Re: [GWL]: Martha Baby

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• Subject: Re: [GWL]: Martha Baby
• From: Doreen Howard doreenh@ticon.net>
• Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 15:24:32 -0600
• List-archive: <http://topica.com/lists/Gardenwriters/read>

I, too, have worked with Martha a time or two on print projects (not her
mag.).  And, Jeff is correct.  The bottom line is what is important for
Martha.  I would never fault her business savvy.  She makes money
consistently.  Her gardening savvy--that's a different story, and I don't
tell tales.
Doreen Howard

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Ball <jeffball@starband.net>
To: Gardenwriters@topica.com <Gardenwriters@topica.com>
Date: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 3:18 PM
Subject: [GWL]: Martha Baby


>I have worked with Dame Martha on camera  a few times and it was not
>pleasant.  I would say that she has very little to do with selling
gardening
>and certainly does nothing to improve the garden writing business.  She is
>selling a dream that is filled with style and she is very good at it.  Most
>everything Martha sells makes money or Martha stops selling it.  I get the
>sense that Maria Rodale would like to become an Organic Martha, but looking
>at her new magazine I'd say she had better keep her day job.
>Another thread - HGTV - Am I missing something or has gardening taken a
back
>seat to interior and exterior design on HGTV?   At night there is no
>gardening to speak of, at least when Nancy and I check it out.
>
>Later,
>
>Jeff Ball
>
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