This is not how socialism works, guys.
Okay, so I admit that some of Altair's failure was on my part because I kept changing things without advertising all that well (and because the submission system wasn't set correctly, not that I was able to tell because no one told me that they couldn't submit anything until close to the extended deadline). I also realize that a monthly magazine won't work for people busy with schoolwork. Yet, at the same time, if I may have a very short rant...
Guys. We have a long mailing list. As in, around ten people. A lot of these are artists and writers. Moreover, while I understand people are busy, you just have to throw together a very tiny story or piece of art or short article and e-mail it in. You don't even have to proofread if you're sending in an article because the editors actually do it for you.
See, this is why the Phoenix consistently failed, too. People wanted it, but no one wanted to submit to it. It even got to the point where the editor had to constantly be reminded that she was indeed running it so she'd announce that it existed each meeting.
This is not how the magazine works, guys.
No submissions = no magazine = you get nothing. So... why sign up for the mailing list in the first place, you know? It's not like the magazine's going to magically make itself, guys.
I'm just really pissed off because while I know my ad skills suck and I know I've been changing a lot (because this entire thing is experimental), I feel like people aren't going to submit. Maybe I'm just giving up too early in the game, but it always feels like people didn't actually listen to me when I actually bothered to make those announcements. That and I wonder how many people who got a copy of Altair actually, you know, opened it and looked through it.
Maybe there's just no interest in the Phoenix in general anymore, which is a sad thing because I always thought it was cool we had our own publication, even if it hadn't actually come out since, what? 2007?
I need to go to Order of the Phoenix more often. And we need to make it as epic as it was my first year, too, when we all sat around and joked about stuff while writing. It was one of the reasons why I stayed in SSFFS, after all.
Guys. We have a long mailing list. As in, around ten people. A lot of these are artists and writers. Moreover, while I understand people are busy, you just have to throw together a very tiny story or piece of art or short article and e-mail it in. You don't even have to proofread if you're sending in an article because the editors actually do it for you.
See, this is why the Phoenix consistently failed, too. People wanted it, but no one wanted to submit to it. It even got to the point where the editor had to constantly be reminded that she was indeed running it so she'd announce that it existed each meeting.
This is not how the magazine works, guys.
No submissions = no magazine = you get nothing. So... why sign up for the mailing list in the first place, you know? It's not like the magazine's going to magically make itself, guys.
I'm just really pissed off because while I know my ad skills suck and I know I've been changing a lot (because this entire thing is experimental), I feel like people aren't going to submit. Maybe I'm just giving up too early in the game, but it always feels like people didn't actually listen to me when I actually bothered to make those announcements. That and I wonder how many people who got a copy of Altair actually, you know, opened it and looked through it.
Maybe there's just no interest in the Phoenix in general anymore, which is a sad thing because I always thought it was cool we had our own publication, even if it hadn't actually come out since, what? 2007?
I need to go to Order of the Phoenix more often. And we need to make it as epic as it was my first year, too, when we all sat around and joked about stuff while writing. It was one of the reasons why I stayed in SSFFS, after all.