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My thought I just had wouldn't work, so I've decided to just not post it.

Hey I am the new Gal. Gypsy here and at your service. Any crew members can PM me if they need me to do anything. My forte's are poetry and article/editorials. I am a grammar nazi. If there is anything else you wish to know you can PM me... Or Alice has my application.

*waddles in concentric circles around Gypsy*

Ok, you're in. Welcome!

You could go through the drafts (in Alicemae's journal) for grammar mistakes!

Hehehe.......

Okay, I have printed off a copy of issue three from Alice's journal. I will edit while I am at work today and post any suggestions tonight when I get home.

I have also printed both Untitled and Headlines (both Alice's) to critic. I will post my suggestions for them tonight as well.

The poetry critics I will post in the mounds...duh. I will post a reply in your journal, Alice's, with any grammatical corrections I find in the issue.

Well you pm them to us. They have to be averaged with the rest of the scores. And it is easier to send all the judges scorings at once to each contestant than each individually.

Nice to see a new staff memeber around.
There's also the point what's your point thread, which features some of my columns. (Incase you get done with the current issues and such you can get a jump on the future ones). But, with a project, contest, and that it especially needed be placed that high on the list.

Also, I was thinking we could do a sort of PBS style money grubbing campaign. Where we give them some graphic with our logo, possibly their face, and maybe like their name and such on it. And possibly it could be the key to getting them entrance to special things, contests, interviews, etc...

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xd Indeed, the answer strikes swift.


I would, if we had not decided to change it into just a plain factoid. Hence the truffle comment. If you know of any really interesting things that happened in history though, I'm sure Alice would add them.

So far we have:
Decapitation Awareness
Peasants in a Golden Carriage
Fungus Books
Costly Fungus

That is, if Alice wants to put all those in the 'zine.

Now, as for all those changes you're wanting to make... No offense to you, as I'm sure you understand, but this is simply my input.

I like the familiar, warm, and welcome tone Alicemae always gives the 'zine. Sometimes, yes, it does sacrifice accuracy in literacy, but... I think we can reach a compromise. Find something both literate and still warm and welcoming.

And the Newbies vs. N00bs thing, which came up in the 'zine, puts the new people into two groups (just FYI). The Newbies are okay. The N00bs are... to use Johaclave's very accurate style of language, "illiterate dumbasses." (Again, just FYI incase you weren't aware.) Biased as it is, I like the seperation. It shows we know the difference and stay away from the latter of the two. Try to, anyway. We've succeeded thus far.

I'm sure you and alice and everyone can work something out and settle on it. It's not meant to be a hardcore professional magazine, but we don't want it to be too unprofessional either. Not that we're professionals. sweatdrop But you get what I mean.

EDIT: Oh! And uh, that whole second part you edited? About the 7 sins and Wrath and all that? I'm sorry you spent your time on it. xp Really, because unfortunately, that was last issue. Thanks for the comments anyway!

P.S. You wasted printer paper and ink on it too, didn't you? ><

Thank you for the information. I really didn't know about the newbies vs. N00bs thing. As for the formality of the publication, a lot of people do prefer the familiar to the formal. I will concede. I was just trying to make suggestions if professional was the image we were going for. As for the second part that I edited, it makes more sense now that you say that was last months. Oh well no harm no foul. The more I do the better I get at editing. Don't worry about the paper and ink. I get it for free. I have a friend who is school teacher. The school pays for her ink and paper. When she orders hers she orders me some as well.