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SUBSCRIBERS of Tickled
by Thunder may send submissions via online
form.
History:
Tickled by Thunder fiction magazine was
launched in March, 1990 at Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
-- composed entirely on a Commodore 64 computer for four subscribers.
Originally, the magazine catered to science fiction and fantasy
writers and helping them get published, but subscribers wanted
a more general publication. By our third issue, we abandoned
specializing and became what we remain today: a general writers'
help serial publication.
The second issue was composed entirely
on a Macintosh computer and we've been upgrading ever since.
The layout is considered fresh and clean . . .
For a short time, the magazine was distributed
for free to more than 15,000 readers around the Vancouver, British
Columbia general area. But this ended abruptly when it was determined
not only that advertising was too difficult to sell, but that
our reader response had failed to increase. But mostly, our
hearts just weren't into selling advertising.
Nevertheless, we continue to provide
a quality publication for our subscribers, though not always
as often as our readers would like.
ABOUT THE PUBLISHER . . .
Publisher Larry Lindner was a reporter
for many years in British Columbia, Canada, and eventually
rose to editor of the Similkameen
Spotlight (Princeton, British Columbia), so it's no wonder
he describes Tickled by Thunder as a 'newspaper for writers.'
Until recently,
Larry was
Acting Production Manager for Trader.com in New Westminster,
British Columbia. Now he works part time for the Langley
Advance newspaper.
"I don't pretend to be a professional
assessor of creative writing, I just like to help. I remember
when Laurie Currie, the publisher of the Princeton paper said
to me, 'you should always put something back into the
community,'
and those words stuck with me. I'm providing an opportunity
-- I enjoy helping writers get published."
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Issues . . .
Other publications from Tickled by Thunder
publishing company include 'Rocky
Mountain Muffins' (a recipe collection
-- honest!), 'The
Year's Best Fiction' (a chapbook),
'The
Year's Best Poetry' (another chapbook),
and soon, a chapbook featuring the best of publisher Larry
Lindner's poetry.
Tickled by Thunder
was once nominated for the 'Fiction Fifty' by Writer's Digest
magazine.
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