[Northkeep] Question about the Saga and a suggestion

[Kathryn Helstrom]

Dearest Diarmand!

Thank you for helping to drum up articles for the *Nordic Saga*!  I look
forward to receiving your submission(s) and publishing them in the near
future.

As a relative newbie (only a member for 3 years now), I first got acquainted
with the Northkeep family by following the conversations on the list.  BUT
it was when I received the *Nordic Saga* each month that I got a good idea
of what was going on, summarized in the officers' reports.  Then the
conversations I was following on the list started to make sense.

Even then, I could not understand why people did not submit articles.  I
submitted one, and it got published right away.  It's always satisfying to
see your name in print, no matter how humble the publication or article.

Franziska von Locknitz
Chronicler for the Excellent Barony of Northkeep


On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Marc Carlson <marccarlson20 at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> I have a question -- and I'm sorry, it's not really regarding any of the
> topics that have come up lately,
> although it does branch off a suggestion made earlier this week.  It's kind
> of a philosophical question,
> and isn't intended to tie anyone's knickers in a knot, although if anyone
> does get their knickers knotted
> over it, please feel free to contact me offlist.
>
> The question is, why don't more people write content for the Saga, or for
> that matter, the Webpage?
> This is not a recent occurrence, it's been fairly chronic since the
> earliest days of the Shire (there's
> a missive from about 1984, from the then Chronicler Roselynde d'Angleterre
> commenting on this same
> thing.  Now I'm not saying that no one ever writes - there have been
> articles from all sorts of people
> over the years.  I'm just saying that compared to other group's newletters,
> the Saga's a little anemic.
> Why is this?
>
> I know that in Northkeep, we frequently stick to our own things, but why
> can't we talk about those things
> as well?  I know why *I* don't submit regularly - and to be honest, putting
> myself out there, seeing my
> name in print when the only thing in there month after month is officer's
> reports makes me feel
> inappropriately arrogant.
>
> Now, I'm sure that there are a lot of people who don't generate content
> because:
>
> a.  They are shy.
> b.  They don't think they have anything worthwhile to say.
> c.  They don't have time.
> d.  They can't write.
> e.  They don't see anyone else doing it, so it hasn't occurred to them that
> maybe they could.
> f.  I just didn't think about it
> g.   Filling out the $#%# paperwork is a drag.
>
> I know all of these excuses, since I use (or have used) all of them
> regularly (and if you don't think I'm shy,
> you really don't know me that well).
>
> So here's my suggestion - I'll look at my excuses and try to make time to
> come up with stuff for the Saga
> and the website in the next year.  I think it would be cool if other people
> did too, and not just the Names,
> but if everyone in the Barony flooded the Chronicler and the Webminister, I
> think that would be really
> cool.
>
> Now, I am not the Chronicler, and no longer the Webminister, but I would
> like to see their jobs be more fulfilling.
>
> Marc/Diarmaid
>
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