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star blanket river child
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  • Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Do You Ever Dislike Your Own Zine?

not right away. after a few weeks, I tend to grow tired of it. at the same time, I find as I get older, I can see more good things in my work. I'm not overjoyed with the zines I made a month or two...

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Submissions wanted for boy-empowerment zine.

it sounds great, good luck! :)

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I'm Not Like Other Girls

hehehe, yay agatha christie :)

Tagged: not, like, other, i'm, women

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I'm Not Like Other Girls

.. I don't know if you meant that to be funny, but I laughed. there are much better things in this world to argue about than postage costs...

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a cataclysm in repose.

19.
student. (for now.)
high hopes.

ordinary issue 1: 12 pages, 1/2 size.
contains a poem, a story, an inebriated letter, and a picture of a penny farthing.
$1 in Canada
$2 in US or International

ordinary issue 2: 16 pages, 1/2 size.
contains some whale themed poetry, a "sorry I'm stalking you" letter, a rant about job hunting, ten reasons why I am better than praying mantis girl, a review of my english class, and a short story with pictures of pretty birds.
$1 in Canada
$2 in US or International

one year of love: 8 pages, 1/4 size. IN COLOUR
contains: how I got my cat, her likes and dislikes, adorable kitten pictures..
okay, it's basically just a bunch of cute pictures of a kitten, but she's REALLY cute, and it's for her birthday. plus, it's only $1, or trade. I'll probably just stick it into a trade for people who like cats.
$1 or trade, all over.

death never says my dear: 1/4 size, 30 pages.
my great aunt died. not very many people in my family have died before, and no one that I knew, so it got me thinking about death. this is a stream of conscious zine about my feelings on death, what I want to do with my life, children, my family, what is appropriate for a funeral... it's very personal. text heavy. lines of e e cummings poetry and colourful dinosaur pictures.
$2 or trade, anywhere.

Uncurl, Squirrel: very tiny (1/8th size, I guess?) 30 pages, plus coloured cover with a flying squirrel on it.
30 tips for getting through the dreaded winter months. for example: 1. drink your weight in tea 7. learn to make paper cranes (plus a little how to) 11. build a blanket fort 17. take vitamin D 23. take a walk on the wild side 26. listen to the beatles 28. knit
<3 to my boyfriend for the title.
$1 or trade, anywhere.

I'm always working on numerous minis, and collaborations.
I don't know if I'm going to have a running series zine for a while, I'm too jumpy. I'm sick of Ordinary. I'm not even trading it anymore. I'll make copies if you reaaaally want, but I'll need encouragement and cookies.

all my zines are printed on 100% recycled paper.





I am pretty much always up for trades of any kind.
mix cds. intimate letters. secrets. postcards. things you found on the street. poems. the story of your first breakup. a fridge magnet. temporary tattoos. canadian stamps. (I would LOVE if rich canadians could send me some stamps.)
you name it, I'll probably take it.

don't be shy, say hi :)

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At 9:02pm on December 1, 2009, Awkward Stage said…
i got your zines yesterday!
one year of love = cute as hell. also, funny to me because my dad grew up on a farm and cats didn't belong in the house to him, they were mean barn animals that you didn't touch. i got my first cat in 2003 much to his disliking, i got the runt of the litter... she fit in the palm of your hand. he fell in love instantly. my second cat was abused at his previous home and was scared to death of men when he first came home, now he sleeps on my dad's lap every night in front of the tv. cats have an uncanny way of changing everyone's mind.

death never says my dear was equally as fantastic and inspiring. things are circling around in my head after reading it.

