NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/misc/writing/3996

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Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 10:15:14 EST
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Newsgroups: misc.writing
Subject: Darkside Fiction Mag: Advice wanted
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Tried to post this before the holiday and it appeared briefly on
the morning of Christmas Eve and then mysteriously disappeared, along
with another posting.

I wonder whether anyone else has attempted anything like our current
project.  We are a group of local writers
who are publishing a darkside fiction quarterly.
Our second issue will be out late January.

We plan to stick with a print edition at least for the time being
as our illustrators add a dimension not available electronically.  Also
we want to be as accessible as possible to potential readers.

Does anyone have any bright ideas about how to broaden our geographic
base?  The magazine is special interest fiction so there are limits
to how many readers we can find in our own immediate area.

I see Exhumed as similar to a newsletter except that the contents are
fiction, i.e. that subscriptions are a better route to go than trying
to cover the costs with advertising.

Newsstand distribution is out of the question for the forseeable
future.  The magazine is quarterly and at this point we can't afford
colour printing (although our next cover will be glossy black and white).
However there are many fine magazines out there that are rarely if ever
seen on newsstands.

Any hints you have will be sincerely appreciated.  Please e-mail to me
and I will post a synopsis to this discussion in due course.

Thanks,

Ruth Bahri