New Mexico Magazine will be publishing my profile on Jennifer James in the June issue in the Creative Fires (I think that's the name) section.

I'm thrilled, but what I want to share is the value of social networking media. Because I write about Albuquerque and New Mexico for my examiner column, the editor of NM Magazine has been following my tweets (I tweet as OffbeatTravel).

When I sent in my query, she recognized my (real) name and moved the proposal to the top of the "read and consider" heap.