Author: Nyx

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Sickness & Site Shenanigans

And the beat goes on!

I originally moved to my own hosting because I liked the greater template control, the ability to run a shop on my website, and basically every other freedom that comes along with hosting your own website.

That said, these are the times I seriously consider going back to WordPress hosting and giving up the idea of a shop. Wow, things have been a mess trying to get everything back and working properly. I’m not actually sure if they are, but I certainly hope so!

The second half of November and start of this month were mostly taken up by a very stubborn case of strep throat as well as some bad side effects, so adding website troubles to the mix has made for an interesting adventure.

I’m going to go ahead and publish this, hoping that everyone can see it and that this is the end of my website woes!

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ZineWriMo Days 27-29

When your zine cat knows you’ve had a rough weekend…

Hello, dear and wonderful zine friends! I hope this Monday finds you well. As you may have already noticed, I wasn’t able to put up a Happy Mail Monday today. It has been a full on day with appointments and things. It’s late in the afternoon, and I’m still going strong with my to-do list. The recent changes in border restrictions here in Australia led to a lot of changes I needed to make personally, all of which have been very time consuming.

I plan on doing Happy Mail Monday tomorrow, but I need to leave a little wiggle room with that due to another appointment tomorrow. I am hoping that, after this week, I will have a completely normal and mundane month of December.

That said, let’s get on with ZineWriMo!

Continue reading “ZineWriMo Days 27-29”

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Call for Submissions: Thoughts of You Fanzine

Call for submissions: Thoughts Of You fanzine is looking for anything related to Dennis Wilson (Beach Boys) & Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac).

dwfanzine@gmail.com
denniswilsonzine.tumblr.com
extra socials info : facebook: dwfanzine
twitter: dwfanzine instagram: thoughtsofdennis

Submission Info: denniswilsonzine.tumblr.com/post/611060264586149888/are-you-looking-for-submissions-for-a-second

(Image: Cutout photo of Dennis Wilson from The Beach Boys playing piano while Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac) looks on, outlined in burnt gold. Text above & overlayed is in conte crayon/pencil style in black, gold or pink and with a hot pink outline).

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Thoughts Of You – a Dennis Wilson fanzine. Contributions & comments welcome.

http://thoughtsofdennis.co.uk/forum/
Issue 1 is out now: https://gumroad.com/l/DWZ1

I am fundraising for a homeless charity in memory of Dennis
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/thoughts-of-youdw

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ZineWriMo Day 26 – Set Your Zine Free

Hello and happy Friday, zine friends! And what a beautiful Friday it is. The sun is shining and the breeze is refreshing here in this little patch of Oz. What a beautiful day for sharing.

Set Your Zine Free – Give away your zine or leave it somewhere to be found

As much as I would love to send out as many physical copies of my zines all around the world… postage is what it is. However, I would still like to set my zines free. So from here until the end of the month (and probably a little longer as I tend to forget these things), you can get a copy of the very first 24 Hour Zine Thing in PDF form by clicking on the link here:

24 Hour Zine Thing 1

Please enjoy and have an absolutely beautiful weekend.

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Stop by and say hello to other participants:

*Hadass
*Gettsr
*A Peaceful Homemaker
*Echo Publishing
*Warglitter
*KT Mayflower
*r28 Zines
*Caroline

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Zine Review – The Stars Are Back

The Stars Are Back
Bern
16 pages
https://www.instagram.com/beanie.sprout/
https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/bernysprout

The Stars are Back is a full colour 14cm x 18cm comic about the impact of toxic relationships and how life-changing it can be to develop a healthy relationship with yourself as well as with another person.

There is a trigger warning for a suicide mention in this zine.

Oh my goodness, this zine got me right in the centre of my heart and stayed there the whole way through.

The Stars are back starts in a dark place with one of the hardest ordeals a friend can deal with. From there, the author writes about bad relationships and friendships in their life that were toxic for various reasons. But there is light to be found in the darkness and reasons that the stars come back to light the universe. This isn’t a story that ends up in a neat little happily ever after bow, but rather a story of real life that ends with the unknown future looking positive.

“But one day, I tried to stop lighting myself on fire to keep them warm.”

There are so many different things that I like about this zine, but this quote really stuck out to me. As someone who deals with PTSD and still has nightmares thanks to other humans, this zine spoke to me so much. Also, as someone who only recently found someone who makes their heart shine in that special way, it resonated. I think a lot of people will identify with this zine on a number of levels. Bad relationships are something many have struggled with, and I can only wish that everyone will find someone who makes their stars shine brightly again. This comic zine definitely give that hope.

