So a few more freelance authors have contacted me. What's interesting is that several have made a point to mention in their queries that their proposed article is controversial. Now, I'm never one to shy away from controversy - remember my main field of research is Shaolin- but it has been striking me as funny for a pitch as controversy is not really as marketable as people seem to think. Maybe that's just us, just our readership, but when things get controversial as in flame war feuds, we tend to lose more readers than gain them. It's one more reason why we have this forum - it channels all that energy into something more viral. And it's all about viral popularity.
Also, I thank everyone who has suggested strategies for the continuation of Kung Fu Tai Chi. I've received several PMs and emails from concerned individuals, and that's rather touching. Most have been good, although my favorite was the suggestion that we launch a MMORPG to stimulate readership (if we had the capability to launch a good MMORPG, we'd just do that and abandon the magazine - there's more money in MMORPGs).
Several have also commended me for not 'crowing' about IKF's end. In truth, it's not like that at all. I don't consider this any sort of victory. Being a publisher for over a decade, I face the same challenges IKF did, and even though we were competitors, their folding had little to do with us. It's like we were both running a race across the African veldt, and one of us got eaten by a lion. That's not really a victory in the classic sense. And who knows? Tomorrow that lion might eat us.
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