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Cushlamochree, issue 1, September 1944
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4........................CUSHLAMOCHREK FANDOMANIAMBLINGS TYPERS ONLY SPELL AS WELL AS YOU CAN I am still trying to make up my mind as to which method of typing I use: The poultry system (hunt and peck), The biblical system 'seek and ye shall find), or the Columbus system (discover and land). Ackerman has often said he could say what he has to say on paper far better than he can put it orally. I am just the opposite, I would rather have my say in person than on a piece of paper. My main trouble seems to be that I type so slowly that my mind runs way ahead of my hands and as a result there is plently of misspelling (I really can't spell worth a darn anyway) and sometimes a perfectly logical statement will get lost in the typer and turn out to be an unintelligible jumble of words and phrases. There you are dear critics, a perfect opportunity to get your digs. FACTS AND OPINIONS To my mind it is practically impossible for any one fan to act himself up as an analyst of fandom as there is no one person who is thoroughly enough acquainted with every fan to put on paper the exact factors of any fan situation. You will find in most cases that the situations that are analzed [i.e. analyzed] are covered from the viewpoint of only one person - the writer - he is governed by his own likes and dislikes and by his friendship with others. Fan polls are not an adequate means of congealing fan opinion either. Too many poll cards are sent in after a hurried descision [sic] and there is no two or three pages explaining why the poller chose this instead of that. A good analysis must be mad on a dual basis. On what a fan writes and on what a fan has to say personally. Too many fans have a habit now-a-days of writing something as a fact when actually it is their own opinion. Opinions and facts are the two biggest problems of fandom today. I believe. Don't you think things would appear a little better with less "this is" and a little more "I believe"? IT IS POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW Why is FAPA a success? Here is one possible answer that is all centered around the word ego! When a new fan starts to publish his (may I coin a new word - EOFAN?) This Eofan works hard and puts out his first fan magazine and will recieve [sic] a good stack of mail full of comments. With the second edition the response is much less and by the time he gets out his third edition he has become a fan personality and tries very hard to please all the fans by putting what he wants in his magazine but somehow the written shots-in-the-arm become fewer and fewer. His fourth edition may be a terrific one but he may only get a half dozen letters to comment on his magazine so he turns his fan publishing time to FAPA because then he will always be in the FAPA mailing reviews. If you can't get any comments on your magazine put it in FAPA and it will be reviewed by all and sundray. May I give you a hint? Do one of two things. Either makeyour [sic] magazine stink like Degler's messes or be sure to attack someone or their pet project and always be sure that you distort the facts, like like the devil and pick on a guy who won't answer back.
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4........................CUSHLAMOCHREK FANDOMANIAMBLINGS TYPERS ONLY SPELL AS WELL AS YOU CAN I am still trying to make up my mind as to which method of typing I use: The poultry system (hunt and peck), The biblical system 'seek and ye shall find), or the Columbus system (discover and land). Ackerman has often said he could say what he has to say on paper far better than he can put it orally. I am just the opposite, I would rather have my say in person than on a piece of paper. My main trouble seems to be that I type so slowly that my mind runs way ahead of my hands and as a result there is plently of misspelling (I really can't spell worth a darn anyway) and sometimes a perfectly logical statement will get lost in the typer and turn out to be an unintelligible jumble of words and phrases. There you are dear critics, a perfect opportunity to get your digs. FACTS AND OPINIONS To my mind it is practically impossible for any one fan to act himself up as an analyst of fandom as there is no one person who is thoroughly enough acquainted with every fan to put on paper the exact factors of any fan situation. You will find in most cases that the situations that are analzed [i.e. analyzed] are covered from the viewpoint of only one person - the writer - he is governed by his own likes and dislikes and by his friendship with others. Fan polls are not an adequate means of congealing fan opinion either. Too many poll cards are sent in after a hurried descision [sic] and there is no two or three pages explaining why the poller chose this instead of that. A good analysis must be mad on a dual basis. On what a fan writes and on what a fan has to say personally. Too many fans have a habit now-a-days of writing something as a fact when actually it is their own opinion. Opinions and facts are the two biggest problems of fandom today. I believe. Don't you think things would appear a little better with less "this is" and a little more "I believe"? IT IS POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW Why is FAPA a success? Here is one possible answer that is all centered around the word ego! When a new fan starts to publish his (may I coin a new word - EOFAN?) This Eofan works hard and puts out his first fan magazine and will recieve [sic] a good stack of mail full of comments. With the second edition the response is much less and by the time he gets out his third edition he has become a fan personality and tries very hard to please all the fans by putting what he wants in his magazine but somehow the written shots-in-the-arm become fewer and fewer. His fourth edition may be a terrific one but he may only get a half dozen letters to comment on his magazine so he turns his fan publishing time to FAPA because then he will always be in the FAPA mailing reviews. If you can't get any comments on your magazine put it in FAPA and it will be reviewed by all and sundray. May I give you a hint? Do one of two things. Either makeyour [sic] magazine stink like Degler's messes or be sure to attack someone or their pet project and always be sure that you distort the facts, like like the devil and pick on a guy who won't answer back.
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