Tell your story with FM in a book!

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A Photographic Journal of Fibromyalgia: Making it VisibleThere is so much controversy created because of the invisibility of Fibromyalgia that I felt it was due time we see the faces of those people who suffer with this debilitating disease. I feel that when people realize that they look like our sisters and brothers, our children and neighbors, family and friends, and co-workers… and read the common threads that link the faces nation-wide they will find it difficult to deny it is in fact so real. I want the readers to be able to recognize the faces of the individuals photographed. I want them to recognize the stories entered. I want them to relate to that which they are reading and be made to believe by your stories.I am calling you to participate in a photographic journal of Fibromyalgia. The book "A Photographic Journal of Fibromyalgia: Making it Visible" is your opportunity to put your “face” on Fibromyalgia and make it "Visible". Tell us your story. Send us your photograph and we will put it all together. You are receiving this email because you have expressed an interest to participate in this project. Since you have expressed an interest in being a part of "A Photographic Journal of Fibromyalgia: Making it Visible", please, submit your entry as follows: The deadline for entries is by June 15, 2008.Please note: You must have been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. To participate in this project.·        All entries must be submitted to [e-mail] as an attached word document. ·        Place the book title “A Photographic Journal of Fibromyalgia: Making it Visible” in the subject area of your email.·        Send contact information in your email content: Name, address, telephone and email address.·        Submit one photo or a collection of a maximum of three photographs in a photo collage.  ·        Add a one phrase description of your photograph. Photo can be B&W or Color. ·        Begin your journal entry with a header that includes your name, city and state of residence and your occupation. Also add date of diagnosis and how long you have been suffering with FM.·        Submit your journal entry in a composition of 500 words in Microsoft Word. Write your story to relate to the photograph you submit. For example, if you submit a family gathering that reflects an average family get together you may want to write about what your family enjoys doing, can no longer enjoy and the hereditary factor of FM. How it has impacted your family and how it will affect future generations.    ·        Your submission must fit in an 8 ½ X 11 inch paper. ·         It must also be in landscape format.Once A Photographic Journal of Fibromyalgia: Making it Visible is complete and ready for publication you will be notified via email. You will also be able to get a copy of the book at a discounted price before it goes on the shelves. This is a great opportunity to help FM awareness grow and most importantly to give your illness more credibility by telling your story. I feel it is that time we reclaim our much due respect and credibility. Join me!