Well done on a much better Bree. How is it though, that as the quality of the writing improves (was it serendipity, or did you actually decline some of the weaker stuff this time?) the quality of the art degenerates proportionately? Apart from the pretty harp, all we got was some ropey Christmas clipart, lifted slightly by a couple of amusing captions. Whatever your source of pictures was for the previous issue, I do hope it hasn't dried up.
But aside from that reservation, still the best issue you've done, by quite a distance.
You even managed to credit the authors with their names 
Hope they were the right names <8*)
Laurence G. Tilley
http://www.lgtilley.freeserve.co.uk
Hi,
Laurence G. Tilley wrote:
Well done on a much better Bree. How is it though, that as the
quality of the writing improves (was it serendipity, or did you
actually decline some of the weaker stuff this time?) the
quality of the art degenerates proportionately?
When it comes to quality of articles, what some people like, others do
not. 
If a prospective article comes straight to me I assess it's
quality and decide whether or not to put it in, if an article comes
via Clint then it goes in as I assume he feels it suitable for
publication. Of course, if someone with your own literary talents were
to write an article, it could only improve the standard still further.
Regarding the artwork, I was asked to reduce the size of the file,
presumably because some people don't like downloading a large (1mb or
more) issue. That's a questioon for Clint I'm afraid. Personally I
like finding sources of excellent artwork rather than using clipart.
Glad you liked the harp though - couldn't let the issue go by without
at least one decent picture
You even managed to credit the authors with their names
Hope they were the right names <8*)
A hope I would share! Please can everyone remember to put their
name in the body of any article they send. Speaking for myself it's
not always possible to work it out from the email address, so a simple
"by Fred Bloggs" would help enormously.
Colin
(Editor: News From Bree)
That's crazy. My chief problems with Bree remain that I consider the "paper style" of a periodical newsletter to be outdated, and that good information will get buried in old issues rather than coherently archived. BUT since you are so deeply committed to it, and since it is apparently so popular a format with the entire rest of the world, you should at least be able to capitalise on the strong points of a "paper" periodical format - that is, entertaining presentation and graphics. Something in which incidentally you seem to have excellent skills. If I were you, I should insist that the above dictum be revoked - or else tell them to stick their newsletter
Actually (bing! inspiration) is there anything to stop you splitting an issue into two parts? And might this also be the answer to another annoying habit - your splitting of originally good articles into arbitrary parts spread over issues?
Laurence G. Tilley
http://www.lgtilley.freeserve.co.uk
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At 18:20 20/12/2002, Colin Forbes <colin@timewyrm.co.uk> wrote:
Regarding the artwork, I was asked to reduce the size of the file,
presumably because some people don't like downloading a large (1mb or
more) issue.
