[Dargon-writers-list] Strange Publicity Stunt- Pros, Cons

[William Donahue]

I think we've agreed in the past (after I raised it once or twice) that 
we would cross the "too many writers to manage" bridge when we come to it.

I think there are only two possible outcomes of "works" and "doesn't 
work, fails, etc", operating under the assumption that we actual submit 
something to Steven Colbert:

1. It gets ignored
2. It gets on the show, and we get light-heartedly mocked as fan-boy 
dweebs. Anyone who's ever watched Colbert's show has to know that's 
where it will go. To Victor's point, though, that gets us some 
attention, which probably leads to subscriptions and maybe writers.

Bunch of work? Nah. One person writes a story about the ambassador from 
Colbertia visiting Dargon or something, a few rounds of crits, then one 
letter or email to Colbert's show and we are done. Written right, it's 
done as an inside joke, so anyone coming because they saw it on 
Colbert's show gets it, and everyone else just sees it as another Dargon 
story.

We certainly have our share of inside jokes. Heck, we have a town called 
Miass.

L

Jim Owens wrote:
> So let's be systematic about this. Feel free to join in!
> 
> Pro - if it works, we're flooded with new writers and new readers
> Con - If it works, we may not be able to handle all the new traffic
> 
> Pro - if it works, we're famous
> Con - if it doesn't work, we look like a bunch of fan-boy dweebs
> 
> Pro - if it works, we get fantastic return on our investment of work
> Con - if it fails, we did a bunch of work for nothing
> 
> Jim
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