Boomtown

A new local magazine might/should hit the streets soon...

The details are here: http://www.boomtown.org.au/boomtown_prospectus.pdf
(It's a 1.3MB PDF, and quite wordy).

No word here on what they pay, so I rang Patrick Pittman: he says they "can't do 50 cents a word or a dollar a word", but they can pay a "reasonable amount".

(What's that phrase often seen in the AWM? 'Payment at editor's discretion'.)

The launch isn't this week: it's likelier to happen at the end of October.

"It's from here, but not about here," Patrick told writepopmag.
"There'll be a strong WA base of talent."

What do you think? Will it enliven the local publishing scene, or will it attract the attention of that dying magazine guy?

See you later this week.