by Virginia

EDITORIAL EMANATIONS

I. THE NEW FORMAT: I hope you all liked the face lifting we gave TVia starting with No. 60. Seemed that the old girl was entitled to a new dress on the outside and some new innerwear too. After all she's a big girl now having been around a pretty good span of time for an in- group publication like this. Any comments on her longevity?

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II. TV TALES 6 and 7: "A Case of Accidental Murder" has been published as Tales 6 and 7 combined at $3. It is the equivalent of two "Tales" because I did not have any 14-16 page stories which is the proper length for the Tales. They can be printed 16 pages at a time— odd numbers of pages are proportionately more expensive. So since this story ran to 38 pages or more than double the usual length I just made it into two tales at once at twice the price. I have owed "Tales” to too many for too long and wanted to get my honor out of hock.

III. OTHER PUBLICATIONS: I hope that I shall be able to get another long story off to the printer shortly as I promised several months ago that I would. However, having most of the month of May "stolen" from me by trips has put even more pressure on me. This issue will be out before I leave for my summer vacation trip and I am going to try to get another to the printer to appear during my absence but that may mean that the novel will have to wait. Something has to give and I think TVia's continuity is the most important.

IV. DON T JUST SIT THERE!: Do something! While I get lots of letters of appreciation of TVia and urgings to "keep up the good work” and offers to "help anyway I can," I have been very disappointed in two things. 1) Several times I have offered to accept the special price of $2 and to pay the postage myself if any of you will pay the $2 and send a

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