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Editor’s Notes

ometimes I sit down to write these editor’s notes
and words pour out of me faster than I can type.

Follow me on Twitter Other times I’ll sit here – thinking – for what seems
@EditorStevo
like hours, not knowing what direction to go.
SIt’s funny, because right now as I start writing this
installment, all I can think about is how much I fought
even doing these at all. Back in the early issues I would

say “thanks for the support” either in the front or back of
the magazine, but I’d never write much more than that.
Eventually I was pushed to do an editor’s note. Emphasis
on note, because I’d literally write less than a paragraph
and it would almost always be the same things: upcoming

events, here’s the current issue, and thank you for reading.
It’s not that I didn’t care – it’s just that I didn’t think
anyone else did.

When I fi nally started really putting effort into this,
I learned something. Thousands of you are paying
attention. Some of you are connecting with these
words, and some are even deeply affected by them.
I don’t take even one of you – whoever you are – for

granted. I don’t take that connection for granted.
If you’re reading this, it’s worth writing. I had to
I never thought in
a million years I’d learn that. But now, every time I sit down to write
receive any kind
of award for these something I want to make sure it’s not just a goofy
editor’s notes -
but, last year I did. opinion or some trivial piece of crap that doesn’t
I was humbled mean anything. Everything counts – my editor’s notes
then and am still
humbled today. have to count too.

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