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<blockquote data-quote="Wicht" data-source="post: 5429840" data-attributes="member: 221">KQ does have a stack of potential articles for the next issue but none of them are absolutely finalized when the previous issue goes to print. The preview of the next issue is extremely tentative. Nonetheless, your point is not completely without merit. Wolfgang and company may not know 100% for sure on the magazines content 3 months in advance but I know from experience that the contracts go out to the writers 1-2 months before print. But the contracts go out for articles that are already written and in the slush pile. There are some rush articles that get done at the last minute but these tend to be articles associated with some Open Design project or another. For instance, when I was given the &quot;Wreck of the Goodwife article (KQ 13)&quot; I was basically told it had to be done in 1 week in order to make it into the magazine. But thats the exception, not the rule. So, to summarize: most articles in KQ are written months in advance, placed in the slush pile and then decided on by the editorial team a couple of months before the magazine goes to print. (Any KQ staff with better inside knowledge can correct this if its somewhat off.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wicht, post: 5429840, member: 221"] KQ does have a stack of potential articles for the next issue but none of them are absolutely finalized when the previous issue goes to print. The preview of the next issue is extremely tentative. Nonetheless, your point is not completely without merit. Wolfgang and company may not know 100% for sure on the magazines content 3 months in advance but I know from experience that the contracts go out to the writers 1-2 months before print. But the contracts go out for articles that are already written and in the slush pile. There are some rush articles that get done at the last minute but these tend to be articles associated with some Open Design project or another. [I]For instance, when I was given the "Wreck of the Goodwife article (KQ 13)" I was basically told it had to be done in 1 week in order to make it into the magazine. But thats the exception, not the rule. [/I] So, to summarize: most articles in KQ are written months in advance, placed in the slush pile and then decided on by the editorial team a couple of months before the magazine goes to print. [I](Any KQ staff with better inside knowledge can correct this if its somewhat off.)[/I] [/QUOTE]

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