[HOE] What to put in the new format?

[Hank Woolsey <hwoolsey@precisiongraphics.com>]

Dirk wrote:

>Here's what I would like to see them contain.
>1.  Dime Novel (8 pages fiction, 8 pages Adventure, about the same 
>size as they
>would be if they were half sized pages instead of full ones.)
>2.  Reader submitted stuff: Fiction, Adventures, Tables, artwork (this would
>cut down on your art costs), articles, critters, powers, so on and so forth
>(around 32 pages)
>3.  What's happening in our world (4-8 pages) short summaries of 
>what different
>posses around the world have been doing, maybe containing links to peg's site
>that would contain the full stories.
>4.  PEG's Topic of the Month, one or two features (36-40 pages total) on
>different locations, AB's, and other stuff that people would love to see in a
>book, but isn't enough to get a full source book.
>5.  Articles (4-8 pages)  Tips for running better games, how to work different
>stuff into your games, general advice for marshals, maybe even an "Ask the
>marshal" section (kind of like dear abby, but cool).

Let me start by saying I really enjoyed RVC for WW.  But, there were 
some inconsistencies in powers and presentation that I noticed.

I say this because I would buy the combined format before I would buy 
a 96-page book that is one-third fan submissions.  We have the list 
and the website as options for presenting our material.  Do I 
begrudge the space that has been used on fan submissions in the 
Epitaph?  No.  Would I begrudge a full third of a book being given 
over to this?  Probably.

I mean no insult to the people here - over my years on the listserv 
I've seen some absolutely fabulous material presented.  But I've been 
able to get it ffrom the list.  I'd rather see new material from the 
pros in the books.

My other problem with this is that it means someone has to take time 
to evaluate every piece of submitted material.  This will take time 
away from people who could be writing material for us.  I want more 
material from Shane and Johns and Christopher and anyone else who 
writes for Pinnacle - not less material because they have to review a 
hundred fan submissions every other month.

Just my thoughts.

Hank