[Northkeep] Question about the Saga and a suggestion

[Cheryl]

> Diarmaid, I will accept your challenge. I like you haven't done anything cause yea despite popular belief I am actually heinously shy & seeing my work alone sitting in the saga is embarrassing to me. If you will indeed commit to putting in pieces so I'm not all alone then I shall strive to do the same. In the process we can get some of the others going so we can go back to hiding in the crowd. 

Tamberlin

On 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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