Post by khj on Mar 30, 2016 23:15:53 GMT -5
No, not the sound caused by your late night hunger pangs!
"The Growl" is the Stamp Bears newsletter! I know the old-timers miss it. It was started by our fellow bear darkormex back in April of 2014. He did a fantastic job and it was a great newsletter -- enjoying a run of 16 monthly issues! Back Issues can be seen in the Newsletters Archive
I managed to talk the Stamp Bears Admins into restarting The Growl and letting me be the editor for this year.
Of course, now I need the help of all my fellow Stamp Bears to make me look good smiley-face-whistle-2 (no snarky comments, Kris!), as it won't be possible for my paws alone to fill Darrin's shoes.
So this is a call for article contributions!!!
CHANGES TO THE GROWL
There will be some changes, including the following:
-- bimonthly (instead of monthly)
-- short articles (1 page or even less) are welcome, as well as full length articles (you can even split it into parts for multiple newsletters)
-- 2-column format (instead of 1-column)
-- articles no longer have to be original unpublished/unposted material; however, do not simply submit a previously published article without any additional information or updates; articles abridged from other articles/sources MUST cite references and use quotes when appropriate
If you don't know how to do 2-column format, don't worry -- just submit it as 1-column. Please use Times New Roman 12 point in your final submission. It's a standard font. Use Microsoft Word if possible, as I will be editing in MS Word.
I expect everything else to remain roughly the same -- e.g., Bear's Den...
Because of my fluid schedule, I would like to have 2 issues worth of articles ready, before the first issue actually goes out. Which means I am currently in article collection phase.
REGULAR FEATURES
Beyond single articles, one of the things I am looking for is bears willing to write/co-write regular features in areas such as: Literature Review, Cinderellas, Asian Philately, Topicals, Exploring Stamp Bears Forum, Postmarks...
If you feel you can provide anywhere from 3 to 6 articles (even 1-page is fine) for one year, then I can assign that feature to you (if 6 articles, or you can co-write if you can provide 3 articles). But even one article is fine -- at least we can get the feature started! Hopefully another bear can provide the next article. For example, I've already recruited 3 bears to help out with the Literature Review feature.
You DON'T have to fill full page(s). I can insert little stamp tidbits here and there to fill out the page. Just write whatever you need to write, without having to worry about space requirements/limitations. And remember, a picture is worth a thousand words!
SHORT FEATURES
One of the things I would like to encourage is what I call "short features". I hope Stamp Bears who might feel intimidated by writing a full article, will see this as an option to start in philatelic journalism. These can be 1/2 page, or even 1/4 page shorts.
For example, I will have a feature called K's Korners, in which I will have four 1/4 page "shorts" that may last 3-6 issues. These shorts will include sections entitled:
What am I? (test your stamp IDing skills, usually stamps with no country name in English)
Tag, You're It! (the world of tagged stamps)
Perfectly Perfunctory Perforations (and you thought they were just holes)
Stamp Spotting Secrets (stamp varieties with modest/minor premiums that you can spot just from a picture)
Comparative Philately (stamp varieties side-by-side, so you can see the difference)
...
HELP HELP HELP
If enough people get involved, I might even be inspired to sponsor a giveaway each issue for this year!
So everybody try to pitch in (if not to make me look good, then at least to make Stamp Bears look good!).
Feel free to post any questions here. Check with me first regarding ideas for article submissions, to make sure we don't have somebody else already doing it (or maybe you can collaborate!). Final article submission should be emailed to me.
"The Growl" is the Stamp Bears newsletter! I know the old-timers miss it. It was started by our fellow bear darkormex back in April of 2014. He did a fantastic job and it was a great newsletter -- enjoying a run of 16 monthly issues! Back Issues can be seen in the Newsletters Archive
I managed to talk the Stamp Bears Admins into restarting The Growl and letting me be the editor for this year.
Of course, now I need the help of all my fellow Stamp Bears to make me look good smiley-face-whistle-2 (no snarky comments, Kris!), as it won't be possible for my paws alone to fill Darrin's shoes.
So this is a call for article contributions!!!
CHANGES TO THE GROWL
There will be some changes, including the following:
-- bimonthly (instead of monthly)
-- short articles (1 page or even less) are welcome, as well as full length articles (you can even split it into parts for multiple newsletters)
-- 2-column format (instead of 1-column)
-- articles no longer have to be original unpublished/unposted material; however, do not simply submit a previously published article without any additional information or updates; articles abridged from other articles/sources MUST cite references and use quotes when appropriate
If you don't know how to do 2-column format, don't worry -- just submit it as 1-column. Please use Times New Roman 12 point in your final submission. It's a standard font. Use Microsoft Word if possible, as I will be editing in MS Word.
I expect everything else to remain roughly the same -- e.g., Bear's Den...
Because of my fluid schedule, I would like to have 2 issues worth of articles ready, before the first issue actually goes out. Which means I am currently in article collection phase.
REGULAR FEATURES
Beyond single articles, one of the things I am looking for is bears willing to write/co-write regular features in areas such as: Literature Review, Cinderellas, Asian Philately, Topicals, Exploring Stamp Bears Forum, Postmarks...
If you feel you can provide anywhere from 3 to 6 articles (even 1-page is fine) for one year, then I can assign that feature to you (if 6 articles, or you can co-write if you can provide 3 articles). But even one article is fine -- at least we can get the feature started! Hopefully another bear can provide the next article. For example, I've already recruited 3 bears to help out with the Literature Review feature.
You DON'T have to fill full page(s). I can insert little stamp tidbits here and there to fill out the page. Just write whatever you need to write, without having to worry about space requirements/limitations. And remember, a picture is worth a thousand words!
SHORT FEATURES
One of the things I would like to encourage is what I call "short features". I hope Stamp Bears who might feel intimidated by writing a full article, will see this as an option to start in philatelic journalism. These can be 1/2 page, or even 1/4 page shorts.
For example, I will have a feature called K's Korners, in which I will have four 1/4 page "shorts" that may last 3-6 issues. These shorts will include sections entitled:
What am I? (test your stamp IDing skills, usually stamps with no country name in English)
Tag, You're It! (the world of tagged stamps)
Perfectly Perfunctory Perforations (and you thought they were just holes)
Stamp Spotting Secrets (stamp varieties with modest/minor premiums that you can spot just from a picture)
Comparative Philately (stamp varieties side-by-side, so you can see the difference)
...
HELP HELP HELP
If enough people get involved, I might even be inspired to sponsor a giveaway each issue for this year!
So everybody try to pitch in (if not to make me look good, then at least to make Stamp Bears look good!).
Feel free to post any questions here. Check with me first regarding ideas for article submissions, to make sure we don't have somebody else already doing it (or maybe you can collaborate!). Final article submission should be emailed to me.
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