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Phy
Overlord

Date Joined May 2005
Total Posts : 87

Posted 6/1/2006 9:14 AM (GMT -5)

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[quote]Welcome to the June 2006 issue of DEEP MAGIC: The E-zine of High Fantasy Science Fiction.

This issue is available to download at http://www.deep-magic.net.

Editor's Note June 2006

Dear Readers,

When we set off to create Deep Magic over four years ago, we had no idea the adventure we were getting ourselves into. We have accomplished a great deal in the last 48 issues. We've interviewed some of the best writers in the genre. We've chatted with screenwriters, editors, and artists. We've received praise and sometimes criticism (mostly praise, though) from our readers and the public in general. We are proud of what we've accomplished.

When we've struggled fin ancially in the past, you came through and made it possible to keep going. When we decided to start paying our writers and artists, you supported us. But we have noticed some signals that maybe everything isn't as rosy as we thought. Our e-mail subscriber base stopped growing a while ago. The participation in the message board has dwindled, also. More importantly, our fund drive last month was, well, rather lackluster.

Which leaves us at the brink at an uncomfortable crossroads. We've had to discuss whether to keep on publishing Deep Magic or to shut it down.

This is not an easy decision to make, nor do we consider it lightly. Over the last month, we received $103 from our readers to support us for the next year (out of the $3000 we asked for). We've given it our best for many years now to bring you a quality product and hoped that you would value it and vote with your wallets to support our vision for Deep Magic could be. For the most part, only a fraction of our readers have ever contributed. The generosity of a few was enough to keep things going in the past. It's not enough to keep us going in the future.

So, we have decided that this will likely be our final issue. We figure it is probably too optimistic to expect a sudden outpouring of financial support, but we will keep the Paypal account open until June 10. You are all busy and many of you might have forgotten our plea. We will refund any donations we have received by then if it's not enough to fund our vision of the future (including those who donated since May 1). We'll also update our message board with a running tally if things pick up suddenly, and we promise to send an e-mail with the final decision one way or the other.

What happens next? Well, if we do stop publishing new issues, we will most likely open up our old issues and keep them on the server for a while. We've already paid the web-hosting fees, so there is nothing that would prevent us from doing so. We would also keep the message board going, but we would stop accepting new submissions.

From all of us here at Deep Magic, we have appreciated walking this road with you. Some of you have joined us in the last few months. Some of you have been with us from the beginning. Thank you for your kind words and support. Your encouragement has been greatly appreciated and has helped make Deep Magic so rewarding over these last four years.

If you have questions, or want to discuss all this with us, visit this forum topic.

All the best,
The Editors

Please think about giving them a hand. You can join in on a thread in progress here:
http://www.deep-magic.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=2586

Johne (Phy) Cook | co-conspirator / Overlord, Ray Gun Revival | phywriter.com | The Sword Review |

Daniel
Carl Jung's Waterboy

Date Joined Aug 2003
Total Posts : 4515

Posted 6/1/2006 1:31 PM (GMT -5)

That's too bad.... Good luck with fund-raising, I hope some loyal readers pull through for DM.

Daniel

www.pitchblackbooks.com

Melkor
Acolyte

Date Joined Jan 2006
Total Posts : 327

Posted 6/1/2006 10:10 PM (GMT -5)

Why do I have to learn about these sites or magazines when they are closing up? Sometimes Im in the mood to read something online, and when Im not in the mood for my usual places, I look elsewhere. But, they close! My whole life is bad timing! lol

I do hope they get the help they need, even though today is the first time Ive ever heard of them.

"By the toll of a billion deaths man has bought his birthright of the earth, and it is his against all comers:.... For neither do men live nor die in vain" - H.G.Wells - The War of the Worlds

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