the bicep. Most guys tend to only focus on the brachii. One of the main reasons people's biceps don't grow as big (or as quick) as they would like them to, is that they fail to recognise that the bicep is actually broken down into more than one part. How to Get Bigger Biceps: Attack From All Angles In fact, there are loads of bicep exercises out there, more than enough to make all of your training sessions unique, and we're going to show you the most effective ones. Yes, we couldn't believe it at first, either. It's just that you're probably doing it wrong – curls will only get you so far. The long head originates from a cavity in the scapula called the glenoid, passing through the shoulder joint to the upper arm.īuilding bigger biceps doesn't have to be difficult. It runs alongside the long head of the inside of the arm. The short head arises from a projection on the scapula called the coracoid. Both heads stem from the scapula – shoulder blade – and come together in the middle of the arm to form the muscle we’ve all come to love and know. And why’s that, well, your biceps are split into two sections: the long head and the short head. In Latin, it’s known as the biceps brachii, which means two-headed muscle of the arm. You stare at it often enough when flexing. Your biceps are, essentially, the large muscle group that sits on the front section of your upper arm. But, before we get into it, it's a good idea to understand just what the biceps are and the muscles that make up that part of the arm. Consider this your bicep building blueprint. Your quest for bigger arms is all on this page. So tell that to the next person who smirks at you when they see you on your third set of curls.īelow you'll find the 20 best exercises to build bigger biceps plus a collection of the best bicep workouts. So there you have it: bulging biceps can actually improve your health. Published in the American Journal of Cardiology, the researchers concluded that muscles promote better insulin function, which might play a role in slowing the development of heart trouble. Perform them properly, and it won't just be your biceps that start to bulge, your overall health will see an improvement, too.Ī recent UCLA study found that male heart patients with the most arm and leg muscle and the least belly fat were 68 per cent less likely to die of cardiovascular disease over seven years than thin guys with smaller arms and less muscle. If you want to build bigger biceps, these 20 exercises will help get you there. So, rather than beat around the bush, let's get straight to it.
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Elena glitterato8/3/2023 Giovinazzo’s clients include: Katherine Applegate, Harry Bliss, Rob Dunlavey, Beth Ferry, Jason Reynolds, Christina Soontornvat, Beckie Weinheimer, Christi J. There is a page of authors and illustrators on the website. Only begin querying agents when you’ve brought you story as far as you absolutely can on your own.” ( Link) HOWEVER-this does not mean you should try submitting something that isn’t your absolute best work, hoping that we’ll help you make it good enough for submission. Not only are we ultimately going to get a better deal on a manuscript that’s in better condition, but I also want to make sure that you’re willing to work just as hard as I am to make your good manuscript great. I most often will not sign someone on until going through at least one or two rounds of intense edits with them. The agency specializes in children's and teen books and is not actively seeking adult projects. It can be fantastical, but it has to feature real kids with real emotions dealing with some real world issues (in addition to fighting the odd dragon, ogre or petulant god).” ( Link) In regard to picture books, I most like things that make me laugh or are clever in some new way.” ( Link) I find myself most attracted to stories with a timeless quality to them. “…in terms of fiction, certainly my tastes run more literary, contemporary, or historical rather than sci fi or fantasy. I’m always attracted to the stories that have come about because they’re worth telling, not because the author thinks they could write something that’s a lot like _ (fill in the blank).” ( Link) So many of the queries that we see are for books that are a variation on a popular theme or riding the coattails of other books that have done enormously well. “I’d love to see something that surprises me. Her interests are broad but looking, especially, to bring more diverse voices to her list and the bookshelves." (From the agency website) "She's looking for authors, author / illustrators, illustrators, engaging non-fiction, picture books, MG and YA fiction, graphic novels and maybe even an extraordinary debut adult novel. Pippin Properties has pledged to do our part by offering initiatives that aim to amplify and support underrepresented groups.” (From the agency website) We believe we must all do our part to dismantle inequitable practices and systemic racism in the publishing industry and in our country. In tandem with our clients' desires, we are passionate about increasing the footprint of every property we represent.Pippin Properties is also dedicated to diversity, inclusion and equity in all facets of publishing. "Additionally, we are a little bit obsessed with licensing every ancillary right to our books that we can, from live stage to theatrical to merchandise to audio. We grow as you grow, and are devoted to maintaining a standard of excellence in content unmatched in the industry. "We'll work as hard as you do, and we are avid caretakers of and strategists for our clients' projects, marketing plans, and careers -be it picture books, middle-grade, young adult, graphic novels, novelty, and adult trade projects. We have the editorial expertise required to help bring each project to its full potential, prior to submission, and we place nearly every project we submit. "Though our primary focus is on the highest caliber literature for young people, we also eagerly represent our clients' fiction, nonfiction, and graphic works should they decide to write for an adult-trade readership. We are based in New York City, at 110 West 40th, adjacent to Bryant Park. opened its doors in 1998, and for the past twenty-three years we have been privileged to help build careers for authors and artists whose work stands the test of time, many of whom have become household names in their own right. She has been mining the queries for gold and jewels ever since." (From the agency website) After attending the Publishing Institute at the University of Denver she worked her way through positions in subsidiary rights and marketing, until she landed at Pippin in June of 2009 and never looked back. She immediately set out to find one of those jobs. That is, until the day she realized (later than she cares to admit) that books came from someplace and that there were jobs in those places. This week's Agent Spotlight features Elena Giovinazzo (formerly Mechlin) of Pippin Properties, Inc.Ībout: "Elena Giovinazzo always thought she'd be an English teacher. |