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Editorial Comments I
from
Lynn Colemann
This has certainly been an interesting experience! Since first
deciding that we were going to (finally!) do a 'zine, (we first came up
with the idea ten years ago) we've gone through an interesting nine - or
has it been ten? - months. (Who keeps track of time when you're having
fun? Or going nuts?)
{Interesting she says? Only interesting?!?} {Well, Chrystal, you know
the ancient Chinese curse: May you live in interesting times.}
We put out our first flyers at a local convention, Equicon, in March,
and Chrystal spent the next three months crying, "What if nobody sends us
anything?" After that she got on a few of our friend's cases and reminded
them that they had promised us some stories if we ever did this 'zine.
Well, we got a couple -- okay, one -- inquiry, and with bated breath
waited for it to come to fruition. No luck, but near our deadline, we got
a -- gasp! -- submission in the mail!
Now, I don't want to sound like I'm complaining, but if you xerox your
stuff before sending it (an excellent idea, the post office is very
fallible), make sure that the copy is legible. I have to read and type it
into ye old computer. (The only way to run a fanzine! I'm convinced of
it!) Oh yeah, since we have a computer to do this thing, if you have a
computer that you do your writing on, and if you have a modem, we can
download your stuff (if it's in ASCII). Saves worrying if the post awful
has lost your stuff in transit. Just send us your phone number and best
time to call you.
Maybe it was the long lead time we had for this first issue, but we
actually filled the zine before our deadline of October 31st! The nail
biting was over illos. My heart-felt thanks to all our artists!
(Otherwise, I was going to have to try and draw. You do not want to even
think about my drawings, much less look at them.)
Now may be a good time to put in a plug for our next issue - deadline
is April 30th, 1988, tentative publishing date July 1988. We need stories!
Poetry! Illos! (Lots of illos...) Cartoons! Even a limerick or three. You
get the idea. If you haven't got the address by now, it's:
RADSTOCK PRESS
P.O. Box 883
Burbank, CA 91503
This address is good for all sorts of things: Submitting your stuff
(Yes! Yes!). Inquiring about editorial guidelines (just send a SASE, we'll
send you a copy). Inquiring about buying the zine or even actually buying
the zine.
I'll get off the soapbox now and give Chrystal her turn. P.S. Be
sure to send back your comment sheet - I'll let Chrystal tell you about it.