SCRIBING TO YOUR MAGAZINE."

K.M. & M.B., CALIFORNIA

"I NOTE WITH INTEREST THAT SOME OF YOUR READERS COMMENT ABOUT A LACK OF VARIETY WITHIN YOUR PAGES. MAY | SUGGEST THAT PERHAPS A TOPIC COLUMN BE SET UP WHERE IN THE READERS THEMSELVES WOULD WRITE IT BY WRITING REPLIES AND THEN ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS (I SAY 'ALL YOU HAVE TO DO' ADVISEDLY) EDIT. SOMETHING LIKE A MUTUAL PROBLEM-DISCL SION POT. EXAMPLE: IN DEALING WITH CLOSE PERSONAL FRIENDS HOW DO YOU HANDLE THE LACK OF MALE COMPANIONSHIP AROUND THE APARTMENT? IF YOU FEEL IT IS BETTER IN THE LONG RUN TO INFORM FAMILY/FRIENDS THAT YOU ARE A LESBIAN, HOW DO YOU BROACH IT?

"THESE ARE RATHER RANDOM QUESTIONS, HOWEVER, YOU CAN SEE THAT MANY OF US HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEMS AND THE VERY FACT THAT YOU HAVE SUBSCRIBERS AT ALL. WOULD INDICATE OUR NEED TO NOT FEEL ALONE. IT MIGHT HELP CIRCULATION AND STIMULATE INTEREST IF THE READERS COULD FEEL THAT THEY WERE PARTICIPATING WITHOUT FEELING 'COY' REGARDING THEIR LITERARY EFFORTS. EACH OF US HAS RUN INTO PROBLEMS IN DEALING WITH THE HETEROSEXUAL WORLD (WHICH TO ME IS VERY MUCH A PART OF MY WORLD) AND I PERSONALLY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING HOW OTHER WOMEN HAVE HANDLED VARIOUS SITUATIONS, JUST FOR PERSPECTIVE'S SAKE IF NOTHING ELSE.

"❘ FRANKLY FEEL A DEGREE OF SYMPATHY FOR J.R.G. OF NEW YORK, HOWEVER SINCE I PERSONALLY DO NOTHING TO IMPROVE MATTERS | DON'T FEEL I HAVE A WRITER'S RIGHT IF SUCH A THING EXISTS TO COMPLAIN. I'VE YET TO MEET ANYONE WHO UNDER ALL THE FACADES DID NOT SECRETLY VISION HIM/HERSELF SMILING BENIGNLY AT THE SIDE OF A TABLE STACKED WITH HIS/HER BOOK TOWARD THE HUNGRY AUTOGRAPH HUNTERS. BUT FEW OF US HAVE THE NERVE TO PURSUE THIS DREAM MUCH LES HAVE THE TALENT.

"AND IN REPLY TO J.R.G., I DON'T SEE WHERE SHE HAS BEEN THE VICTIM OF ANY FALSE ADVERTISING...NO ONE HAS INDICATED THAT YOURS IS THE HOMOSEXUAL NEW YORKER AND THEREFORE I DON'T THINK ANY OF US HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXPECT MORE THAN WHAT YOU ARE NOW DOING. I CAN JUST SEE DOROTHY PARKER SUBMITTING A MSS. TO YOU FOR NO PAYMENT. THOSE WHO HAVE TALENT WHICH IS SALABLE MIGHT