I can’t write a full review without mentioning the quality of this zine. It’s lovely! From the cardstock cover to thicker inner pages to the to-the-edge colour printing, it’s simply a beautiful comic. Bern’s art style is colourful and intense with so much visual interest. Yes, there are dark elements, but the art style itself and later panels show an artist with such a fun and bubbly personality underneath all the bad things that have happened.

All up, I think this is a wonderful zine. If you don’t mind what’s noted in the trigger warning, this is definitely one to check out.

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ZineWriMo Day 25 – Warm Up – Write To A Friend

Hello, hello, and hello, my dear and wonderful zine friends. Happy Thursday and happy day all around. Today we have a ZineWriMo prompt filled with awesome feels in the form of…

Warm Up – Write To A Friend

I am always about spreading the positivity and good feels, and today is definitely about that. I’m a paper and pen kind of woman, but regardless of whether you type up an email or text, write a little note, or post a letter, a few positive words to a friend can go a long way. Today I sat down to write about some life joys in the paper and pen way to a dear friend whom I have known for a long time.

Even though I am a paper and pen kind of woman, I must admit that the longer letter style did have my hands aching just a wee bit afterwards. But it’s so worth it in my eyes. It felt good to write a letter. I know I will be handwriting the November Missive From Murray Bridge as well.

Did you write to someone today? Do you prefer a text? Email? A handwritten letter?

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Stop by and say hello to other participants:

*Hadass
*Gettsr
*A Peaceful Homemaker
*Echo Publishing
*Warglitter
*KT Mayflower
*r28 Zines
*Caroline

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Happy Mail Monday – Ebb & Flow Edition

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Hello and welcome back to Happy Mail Monday! This week I have a fabulous description section with so many links to check out thanks to amazing friends from the US and Brasil!

Thank you so much for watching.

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Awesome People/Places/Spaces Mentioned:

*Anna Gecko – https://www.instagram.com/oleandrsstudio/

*Eishin Yoshida – https://www.eishinyoshida.com

*Henry Jaepelt – https://www.instagram.com/henryjaepelt/

*Fafa Jaepelt – https://www.instagram.com/fafa.jaepelt/

*Ro Maurer – https://www.instagram.com/rochelle.xerox/
*Eliel Ribeiro – https://www.instagram.com/elielold/
*Jose Carlos de Souza – https://www.instagram.com/todamusicaquenosconsome/
*Laura Laco – https://www.instagram.com/020papel/
*Anne Yoshida – https://www.instagram.com/ayoshida.art/
*Caterina Salazar – https://www.instagram.com/devilkaty_ilustraciones/
*Idezio Junior – https://www.instagram.com/idezio.junior/
*Kaline Nelika – https://www.instagram.com/lojanelikaartes/
*Marco Donida – marcodonida(at)gmail.com
*Maricel Martinez – https://www.instagram.com/maricielo_art/
*Patricia Breccia – https://www.instagram.com/patribreccia/
*Paulo Zanon – https://www.instagram.com/pzanon_/
*Raquel ‘Quel’ Costa – https://www.instagram.com/pembapress/
*Taciana Dada – https://www.instagram.com/taciana_dada/

*ZineWriMo – https://seagreenzines.com/zinewrimo-is-coming-2/
*Zine Chat – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPF0x7qjUPc
*The Artist’s Way – https://juliacameronlive.com/the-artists-way/

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My PO Box:

Nyx
PO Box 378
Murray Bridge, SA 5253
Australia

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You Can Find Me At:

seagreenzines@gmail.com

Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/seagreenzines

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ZineWriMo Day 20 – Make a Zine – Blackout Poetry

Hello zine friends, and hello weekend. Unless it’s not your weekend. If so, hello Saturday! After missing the last make a zine day, I was excited to get into things today and extra excited because I like blackout poetry.

Make a Zine – Blackout Poetry

If you’re not familiar, blackout poetry is taking an existing piece of text – usually from a book or a newspaper – and redacting or blacking out some of the words to create your own poetry.

I decided to create a poem out of one of my favourite quotes from Washington Irving.

“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not a mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love.”

― Washington Irving

I want to poke away at how it looks, but I was actually pleasantly surprised at how the poem turned out. I was worried that something so short wouldn’t bring about something I liked, but I was so happy to be wrong. I quite like it.

Did you make a zine today? Did you try some blackout poetry?

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Stop by and say hello to other participants:

*Hadass
*Gettsr
*A Peaceful Homemaker
*Echo Publishing
*Warglitter
*KT Mayflower
*r28 Zines
*Caroline