chaga wrote on Jan 17^th, 2022 at 1:22pm:


I'm sure the BWJ has received a dozens of e-mails/inquiries (if not hundreds) about this problem.  Heck, I first inquired of the publisher about my issue being late over two weeks ago... and it's still not here!  What he indicated, per my post, above, is that the problem lies with the Post Office, not the magazine.  He said ALL the magazines were shipped well before Christmas, as usual.  I figure mine will arrive here in Florida tomorrow or the next day.  I'm not sure what recourse he has when Post Office performance stinks.  He's certainly not going to send out replacement copies to everybody (and who knows when THOSE would arrive) so I figure the best he can do is "wait it out" and see what shakes out after a period of time.

That's all I know.

Later,

Jimbo   

Arrived here in MN last week.

Paw,

It's the last story in the issue.  It got retitled & edited somewhat by Stu who wanted to put an emphasis on the "mentorship" angle, apparently.  There's definitely stuff in there that wasn't in the original...for better or for worse.

FYI

Jimbo 

Bart wrote on Feb 4^th, 2022 at 12:46pm:


Bart,

Yeah, my vessels have had those decals on them for 20 plus years, I guess.  Maybe some of the rest of you who sport them have had First Nation folks approach and comment on them.  I certainly have.

Hey, despite Stu's caption, that picture was NOT taken on LLC.  Also, surprise-surprise, though I am "credited" with the pic, the logistics of doing a "selfie" at that distance went beyond my meager capabilities.  In fact, the pic was taken by our own Wally13 on Quetico Lake a year or two earlier.

Re: the story itself, though it turned out OK, it was not, in my humble opinion, as good as the original submission (which Jason shared with me only AFTER he had submitted it to the BWJ).  Stu edited and embellished Jason's story so as to put a heavy shine on "mentorship".  I guess that's OK and it certainly cast me in a favorable (if somewhat undeserved) light.  However, from my perspective, he was a little heavy-handed in doing so.  For me, the story lost some of its original authentic flavor of a young man experiencing this wilderness for the first time.  Instead, it became more of a vehicle for extolling the virtues of mentorship... a good story, but not really in keeping with the spirit of the original.

Hey, it's Stu's magazine and he understands his audience.  So, I guess he gets to do whatever he wishes to with submissions to satisfy them.  Heck, back in the old days, he would occasionally edit my stuff and - as you might imagine - I was kind of hacked-off by that.  However, thanks to db, I generally found a modicum of solace as the "unadulterated versions" would appear (a year-or-so later) in the "Stories" section of QJ.

Don't get me wrong.  Despite minor stuff like that (and being a little sloppy with his crediting of photography now and then), I think Stu does a marvelous job with the BWJ.  I look forward to reading every issue and I've had the privilege of contributing to quite a number of them.  I admire him and owe him a lot.  However, if I published a magazine, mine would look significantly different than his... and, hey, it probably wouldn't stay in business very long, either. 

The BWJ has lasted decades; the guy has earned my respect.

I'm glad you liked Jason's story.  It wasn't bad.  Maybe I can get his permission to reproduce the original here in the QJ Stories section sometime in the future.  It's a worthy read.

Jimbo