arontius | July Crier Has Left The Building!!!! :-)

.....Woo! Hoo! The July issue of The Crier is done and has been uploaded to the Idaho Falls ftp: site. I'm done! I'm done! Only three more freakin' issues left! August, September and October issues. I can see the end at hand, and it feels wonderful!!! :-)

.....The advertisement for the office of Kingdom Chronicler will appear for a second time in the July issue. There has been some interest, but I still think that Angharad has it in the bag. So for the August issue Angharad will be accepting and reviewing all copy that comes in for publication. This way she'll gain the necessary experience in being able to review event copy for accuracy and completeness. This is probably the most difficult part of the job. You not only have to go through the event copy checklist, you have to ensure that the event is on the Calender with an EIF on file. Then you have to follow up with any copy that is missing any data. At this point in time about 40% of the copy that comes in is complete and ready to go. The remainder requires some additional work to some degree.

.....For the September issue I'll be looking over Angharad's shoulder as she format's the copy for inclusion in Pagemaker. I want to make sure that she has a complete understanding of how *I* put together an issue of The Crier. Once she is officially the editor, she can do whatever she wants with the formatting, look, lay-out, etc. (in fact I am encouraging her to get creative and try out new ideas).

.....For the October issue, I plan on just watching over her shoulder and not saying anything as she completes the issue. On September 2nd, the Kingdom emancipates me with my complete freedom coming on September 10th. Only 87 freakin' days left!!! Huzzah!!!!

.....I'd better get to bed if I want to be in any condition to pack Mom's house later in the morning. The Baronial Copier goes away today as well. There is an additional 16 square feet of space about to be reclaimed from my basement. Huzzah! Tamm will be pleased, almost as much as myself. :-)

.....Take some time to enjoy the day today. :-)

.....Aaron / Arontius.