Limerick Leader articles - 2 year milestone

Conn Buckley · Post by **Conn Buckley** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:42 pm

Just a reminder to say that the Club has just submitted article no. 105 for publication this week. So, we have passed the 2 year milestone and start into our third year.

Frank Ryan · Post by **Frank Ryan** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 12:06 am

Wow.
Thats some going Conn!

Question.
It's yourself that writes these each week is it not?
I must say they are always very interesting.
How do you come up with the topics!?

By the way,
I've been working away on adding the past ones to the website.
It's a huge amount of work so it's gonna take some time to complete.

The cool thing is that when its done I'll be able to add a 'search' function
to it which will give people the opportunity to rummage around to
find something that interests them to read.

Dave Lillis · Post by **Dave Lillis** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 12:44 am

Hard to believe that was 2 years ago, its seems alot more time then that.

Conn Buckley · Post by **Conn Buckley** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 11:16 am

Frank, You are probably not aware of how this is done. I merely gather the articles and manage the timely weekly input to LL. This includes acquiring images if necessary. I do not write all the articles, only some. We have had 7 different writers from the club so far. They are, Tony, Dave, Carol,Denis,Simon,Ronan (left the club and country now) and myself. Apologies if i have forgotten anybody.
When an article is written it is submitted to the 'Editorial Team' (Tony and myself) for checking. We correct any technical inaccuracies and may make 'suggestions' about say the expression of a point. It is returned to the author who decides to accept or not , the 'suggestions'.
What is known as the 'final' is then sent to me and built in to the Publication Programme. If the article is date specific then obviously we rearrange the list.
One of the objectives of this project was to get as many members involved as possible. Clearly different styles enhance the enjoyment for the readers.
I know you are extremely busy ATM but you might consider having a go, perhaps after the WSP

Everybody who has written them has found a huge enjoyment and the biggest difficulty is limiting the piece to 500 words ( 300 if there is an image to go with it).
BTW, the search engine would be a fantastic help -- as apart from myself

,even Tony is getting confused about what we have done

Dave Lillis · Post by **Dave Lillis** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:31 am

How are we for articles at the moment, do we have a good buffer count?

Simon Kenny · Post by **Simon Kenny** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:28 pm

Wanted: Articles for publication.

The Shannonside Astronomy Club submits weekly articles for publication to the Limerick Leader. To date over 140 articles have been published. The club is always looking for writers and new material; this is a call to all members to try their hand at writing articles for publication.

Ideally, articles will contain 350 to 500 words. The articles can be accompanied with a .jpg image especially the shorter ones. Three club members will act as editors before submission to the Limerick Leader.

Please submit your articles by e-mail to any of the following:

Dave Lillis davelillis@eircom.net
John O’Mahony jomahony11@eircom.net
Simon Kenny kenmare32@eircom.net

Below is a short list of topics, which may prompt you into action. If you do not wish to submit an article please feel free to suggest any topics you may wish to have covered.

Planets
Exoplanets
Sun
Moon(s)
Meteors
Comets
Asteroids
Space Exploration
Historical Astronomical Articles
Cosmological Articles
Astronomical Events
Tides
Time
Astronomers
Observatories

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Simon Kenny
Shannonside Astronomy Club PRO

Limerick Astronomy Club

Limerick Leader articles - 2 year milestone

Limerick Leader articles - 2 year milestone

Wanted: Articles for Publication in Limerick Leader