Recent Stories 2008
I found skeletons under my dining room floor…
The woman who found fifteen (at last count..!) skeletons under her dining room whilst digging a basement extension at her cottage.
Read Mum Catherine's spooky story here, which unsurprisingly created a lot of interest when appeared in the Daily Mail.
It also appeared in the Daily Mirror, Channel 5 and ITN news. Catherine's story has already been sold to a magazine which will be printing a update on the tally of bodies discovered - she tells me the numbers could climb to 40! Catherine initially wanted some 'cuttings' to put in her basement when it was finished - I think Featureworld has certainly achieved that!
AND ... The big news for 2008 is repackaging - why sell your story to one newspaper or magazine - or even two - when Featureworld can sell your story to three publications or more...?
A few 2008 real life, showbiz and news stories that have benefited from repackaging by Featureworld ...
I left my husband for his best man …
Karen Mears' story about how she left her husband for the best man appeared over THREE pages in Real People magazine and then in a double page in Woman's Own. In this case Karen's money wasn't only doubled - it was tripled.
Because, as well as the magazines, Karen's story also went into The Daily Mail over THREE pages. Read it here >
Addicted to sunbeds…
Teenage tanorexic Aimee Broberg's story about her sunbed addiction has also been sold to Look magazine, and Chat magazine but also appeared in the Sunday Mirror. Read it here >
Pregnant with a rapist’s baby…
Cheryl Lang's story about she discovered the man she was having a baby by was a rapist was sold to the News of the World, Woman and Real People magazine.
X Factor Leon's story appeared at the New Year - in the Sunday Mirror, Sunday Express, Daily Star Sunday and the Daily Mirror. Read it here >
And an update on Elaine Jewitt's story - she
has since married Stewart and their wedding was featured in Closer and Pick
me Up ...! Elaine's
story has also
appeared in the Daily Mirror, Read more about Elaine's experience
here: I
sold my story for MORE THAN £4000!
Two double page spreads in different national newspapers...
Midwife Catherine Hales story about having a baby in every decade appeared in double page spreads in the Daily Mail and the Sunday People.
Khaleda's story about how she was forced to marry her cousin, then escaped
an honour killing was in double page spreads in both The
Sunday Mirror and the Daily Mail.
SOME OTHER STORIES
- My SEVEN abortions (Now!)
- My Fed-Ex baby (Now!)
- Childless women (The Sun) read:
- Stalker was my best friend's husband: (Bella, Daily Mail) read:
- The Sculptor's Muse (Daily Mail) read:
- Too Fat for Sex (Sunday Mirror, Reveal)
- My baby by a sperm donor (Daily Mirror)
- Locked up in a Turkish Jail: (Daily Mirror, Now, Pick me Up) read:
- The Valentine's Day divorcees (Daily Mail) read:
- Menopause was a bonny baby (News of the World, Real People mag) read
- Always the bridesmaid, never the bride (Daily Mirror)
- Are you a helicopter mum? (Daily Mail) read:
- My affair with a married man (Bella)
- Size Zero to Size 14 (Daily Mirror) read:
- My Father was a sperm donor (Daily Mail) read:
