Re: a little project

Steven Byrd (byrds@papa.uncp.edu)
Thu, 06 May 1999 16:20:58 -0700

Thank god. I'll help where I can with the grammar and spelling problems. Then
you, someone with experience, can compose them into a readable, printable
format. Then they will be printed, we can all read them, people will be happy,
and evil will be confounded once again. Huzzah!!

                            --steven

jason varsoke wrote:

> On Thu, 6 May 1999, Thor Cameron wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> Unfortunately, I think this is a bad idea.  The lack of centralized
> authority means nothing will get done.  It will be the "I thought you took
> out the dog" problem.  Instead I offer the following.  I used to be editor
> of the Drew University literatry mag.  I can do the layout and make the
> print sheets and stuff.  (I'm working on getting  copy of Aldus Pagemaker.
> If anyone has ideas please let me know.  Even an old version would be
> fine.)
>     The only problem is that I can't spell and am certainly not the best
> person for editing someones grammar.  Instead, what we might want to do is
> devide the task.  Have two people volunteer to "edit" then give the copies
> back to me (or other editor if I'm not elected).  The editor will layout
> the final version and have things ready for print.
>    The number of submissions that come in and the amount of resouces for a
> printing will determine whether all submissions can be taken or not.  This
> will probably be something only the editor has time to decide, since we
> can't really meet to discuss the stories before hand.
>
>    Anyway, I propose the submission deadline be June 1, a nice round
> number that everyone can remember.
>    All submissions should be in RTF format (Rich Text Format, under
> Save-As).  That way it can easily be imported to other computers.
>
>   Well, let me know if this sounds good or not.
>
> -j
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