Sadly, I was also ill equipped to attract writers who would a) agree to contribute an article, and b) follow through. It was often a desperate proposition. There were some issues that became my worst nightmare when the deadline loomed, and only a few articles were in the bin to be edited. With each issue it got more complicated. The I learned that the secret to attracting a good group of writers is to cast the net widely in waters perhaps never tried before. Another thing I learned was that the best writers are often those right in the midst of an exciting new project, or right out of grad school. Traditionally, the writers before had been either graying government types or engineers. Almost all of them were Caucasian men. Eventually, as my confidence grew (and hopefully, the magazine got better), the group of diverse, talented contributors increased. As I got less anxious about deadlines, people starting calling