Rob,
I just finished adding the latest Article Manager to my site. Please visit www.claybaker.com click Articles to see the installation.
I have been looking at ways to increase the content on my site by having other authors write and contribute. I have been demoing a CMS product called vivvo (www.vivvo.com). This article manager has a great feature that allows for an Administrator, Editor, Trusted Author or Writer status. A trusted Author can write an article and post it to my site on his own. A writer can author an article and submit it for review. Would you consider developing this functionality into Article Manager? If so I would be happy to discuss a contribution for your effort and a reciprocal link on my site. I'm sure that many people would benefit for this improvement.
Thanks
Clay