Still, I dare to say this concept has been “promising” (the kiss of death for novelists and artists) for decades. As editor of Crosslands Bulletin, I have been attentive, I think, to the idea for a long time and even wrote up your Ohio initiative in the newsletter. But comparatively speaking, it has not made much of a contribution. Why is that? Does by-product synergy depend too much on too many institutions, corporations, and public agencies working together in too perfect a harmony? Or is my perception of this entirely wrong (heck, I admit, that’s possible).