SPLICED MAGAZINE / ED'S NOTE / CALM SEAS NEVER MADE FOR SKILLED SAILORS
ISSUE 02
Calm seas never made
for skilled sailors
This has been a rough fucking issue [ You can say that again, CD]. There, I said it. And
me being me I even got a tattoo to commemorate it, with the words “Calm Seas Never
Made For Skilled Sailors”. I try and tell myself this when people are arguing about
the cover (which looks amazing by the way, even though it took us way longer than
it should have to decide on it!), people aren’t getting back to you about content and
other deadlines are getting in the way of me finishing my own writing.
I have no doubt that some of it has to do
with end of year blues and stress. Tempers
are running high for everyone as we all
just want to finish up the year and go on
holiday, but there’s still work to be done,
and so we take it out on those around us.
Just like last month where Chris wrote
our Last Word last, this month I’m writing
the Ed’s Note last. Chris was laying out the
magazine right up till the wire with Tim
editing the cover up until the day before.
After reading this issue I’m pretty sure
you’ll have to admit that it came together
amazingly well.
LETTERS
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Nudge, nudge. Wink wink, say no
more, say no more.
6
I hate telling people I work well under
pressure, it sounds like I’m trying to say
to them, “Give me more work, I love it, I
thrive on it!” This is not in fact true. I don’t
want you to give me more to do, I want to
tick off the things on my list without the
burden of adding to it, with the ultimate
goal of getting everything done so I can go
and play games. Nevertheless it seems that
all of us are in fact very good at working
under pressure.
In the final week leading up to the
deadline myself, Chris and Tim were
in almost constant communication via
Google Chat, Skype and Whatsapp. I
knew that if I was sitting working late into
the night, they were as well, and while
I might be exhausted by the end of it, I
know I’m not alone and I have an amazing
team that helps bring this together for
what is now the second issue of the best
magazine in the world. Because I say so.
Much like our inaugural issue, we’ve
gone out and made sure that out 100%
original content is interesting and
relevant to our readers. This month we
celebrate local talent in music, fashion and
game development; bring on board the
amazing Catherine Grenfall as our guest
Blackbeard; look at some of our favourite
superheroes through the ages and mourn
the passing of a great leader. In fact, this
issue is actually bigger than last issue, and I
didn’t think that was possible.
As usual we also have loads of great
competitions, so make sure you enter and
you could win things that I’d really rather
keep for myself but which I’ve been told
I actually have to give away. Including a
lightsabre. Yes, really.
Pippa Tshabalala
{ Editor }