this is a long comment. your shop.list will be in the mail tomorrow for real. i have a major pile of mail piling up that i should really deal with sooner rather than later.
At 1:37pm on December 1, 2009, amandaaaa said…
hm... well, either of the ordinary issues sound cool. or maybe the uncurl squirrel. or i don't know. whichever you like the most. lol. i'll trade for any of the ones listed on my etsy (http://electrichaos.etsy.com).
At 12:38am on December 1, 2009, courtney said…
thanks. i saw you saying something on your page about finals. i totally understand. do you have anything current that you'd want to trade?
At 9:11pm on November 30, 2009, andreajean said…
Got your zine today! I can't wait to read it :)
At 1:31pm on November 30, 2009, Jez Whitworth said…
Hi! Thanks for your comment on my mini-zine blog post. I plan on carrying a few copies and planting one each time I pass the city library. If you email me your address I'll send you a copy along with my main zine Triumph. If you're up for trading that would be cool too. My email is jez.whitworth@googlemail.com
At 7:49am on November 30, 2009, Fallopian Falafel said…
Hey!!! I got your zines today and read them both :-D
They're really cool, I like that they're short and to the point. I especially liked the intro to issue 1, because as a writer I really identified with it.
Good job! Pleasure trading with you.
Hope you liked my zine too!
Hadass xoxo
At 5:08am on November 30, 2009, okay said…
hello,
you must think i am so rude im sorry! i havent been on here in months. i would love to swap zines that would be amazing! i like the sounds of your kitten one, i am obsessed with kittens. but if you dont have any left you can choose one to swap. msg me your address and ill do the same if you are still interested. sorry again
laura xx
At 11:32am on November 28, 2009, amandaaaa said…
heyyy. i just saw you left a message on my page some days ago. (note to self:change the settings on that!) buuuut, sure! i'll trade. your zines sound cool too. let me know... : )
At 3:51pm on November 27, 2009, erika said…
Thank you! I'm happy to be here!
At 12:18pm on November 25, 2009, Niq Roadbike said…
Ahoy there, and thanks for the kind welcome. I'm excited to get to connecting with other zinesters and working on building awareness for projects myself and my friends are working on.

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sweeeet victory.

I FINISHED MY NOVEL

50,007, baby. 11pm last night. Skin of my teeth and it hurt like hell, but I did it, and now it feels sooo good. I don't even want to look at the thing for a few months, but I'm so happy that it exists.

now my wrist can heal.

in other news, my laptop is still somewhere in the world being fixed, I've learned I have an awesome french accent when I'm drunk, and my boyfriend has decided to quit engineering and be an artist. possibly a glass blower. which has caused me t… Continue

Posted on November 30, 2009 at 10:30am —

star blanket river child

I need to rant.

So everyone I've promised trades/letters to in the past week... I need a few days. this really isn't a good month for me. I'll be back on track by december 2nd, but just know I'm running late.

What has happened- JUST TODAY!

-my three week old beautiful netbook imploded, basically. the hard drive has gone kaput, and no one knows why, because it was not dropped/damaged/hurt in any way. it just... stopped working. they're sending for a new one, but who knows how long that will take. funny, after… Continue

Posted on November 25, 2009 at 11:49am — 5 Comments

star blanket river child

life.

so you know how certain months are just so full of... life? not a nice alive feeling, but LIFE. that gets in the way.

yeah, well, that's what my November is looking like.

I'm swamped with school work (a third year told me to watch out for October and February- I should have realized that when my October was fine, it'd be another month that'd hit me), I'm doing National Novel Writing Month (badly), I have an injured wrist, I'm in the process of sorting out my student loan and seeing if moving c… Continue

Posted on November 17, 2009 at 2:45pm —

star blanket river child

DEATH NEVER SAYS MY DEAR

1/4 size, 30 pages

My great aunt died. this is a zine about me facing death close to home for the first real time, and the thoughts it brought to mind about people in my family getting older, myself getting older, when I'll start my own family, how I feel like the black sheep, etc.

it's very text heavy and a bit sad here and there, so I tried to cheer it up with some happy colourful dinosaurs.


asking $2 or trade

Posted on November 13, 2009 at 10:54am —

 
 

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