She bit down on the pen. There was the opportunity to submit articles with more gravitas. Yell liked to think of itself as THE magazine for young professional women so the powers-that-be did allow for the occasional submission which delved beyond the surface areas of fashion, sex and relationships. The trouble was that for a relatively newcomer like Yuri, it was virtually impossible to gain one of those precious slots. She frowned to herself. She just had to think more creatively and re-frame her ideas into something a bit more becoming to Yell’s style. Perhaps if she aimed for inclusion in the slightly less pedantic Yell website first, then she’d have more opportunity to be included in the magazine’s hardcopy. Making a few more notes on the dog-eared notepad in front of her, Yuri decisively underlined a few key words and straightened her shoulders. She knew she had the skills to pull off the article. She just had to persuade everyone else of those skills first.
