“All publicity is good publicity”

It was Dublin writer Brendan F. Behan who said that, and while he may not have had Paris Hilton, Roger Clemens, or Richard Scrushy in mind, there is a ring of truth to it. Which leads me to the question I asked our lovely editor, Julie, just a few minutes ago.

“Who is going to write a quick blog about the new Birmingham News article?” Thicket was featured as the lead story on the Money page on Tuesday entitled, “Birmingham becoming a place where new magazines are born,” Written by William Thornton, the piece looks at Thicket and a few other new startup mags based in Birmingham.

Busy getting the June/July issue finalized and off to the printer (we do it all online nowadays, no more cutting and pasting, literally, like we used to with scissors back at The Plainsman when I was at Auburn… ah, those were the days), Julie had no time. Lee, fresh back from South Africa for a conference, had plenty on his lap catching up on emails and taking his anti-malarials. And [insert shameless plug] I’m on a book deadline for a new coffee table book I’m doing called Birmingham Then & Now. Which is why, in lieu of writing more, I’m just going to post the above image from the News story.

So to answer Julie’s not entirely serious semi-rhetorical question after she skillfully evade blog duty today, “Is Thicket getting over-exposed?” after the News piece came out and another one is in the works. I don't think so. I take it as great news that folks in Alabama are curious about, well, Alabama and Thicket magazine.