The Latest (as of 3-13-08)

The big news at the moment is that yesterday's issue of USA Today ran a pretty sizable article on the recent Western Washington WMA Workshop and on WMA in general. There are always a few things that could be niggled about, but overall it's a great article, by a reporter who spent all weekend at the event and talked to tons of people. It's terrific exposure for the WMA community, and there's a link to it right here.

Issue #3 is moving along, and I hope to have it to the printer in a couple of weeks. This issue will have some great material: Kristi Charron's survey of mounted combat and the art of horsemanship, a close-up of Sigmund Ringeck's techniques for mounted close combat (using adult-sized wooden horses!), an introduction to Angelo Viggiani's Lo Schermo, the principles of Highland broadsword and targe, a profile of Col. Thomas Monstery aka "The Sword Prince," and more.

Currently we have subscribers in 12 countries in addition to the U.S.: Canada, Germany, the U.K., Spain, France, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Belgium, Norway, Brazil and Greece. In fact, more than 20 percent of our subscriptions go outside the U.S.

If you'd like to buy a single issue rather than subscribe right away, just go to the Contact Us page and send me an e-mail. (Our online shopping cart isn't set up for single copies yet.) We have plenty of copies of issues #1 and #2 still in stock.

Remember that PDF files of the tables of contents for both issues published so far are available on the Downloads page.

I will get around to posting v.3 of the WMA timeline to the Downloads page, but probably not until issue #3 is at the printer.

Finally, please continue to spread the word about WMAI to anyone you know (or to e-lists, etc.) who might be interested. Publishing a slick magazine is expensive, and the more subscribers WMAI gets, the more viable it will be.

Thank you,

Scott Baltic, Publisher