Jerianne's Blog (26)

I get such a kick out of it when people send me $2 bills for ordering Zine World. I just can't bring myself to spend them on banalities like postage. I've traded out a couple for $1 bills (from my non-zine funds). I usually keep one in my wallet, just for emergency cash. (And it has to be a really tight emergency before I will spend it.) I've put one or two into my son's 'special money' piggy bank. Occasionally I'll use one for ordering another zine. Feels right to spend it that way.

The new issue of Zine World is hot off the high-speed photocopier! (See details at the ZW website.) This issue is smaller than the last one, but that's only because the last one was so delayed it built up more content. I really like the cover art for this one; I think it looks totally rad. Tomorrow is my day off work, so I'll be working on stapling, taping, stuffing envelopes, etc., so I can get… Continue

If all the stars align, by this time next week ZineWiki will be back online and the new issue of Zine World will be out!

Zine World is a source for reviews and information about zines, comics, self-published books, chapbooks, and other DIY stuff, published by an all-volunteer staff. Often called the best review zine being published in the U.S., Zine World is an extensive guide to zine culture.



We're working hard on our next issue, with plans to release it early in the new year. As always, we need your help. Please send in:



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So earlier this year, the gals who started the Rock N Roll Camp in Portland put out a book called Rock N Roll Camp For Girls: How to Start a Band, Write Songs, Record an Album, and Rock Out!! They're doing a book tour, and today we finalized my library as being a stop on the tour! My town hosts the Southern Girls Rock N Roll Camp; the organization who runs SGRRC has helped with some of the zine workshops I've done at my library (where I… Continue

Excerpt (from intro):

As I've gotten older, I have developed an increasing number of anxieties. Life isn't simple anymore. I have marriage-like relationship with a diabetic man. We have a young child. I am a homeowner. I have a career. I have debt.



I have plenty of things to worry about.



So I started a new zine to help me explore some of my sources of worry. Worry Stone #1 focuses on my partner's diabetes. I talk about what diabetes does to the body, the… Continue