Re: a little project

Thor Cameron (my_colours@hotmail.com)
Thu, 06 May 1999 11:35:58 -0700 (PDT) 

Why don'y those of us who want to contribute simply post it here under "My 
story 1" & "My story 2" ?  Then, whoever is the first with insomnia can 
compile them at leisure, then figure out what they're gonna do.

Thor


>
>Well, since a lot of people seem in favor of the idea, and the we have
>the publishing resources, I guess it's time to head to the next level,
>namely complining all of the entries and "editing" them for print. I say
>"editing" because I don't think that there should be any real editing at
>all. I mean, sure, some poor slob's gonna have to read all this stuff and
>fix spelling, margins, fun stuff like that (my professor calls it making
>it "copy ready"), but as for any tough editorial decisions like choosing
>what gets used and what to cut out of what story, I don't think we should
>even bother with that kind of stuff. Whatever gets submitted should get
>in, in my humble opinion, regardless of genre, style, subject matter,
>whatever. Basically, the editor's desk should be a simple, one night
>stop-over from the writer's hands to the printing press, and no
>changes to content should be made.
>
>The issues we will have to look at, however, are (1) number of entries
>per person (depending on how many entires we have, I think the max should
>be two, that was the maximum number of songs that the bands could put on
>the Dinosaur Jr. Mailing List compilation CD), (2) length of entries
>(common sense should take care of this one, no novels or epic poems, (3)
>Level of Vulgarity (curse and swear all you want to, but no stories
>about Bunny's "special treat" for the winning football team...it's just
>tacky), (4) Originality...only your own work, signed, and with a small
>bio-paragraph so we can all get to know you, please, and finally, (5)
>When the hell do we start sending out the stories and to whom? I think
>that the quicker we can get on this the better. If we just let it sit in
>"Gee, we should do something," limbo, then interest will die down, and
>the project will be a bust. I propose that we all have the works we want
>published in to the editor by two weeks from next Monday. I think that's
>the 24th or whatever. Same thing with artwork, if it's at all possible,
>so that the words and the drawing can all be sent to the printer as one
>big package.
>
>There are a couple of other little issues to be dealt with, entry
>formats, mailing procedures, getting the book out to members, blah, blah,
>blah. I'll file those in the "I'm too lazy to think about them" drawer
>for right now. As for whom the editor should be, I have no clue. I leave
>that up to you guys. I'll take the position if no one else wants it, but
>ONLY if no one else wants it. I'm not trying to throw my rather
>insubstantial weight around the list or anything, I just think this could
>be fun and I want to help, some. If someone else wants to flex his or
>her editorial muscle, then just tell me where to send my work, and I'll be 
>a
>happy camper.
>
>If any of you guys have problems with these vague guidelines, let me
>know. Bye for now.
>
>
>		--"crazy" steven


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