Interview with the Editors (Part One)

Thought this would be a good forum to ask the ladies some questions.
I sent them both an email and these are the answers I got back.
ENJOY!

1. What do you enjoy about being the editors of BTWT?

CINDY~ For me, I love seeing our collective ideas come to 'life' in this type of
format - I love to write and I love crafting so those two things together
are a perfect match for me. Since this newsletter is completely free,
getting feedback from our readers like an article helped them or they
enjoyed the patterns - makes me smile every time. We all put a lot of time
into it, so it's nice to hear!

2. What is frustrating about it?

CINDY~ For me - when I mess up HTML code! Some of
our pages have a lot of code and if you miss one little character well....
It's not fun when you are up late trying to make a deadline! I seem to get
a 'brain block' about certain codes!

3. How often do you two talk about upcoming issues?

CINDY~ It's an ongoing discussion - a lot of times we catch each other on IM or through emails to throw an idea or two out at each other. We try to keep a watch out for 'hot
topics' to see if we should write an article about it; like in May we did
How to Survive in Tough Economic Times since everyone was talking about it
being slow on their sites. We also like to get ideas from the staff and use
our private message board on PM to keep topics going and suggestions open.

4. How are articles picked for the writers? Do you tell each writer their
topic for the issue?

CINDY~ We have some writers who have a dedicated column - like Whispers and
Business Talk; it's up to the writer to connect to whatever 'theme' we may
have for that issue to their column and writing. We will always throw
suggestions out if someone is stuck; but the writers choose their topic from
one issue to the next.

5. How can someone become a writer for BTWT???

CINDY~ If you have an idea for us, please send us a writing sample. We have a full
regular staff now, but we are always looking for special feature type of
columns and articles to run occasionally. If we get an article that we
like, we may hold off and save it for a future newsletter where the topic
fits in with what we have planned.