Planning a major issue — No. 111
The March/April 2008 issue (No. 110) hasn’t even arrived in readers’ mail boxes yet, and I’m hard at work on the May/June 2008 issue (No. 111). This is very early for me to get so deeply involved with an issue. Usually I take a few weeks off and build things on my property, but this issue needs more planning. It’s going to be stupendous. I’ve already talked to most of the involved writers to discuss their contributions. BHM has superbly talented people; I never tell them what I want, but instead listen to their ideas and make suggestions about how it would fit into the overall theme.
Now that I know that TMEN Publisher Bryan Welch is a regular reader of this blog, I can’t divulge the theme of No. 111 too early, lest Mother Earth News try to steal some of the thunder we will create. We’ll probably expand No. 111 by a full signature (16 pages) and print an extra 10,000 copies. At least! It will be, I think, the most sought-after issue of our 19-year existence, and I don’t want to have to reprint it, like I did once before with our Issue No. 55. We had to reprint 10,000 copies of that one. Hmmm! Maybe I should print an extra 20,000 copies of this one.
Silveira will play an important role. I’ve suggested he bring back O.E. MacDougal for it. We’ll see. I’ve got one more important article to nail down. I may have to write that myself.
February 2nd, 2008 at 4:00 am
I look forward to it, Dave!
I asked for a subscription for Christmas, and my youngest sister got it for me… I’ve got two issues so far, and have read both of them 3-4 times through, and am still re-reading and bookmarking the First Two Years Anthology that came with it. Great publication!
I’m about to put in a 1200 sqft garden. Everyone who’s heard about it says “That’s a huge garden!”. I remember a lot from when my parents used multiple HUGE gardens to make ends meet; I think I can pull this off. At least I hope so. I plan on keeping notes of what happens, maybe I can write something you’ll want to publish?