Moving Right Along

Okay so here we are; one week closer to deadline and nowhere near finished.
Have no fear. This is normal.

Meanwhile I thought I would show you guys what the office looks like, (or at least my desk).
If you look carefully you may actually see the covers for the next two issues.

It often amazes me about this process how every three months it gets to this point in the process and we are always miles away from being ready to go to print, but somehow we always make it.
Well to be honest it usually involves a few through-nights for my sub and I as we go through final checks - a film-set term meaning it's the last chance for the make-up and costume departments to faff over their assigned actors before the cameras start rolling.
This basically involves going through every single page of the magazine and checking that the issue date is correct, that the correct fonts have been used, that all the images are the correct resolution, that all the author's and artist's names have been correctly spelt and that the contents page actually points to the correct corresponding page numbers.
Let me tell you, it ain't fun.

Of course we are actually nowhere near final checks yet.
At this stage we are still receiving last minute articles, working out page-length and looking for advertising.
We still got a long way to go yet, but the good news is Issue 3 is looking fantastic, we have got some awesome articles, interviews prizes and of course a bunch of really great stories and art.
I'll keep you posted.

For now I'm sinking my teeth into the new John Connolly book The Unquiet which I picked up yesterday from the publisher. It's looking damn good so far.
We've also got the new Garth Nix which my sub is taking a chunk out of. (we'll swap over later)
Anyway keep writing and check back soon for the Issue 3 cover!
See ya Later.

The Something Wicked Palaver

So new year, new headaches.
For those of you unaware the above is the name of the quarterly horror fiction magazine I publish.
It's been running for 8 months now (2 Issues) has been garnering a great response from the South African creative community.

Unfortunately there seems to be little or no financing available for it so the last 8 months have been a constant headache and siphoning of my bank account just to keep the thing afloat.

So as I sit here two weeks before the print-deadline of Issue 3 I'm feeling a little disheartened.
We have managed to get the most awesome Issue together, our Stephen King Issue, including signed giveaways and other great prizes.

The wonderful John Connolly has donated an interview with King himself and things are looking phenomenal, with that one annoying exception.
no cash.
no print-run.

bugger.
Anyway, I'm sure something will come up, it always does, somehow :o)

In other, more positive news, I recently came across an old magazine called Skeleton Crew which I had completely forgotten about and yet somehow it had burnt a hole into my subconscious because, visually at least, I had modelled Something Wicked on its design.
Strange.
So I went ahead and bought 4 back issues from milehighcomics and they finally arrived today. So I'm looking forward to an evening of good old periodical reading.

check you later.

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