Editors Choice

Carol Beecroft

In the last issue of Trans- vestia, I was able to tell you about a young lady by the name of Rhonda. She was doing the typesetting for me and cer- tainly was a great help. Unfor- tunately, about the time that Transvestia was sent out in the mail, Rhonda was raped and assaulted, and shortly thereafter, she left town. Such a terrible thing to happen to such a nice girl. The experience left her an emotional wreck and it was necessary that she leave town in order to settle herself down. But that certainly crimped my style, and it wasn't until very recently that I was able to find another young lady, by the name of Linda, who was able to step in and help with the typesetting.

Linda is also a legal sec- retary and has become most understanding of the phenomena of crossdressing. She is very fast with my composing machine and is quite interested in whatever we are doing at the moment. Her accuracy is very good and she has made several suggestions of which I have used in my work. I believe that I am a very lucky person to have Linda help me. She's single, in her 30's and a very intelligent girl. You should

be so lucky to have her as a wife!

I have been wanting to say something about the quality of the pictures that are submitted for publication. In the first place, when taking a picture for either Transvestia or the Femme Mirror, please see that YOU are the subject in the picture--not your being just one of the many objects in a room full of furniture and things. In other words, please take a picture of yourself in a CLOSE-UP!! I would much prefer something that way than try to print a picture when you are LOST among all the things in the room. We can do a lot better in this area. Also, try to get pictures that are taken out- of-doors. These shots are usually of better quality as compared to pictures taken inside and which are often under-exposed. So let's get outdoors with more of the pictures that you send.

If you are wearing clothing which is dark, please see that you have a light background, even if you have to use a sheet. The reason for this is that you tend to fade into the back- ground if you do not stand out in the picture. If you are

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wearing something rather light, then use a dark background as a contrast. These instruc- tions also help in the case of color pictures---we receive so many. Use light backgrounds with dark clothing and vice

versa.

I hope that you enjoy the new long story that we have in this issue of TVIA. Dee Ray- mond is one of the best writers that we have and we are hon- ored to have one of her stories grace the pages of Transvestia. It is your Editor's hope to eventually publish a number of her stories separately and sell them through Chevalier Publications. We have a number of instances of poetry appearing in this issue and I hope that more of our poetry-oriented sisters will sit down and write pretty thoughts for us.

Before I forget, Tri-Ess Sorority is again sponsoring a Holiday En Femme in New Orleans in late March, early April in 1983. Live four com- plete days as a girl and put your male clothing in the closet for a change. We do not have any problems regarding crossdressing, so kindly drop me a letter if you are serious about going.