Bad time for a good idea
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helblonde So I had this idea... but we're in the middle of the Spring Event Crush (tm) and everyone I know is busy.
Shoot, I'm busy, too... roughly twelve weeks of events in a row. We're skipping Beltane to have a week off. Our other "free" weekend, we'll be attending a cousin's graduation. BTW, whoever thought to put a break between camping at June Crown and W-A War is brilliant. I <3 you.
So I'll just preserve my idea here to come back to later.
I would like to publish a satirical Mistern newsletter.* People are always mistaking the name of the real newsletter (the Tempus Nebulorum) as the Tempest, so I already have a title. I think I'd like to try a different format - maybe more broadside like: printed longways on an 11"x17" page, for instance - to give it a more period look. Then I'd have to find an artist whi could make a (faux) woodblock cartoon - with the little ribbons for "talking". I have yet to decide whether I want to go with several opinion/news articles or one with large type and big punctuation! that talks about the perils of "modern" society (Where has all the polyester gone? What was good enough for the kings of yore is good enough for me!), what the young people these days are getting into (Low profile thrusting tips? Ha! In my day we didn't have thrusting tips! We had marinated our rattan in used motor oil and we were grateful.) or a society page (Did you see the King of the South at Pennsic? That belt buckle was huge! Do you think he was trying to make up for having a small destrier? Remember, gents, it's not the size of the horse that's important; it's whether it gets you to Jerusalem.)
I'd love to change the format of the Tempus Nebulorum, too. I'd go with the broadside format here, too, but I am blessed to know many creative people who are willing to spare a moment for a poor Chronicler. I have been thinking of going to 11"x17", folded in half to make a booklet that's 8.5"x11". Do you think that would make people's heads spin 'round? (OMG! You can't do it that way!!!one!!eleven!!! We've always done it the other way! We fear change.)
I'd love to hear your thoughts on this and any ideas you might have for either publication, friends. Hugs and kisses from your local C-word**
* No worries,aastg, it would be on my pfennig.
** That's Chronicler, of course.
Shoot, I'm busy, too... roughly twelve weeks of events in a row. We're skipping Beltane to have a week off. Our other "free" weekend, we'll be attending a cousin's graduation. BTW, whoever thought to put a break between camping at June Crown and W-A War is brilliant. I <3 you.
So I'll just preserve my idea here to come back to later.
I would like to publish a satirical Mistern newsletter.* People are always mistaking the name of the real newsletter (the Tempus Nebulorum) as the Tempest, so I already have a title. I think I'd like to try a different format - maybe more broadside like: printed longways on an 11"x17" page, for instance - to give it a more period look. Then I'd have to find an artist whi could make a (faux) woodblock cartoon - with the little ribbons for "talking". I have yet to decide whether I want to go with several opinion/news articles or one with large type and big punctuation! that talks about the perils of "modern" society (Where has all the polyester gone? What was good enough for the kings of yore is good enough for me!), what the young people these days are getting into (Low profile thrusting tips? Ha! In my day we didn't have thrusting tips! We had marinated our rattan in used motor oil and we were grateful.) or a society page (Did you see the King of the South at Pennsic? That belt buckle was huge! Do you think he was trying to make up for having a small destrier? Remember, gents, it's not the size of the horse that's important; it's whether it gets you to Jerusalem.)
I'd love to change the format of the Tempus Nebulorum, too. I'd go with the broadside format here, too, but I am blessed to know many creative people who are willing to spare a moment for a poor Chronicler. I have been thinking of going to 11"x17", folded in half to make a booklet that's 8.5"x11". Do you think that would make people's heads spin 'round? (OMG! You can't do it that way!!!one!!eleven!!! We've always done it the other way! We fear change.)
I'd love to hear your thoughts on this and any ideas you might have for either publication, friends. Hugs and kisses from your local C-word**
* No worries,
aastg, it would be on my pfennig.** That's Chronicler, of course.
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Date: 2008-04-11 04:43 pm (UTC)As for assistance on the artistic look of a period broadsheet, woodcuts, et al, talk to bonacorsi ... she did get her art degree in printing and book arts.
Perhaps a Tempest for next April Fools? The Page used to do an April Fools cover back in the day. My personal fave was the cover with the four evangelists ... John, Paul, George and Ringo :-)
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Date: 2008-04-12 03:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-04-11 04:48 pm (UTC)I don't know if she's on livejournal, but you might tap Linda of the Lakelands for the "Where has all the polyester gone? What was good enough for the kings of yore is good enough for me!" article. I'll try to write one in that vein about food.
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Date: 2008-04-12 03:06 am (UTC)That would be fantastic. And thanks for the tip abour Linda. I'll ask her about it some time.
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Date: 2008-04-11 05:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-04-12 03:07 am (UTC)For the record...
Date: 2008-04-12 12:15 am (UTC)Re: For the record...
Date: 2008-04-12 01:59 am (UTC)The cost to print on that size is equivalent to the same area of smaller paper. That is, the 11"x17" costs twice as much to print because it's twice as big as an 8.5"x11". Come to think of it, there's more area available for content in the larger format because less space is wasted in margins. Hmmm...