‘Big news from the SRRS’

    

A few major announcements emanated from the Scottish Rite Research Society in recent days.

Mark Dreisonstock, 33°

First, Adam Kendall has exited the position of editor of Heredom, the society’s annual book of transactions. (Give the guy a break. He’s a few months away from becoming Master of Quatuor Coronati 2076.) Stepping into that role is Mark Dreisonstok, editor of The Scottish Rite Journal.

And online membership services are expanding. From the publicity:

We’ve got great news! SRRS Online, the society’s first online platform, will be released this fall! SRRS members will be able to:

‣ Access all issues of The Plumbline

‣ Access all issues of Heredom

‣ Pay current and past dues

‣ Update contact/shipping information

‣ Access SRRS material on desktop or mobile phone, anytime, anywhere in the world

‣ Get SRRS news all in one source

‣ Get links to SR Bookstore and Master Craftsmen 

The best part? It’s included with your membership at no additional charge.

We are also working on an online-only subscription tier, great for our international brothers and those who prefer access to digital-only content.

Congratulations to everybody! Look for Heredom 33, Adam’s last volume, in the autumn. The call for papers for Vol. 34 has gone out.

     

‘SRJ: Perspectives on Masonic Writing’

    

If your favorite newsstand is sold out, click here to read the new issue of Scottish Rite Journal, the bimonthly periodical of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction.

It’s been a long time since I’ve perused a Journal, and this September-October issue deserves your attention for many reasons. Magpie readers would want to begin on Page 4, I think, where we find “Perspectives on Masonic Writing” by Chris Ruli. At this point, I just assume Chris has been cloned a few times, but here he is imparting advice from experience on how to organize information and craft it into prose.

This isn’t about the toil of research; it’s about the art in writing. His five points of authorship give you the secrets of creating a paper or article based on investigated facts.

If reluctance has kept you from contributing to your research lodge or grand lodge magazine or from squandering sixteen years on a blog, then absorb Ruli’s rules of writing.