Guest Marshall Report post Posted October 18, 2002 In the pop culture section that is. I swear it’ll rule the school and own the phone, and be about pop culture, aaaaaaaaaaand it’ll have k-razy words in, funny words – like poopy and fudger. I’ve been thinking about writing a column somewhere for a while now (a couple of days really) and I thought why not my favourite wrestling related website. So what do you kids say to a trail of some sort? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DrTom Report post Posted October 18, 2002 Considering the way you write here, I have to offer an emphatic NO. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Marshall Report post Posted October 18, 2002 I’m a published writer, actually, Dr Tom. I had several short stories independently published a couple of years ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest cobainwasmurdered Report post Posted October 18, 2002 Considering the way you write here, I have to offer an emphatic NO. *nods* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DrTom Report post Posted October 19, 2002 I’m a published writer, actually, Dr Tom. I had several short stories independently published a couple of years ago. You certainly go out of your way not to show it here, then. Sorry, my vote's still no. It's not just that your writing here doesn't impress me; I just don't think we need anymore writers. We have the important bases covered, and we have semi-regular contributors to both pop culture and Rants. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest goodhelmet Report post Posted October 19, 2002 well, marshall, if you think you can bring the goods, send me an article at [email protected] . I have to agree with tom and say we have a full staff but if a great writer falls in our lap, we won't turn them away. if you think you have the skills, send a piece my way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Last Warrior Report post Posted October 21, 2002 What would be the main thing you look for in a writer? I realise that a good wrestling knowledge is essential but what are theother criteria. I am not after a position myslef but i am just curious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Pegasus Kid Report post Posted October 23, 2002 With all due respect to you guys, you can never have too many writers. The more quality (and he appears to be as such if he's published) writers you have, the more content you site has and more reason for readers to keep checking in. You don't necessarily need to "cover bases." It's about content and something for people, whether a midnight reader or an after school reader, to have something to check out in their spare time. 411 after adding The Smarks division hit 125 writers covering a plethora of topics. It's also the #1 independant site on the net. Granted that took a lot of time and hard work but it wouldn't have reached that plateau if it didn't have an extraordinarily diverse writing stuff and subsequent diverse readership to keep bringing the hits. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Leena Report post Posted October 23, 2002 If I can be a writer here, you can too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DrTom Report post Posted October 24, 2002 With all due respect to you guys, you can never have too many writers. The more I think about it, that's probably true. My concern is content duplication. If two people snag the new Spider-Man DVD when it comes out, and they both write reviews and post them, we have two reviews of the same thing. That's not bad, since it gives you differing perspectives, but I'm not convinced that it's necessary. Anyway, Will, (Goodhelmet) has to scale back his role at TSM effective this week, so potential writers can now send their samples to me. I'd encourage anyone who has writing skill and can write about wrestling or pop culture to send me something showing off your phat skillz. I'll have to check on our show recappers, since the weekend coverage seems a bit light, but we have the big shows and PPVs taken care of. So if you want to see your name in lights, send a sample to the address I'm about to list. Make the subject something like "Sample Submissions," so that I don't delete it as potential spam. Marshall, if you want to send something, go ahead. I dismissed you prematurely before, so I encourage you to send a sample my way. [email protected] (Note: If I get a lot of these, understand that it will take me time to read them, that I might not be able to comment extensively on every submission, and that sending me a lot of followup emails would only serve to annoy me. Also, using a spell-checker helps. Tanky.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Cerebus The Aardvark Report post Posted October 24, 2002 The more quality (and he appears to be as such if he's published) writers you have... Just wanted to say that simply being published does not automatically make someone a "quality" writer. That is all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DrTom Report post Posted October 24, 2002 Just wanted to say that simply being published does not automatically make someone a "quality" writer. Come on now. Look at people like Anne Rice, Stephen King, Dean Koo... ah hell, never mind. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted October 24, 2002 tanky? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Cerebus The Aardvark Report post Posted October 24, 2002 Come on now. Look at people like Anne Rice, Stephen King, Dean Koo... ah hell, never mind. Anne Rice was actually who I was thinking of when I wrote that. King at least has written quality books; he just needs to learn how to end the longer ones. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
