***** February *****
Hello,
All.
Well,
January has come and gone and things have gone smoothly.
The January edition was published on time and we had no
problems! Since you're reading this, you know that we've
had no problems getting February's edition taken care
of as well.
We're pleased to report that our schedule is set until
June. We foresee no problems with every edition being
published online by the first of each month. (In fact,
we are currently prepping our March and April editions.)
Unfortunately, as announced on the site in the News
section last month, we will be suspending fiction submissions
beginning on March 1. The suspension will end on August
1. The reason for this suspension is we have a full schedule
of fiction material for close to the entire year of 2008
and this will allow us to focus solely on the magazine.
Poetry and non-fiction submissions will NOT be suspended.
On another note, I’d like to mention that Wild Boys
- Masterpiece Comics first mini-series published last
summer - was recently named one of two Indy Comic Books
of the Year (2007) by The Comic Fanatic.com. Wild Boys
was illustrated by Irapuan (cover artist for The Written
Word) and written by me (Ace Masters). It is the first
industry or professional award for both of us. We are
extremely proud of this, and look forward to doing more
good work in the future.
Until
next time,
Ace
Masters
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*****
January *****
Dear
Readers,
Hello
All. Welcome to the New Year and hopefully new Written Word. Not
new in terms of the website or what we publish – a little
bit of everything – but new in our focus to the magazine.
With the past year gone, gone are the problems that came with
it. We are now focused on The Written Word more than ever.
To
that end, unlike what was announced in my last rant, The Written
Word will return to a full monthly schedule and will be online
the first of every month, rather than the fifteenth. The fact
that we have had a great amount of quality submissions, and close
to enough fiction to fill out the entire years’ schedule,
will help us maintain the schedule.
Currently,
the schedule is planned through the June edition.
Also,
we are hoping to get some new features add to the site in the
next few months, including the ability to vote on your favorite
stories and poems in each edition!
In
one last note, I would like to mention that the first issue of
Masterpiece Comics horror mini-series, Full Moon Craze, is the
biggest selling issue from Masterpiece yet! With a full page ad
for The Written Word included, hopefully that will drive some
readers of the title to this site.
Until
next time,
Ace
Masters
