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STTS Editorial
Copyright (c) 1993, Joe DeRouen
All rights reserved


As I write this, I'm only about 3/4th's of the way finished with the
first issue of Sunlight Through The Shadows. It's 12:30am June the 14th,
exactly 24 hours before my self-imposed deadline for the release of the
first issue.

If this editorial sees the light of day (or should I saw the glow of
your monitor?) then you'll know that I made it.

There's several other electronic/on-line magazines out there. Poetry In
Motion, Smoke & Mirrors, Ruby's Pearls, ModemNews, On-Line News and
Review, Dallas/Ft. Worth On-Line, Eeek! Bits... and several others that
I can't recall at the moment but I'm sure are good magazines all the
same.

So why bring STTS Magazine into existence, with all these other's out
there?

The world of electronic publishing is just now opening up, and I'm
sure that my magazine won't be the last to debut. There's plenty of
room out there in the electronic world for magazines, as there's
virtually no overhead involved in producing one. What IS involved,
though, is time. Lot's of it, too. When I first started this, I really
didn't know what I was getting myself into. Now, I think I'm finally
beginning to realize.

And you know what? I'm not going to give up. Producing this first issue
has been a real challenge, and I don't foresee things getting any easier
in the near future. My goal is to bring to you, the reader, some of the
best writing available. A lot of it will be mine at first. This isn't
because I'm over egocentric (well, maybe a little) but because the BBS
world at large seems hesitant to submit stories or articles to the
various magazines out there. I'm not exactly sure why, but I'm hoping
that as this medium grows and matures that that'll change. I'll do my
best to help bring about the change.

Which brings us to my original rhetorical question: Why bring out such a
magazine, with all the others already out there? STTS isn't going to try
to compete with any of the others. There's no need for that. We'll try
and find a loyal readership and give them a reason to stay loyal. We'll
try to bring innovative ideas and concepts to the world of electronic
publishing. More than anything else, though, we'll try to have FUN and
to help YOU have fun. If you don't have that, there's really no point to
any of it.

If you have any comments, compliments, or criticisms, direct them to
myself, Joe DeRouen, through any of the addresses listed in CONTACT
POINTS elsewhere in this magazine.

Thank you, and happy reading!

Joe DeRouen