Month: November 2023

Hello, zine friends! Halfway through the month already. I’ve had a couple of hiccups in regards to daily posting already, but I’m still super happy with how things are going. As it’s the 15th when I am posting this, doing the halfway day my way means redoing yesterday. Haha.

ZineWriMo Day 14 – Set Your Zine(s) Free

I certainly have no intention in pressuring anyone to set their zines free be it giving them away to people you know or leaving them for people to find or anything else. But if you want to give your zine or some zines away for free, I think it’s a fabulous idea!

This year, you can grab a copy of my:

24 Hour Zine Thing 1

If you have any trouble with the file there, you can always email me at seagreenzines at gmail.com and I will send you a copy from there.

ZineWriMo Day 15 – Halfway Day

So catching up with yesterday is my day today. I’m struggling a bit with my mental health, truth be told, so I’m grateful for something on the easier side for the day.

I hope you all are having a wonderful week and have a beautiful rest of the week ahead.

Other Participants:

*https://echopublishing.wordpress.com/
*https://www.instagram.com/erica.engdahl/
*https://www.instagram.com/thecaffeinatedzinester/
*https://www.instagram.com/thegnomewife/
*https://www.instagram.com/apocalypsegrrl/
*https://www.instagram.com/livingjazzy/
*https://www.instagram.com/sierradecarmen/

Get the full list of prompts and find out what this whole ZineWriMo thing is all about here.

Hello, dear zine friends! It is another day in ZineWriMo with another prompt to help inspire your creativity.

Try It Out – Blackout Poetry

If you’re not familiar with blackout poetry, it’s a pretty uncomplicated one. How to Blackout Poetry not only tells you but also shows you how it works. Or you can look below…

I opened my copy of The Heroine’s Journey by Gail Carriger to a random page and ended up with this one. I like sitting down for blackout poetry because it feels (to me) a bit intimidating at first until I start carving away the words. A new piece-within-the-piece begins to form, and a story I didn’t know was there takes shape. This one went in a bit of a darker direction than I first anticipated, but I felt like the words guided me rather than the other way around.

I hope you all have had a lot of fun with this prompt and discovered all sorts of fun things.

Other Participants:

*https://echopublishing.wordpress.com/
*https://www.instagram.com/erica.engdahl/
*https://www.instagram.com/thecaffeinatedzinester/
*https://www.instagram.com/thegnomewife/
*https://www.instagram.com/apocalypsegrrl/
*https://www.instagram.com/livingjazzy/
*https://www.instagram.com/sierradecarmen/

Get the full list of prompts and find out what this whole ZineWriMo thing is all about here.

Hello, hello from a fairly toasty day in South Australia. And happy Friday! Being Friday, it’s time for…

Friday Night Highlights – Show off your work(s) in progress

My progress is… a messy desk.

I’m actually pausing what I am doing (working on The 24(+) Zine Thing 4) because I realised that I’d be working well into the night and didn’t want to miss out on what natural light I had left. Haha.

Today’s creative session was completely unplanned but very much needed. Today has been a bit of a rough one, and I’m glad I’ve taken the time and made the space to be creative. It’s soothing to my soul.

I hope you all are having a nice and creative Friday.

Spread a little sunshine.

Other Participants:

*https://echopublishing.wordpress.com/
*https://www.instagram.com/erica.engdahl/
*https://www.instagram.com/thecaffeinatedzinester/
*https://www.instagram.com/thegnomewife/
*https://www.instagram.com/apocalypsegrrl/
*https://www.instagram.com/livingjazzy/
*https://www.instagram.com/sierradecarmen/

Get the full list of prompts and find out what this whole ZineWriMo thing is all about here.

Hello, zine friends. I don’t know about you, but I am definitely ready for the weekend and for some writing time, relaxing time, all sorts. But first, today’s prompt…

Support Zinemakers Day – Buy/share/review a zine

I’m going to take this prompt in a slightly different direction in that… I have a Zine Resources page.

I would absolutely love to grow this page, so if you know of any distros, libraries, zinetubers, zine shops, zine blogs, so on and so forth who/that are not included on the list, please let me know! I still dream of Sea Green Zines being a hub of sorts – or an umbrella? – where people can find all sorts of information for all their zine goodness needs.

That’s me for today. I hope you are all having a wonderful day that carries you swiftly that much closer to the weekend!

Other Participants:

*https://echopublishing.wordpress.com/
*https://www.instagram.com/erica.engdahl/
*https://www.instagram.com/thecaffeinatedzinester/
*https://www.instagram.com/thegnomewife/
*https://www.instagram.com/apocalypsegrrl/
*https://www.instagram.com/livingjazzy/
*https://www.instagram.com/sierradecarmen/

Get the full list of prompts and find out what this whole ZineWriMo thing is all about here.

Hello and welcome to day eight of ZineWriMo! We’re officially in the second week of ZineWriMo, and it feels good to have a Work In Progress Day.

Work In Progress Wednesday

Today’s Work In Progress ended up involving a lot of WIPs across my life. I made a couple of quick ‘until the end of the year’ planners to keep me motivated and positive while I have and have had a lot of tests and appointments to deal with. I also got some much needed cleaning done.

I did, however, get a bunch of paper cut for covers and interior pages for my upcoming 24 Hour Zine Thing. Should that be counted on my 24 hours? Probably. But I didn’t actually think of that until I started typing this now. Haha. So there we are! I am absolutely digging all the minty greens in this paper pack and so happy I went with it. (I stood in the craft shop feeling very undecided for quite a while there.)

I wish I could say I got further than that, but progress is progress.

I hope everyone is or has had an awesome WIP Wednesday. Be sure to take me so I can take a peek at what you are all up to, and check out the other participants!

Other Participants:

*https://echopublishing.wordpress.com/
*https://www.instagram.com/erica.engdahl/
*https://www.instagram.com/thecaffeinatedzinester/
*https://www.instagram.com/thegnomewife/
*https://www.instagram.com/apocalypsegrrl/
*https://www.instagram.com/livingjazzy/
*https://www.instagram.com/sierradecarmen/

Get the full list of prompts and find out what this whole ZineWriMo thing is all about here.

Hello, and we’re rocking it into day seven of ZineWriMo, and I am so ready for it.

1000 Words – Take and share some pictures for visual zine inspiration

Inspiration can take many forms, and I thought I would give a not to visual inspiration today. (Plus I thought I’d take a poke at myself for how long I’ve wanted to and yet haven’t made a photo zine…) As we all know, images can say so very many things, so why not include them as part of your zinemaking process? Or for anything really – from adding to your creative space or journal to simply enjoying the act of capturing things that speak to you.

I’m only including the one picture above because I do still intend on making a photo zine at some point, but I hope you all enjoy the prompt and share some lovely pictures today.

As always, please feel free to comment below or tag me!

Other Participants:

*https://echopublishing.wordpress.com/
*https://www.instagram.com/erica.engdahl/
*https://www.instagram.com/thecaffeinatedzinester/
*https://www.instagram.com/thegnomewife/
*https://www.instagram.com/apocalypsegrrl/
*https://www.instagram.com/livingjazzy/
*https://www.instagram.com/sierradecarmen/

Get the full list of prompts and find out what this whole ZineWriMo thing is all about here.