Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 14:10:48 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Is the WSFA journal eligible for fanzine Hugo?
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

> samlubell at verizon.net 3/6/2005 1:59:47 PM >>>
>At 06:02 AM 3/6/2005, you wrote:
>>Moreover, if the journal is not of sufficient quality for members to
>>consider it for an award, and since we have enough Hugos in the
>club to
>>launch an attack on a small city, not to mention the wisdom and
>experience
>>of venerable (if cranky) fans...why aren't we helping the editor
>make it of
>>that quality?
>>
>>Ernest Lilley
>
>Ernest has an excellent point.  There's lots of creativity in the club

>that
>isn't making its way into the journal.  Lots of people go to cons.
Why
>not
>take a few minutes and write up your reactions?  I've seen some
>interesting
>stuff on people's blogs, even book and movie reviews.  It would be
>fairly
>easy to adapt these posts into a journal article.
>
>I partially agree with Ted that the Journal is a clubzine not a
>fanzine.  But I think that's a strength.  It's a club activity that
helps
>unify the members.

As a clubzine it does the job fine.

>
>I know that I'm guilty of not writing much for the Journal since I
>stopped
>being editor and I'm going to start writing more.  But I think that
club
>members who have been afraid to write should give it a try.  You get
>your
>name in print, on the Internet,

Oh gee... that's unique... Google returns "about 207,000" hits for
Michael Walsh and "about 21,300" for Michael J. Walsh.  Of which the
first is me.

And there's this: http://www.wsfa.org/pichist/jm705x.htm

> and on the WSFA Journal author page
>at
>http://www.wsfa.org/journal/index/author.htm.  Check that page to
>see if
>you are listed, and if not, try to write.  Trust me, no one will
criticize
>your writing.

"Yo, your particple is dangling."

mjw