Right. I've heard back from two. Well, three, but that one was a Howler, so obviously not.
One is Fabius Aubrey, who works as a free lance writer now, but he used to be an investigative reporter at The Prophet. I think he tired of trying to shepherd factual articles past the editorial staff there. His mum's Aquinata Aubrey, who if I remember correctly is on the board of Purest Sparkle, and his cousin is Ganymede Bobolis, who left The Prophet to start Londinarium. There are a number of other publishing connections within his family, I believe. He says he'll work for us if he can do it under a pseudonym, at least at first. His family is large, so I can see the point that there are a lot of hostages for his actions if he wrote under his own byline. On the other hand, that might be an advantage, since members of his family do work in several different publications. If he quietly approaches them one by one, we may get a mass exodus if Fabius convinces them and we time it right. And Fabius can be very convincing. I know his work, and it's solid stuff. He has loads of contacts, and he's a good writer.
The other is Madeleine Ross. When I was in Communications, she was my contact at WWN when we sent press releases out to publications. Very bright. She worked doing fetch-and-carry stuff at WWN, and she told me once that she was totally frustrated that they wouldn't let her take on more prestigious assignments due to her half-blood status. She know every aspect of radio broadcast. Her husband is now a hotel concierge; he lost his previous job as a charms designer for a security firm, again due to his half-blood status. Their daughter Paula is a student at Hogwarts.
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One is Fabius Aubrey, who works as a free lance writer now, but he used to be an investigative reporter at The Prophet. I think he tired of trying to shepherd factual articles past the editorial staff there. His mum's Aquinata Aubrey, who if I remember correctly is on the board of Purest Sparkle, and his cousin is Ganymede Bobolis, who left The Prophet to start Londinarium. There are a number of other publishing connections within his family, I believe. He says he'll work for us if he can do it under a pseudonym, at least at first. His family is large, so I can see the point that there are a lot of hostages for his actions if he wrote under his own byline. On the other hand, that might be an advantage, since members of his family do work in several different publications. If he quietly approaches them one by one, we may get a mass exodus if Fabius convinces them and we time it right. And Fabius can be very convincing. I know his work, and it's solid stuff. He has loads of contacts, and he's a good writer.
The other is Madeleine Ross. When I was in Communications, she was my contact at WWN when we sent press releases out to publications. Very bright. She worked doing fetch-and-carry stuff at WWN, and she told me once that she was totally frustrated that they wouldn't let her take on more prestigious assignments due to her half-blood status. She know every aspect of radio broadcast. Her husband is now a hotel concierge; he lost his previous job as a charms designer for a security firm, again due to his half-blood status. Their daughter Paula is a student at Hogwarts.