Category: Announcements

The sun is out, the day is beautiful, and I have a couple things to tell you…

Festival of the Photocopier!

Yes, the dates have been announced (Feb 12), and Sea Green Zines will be attending! I just had my table confirmed. I am just as nervous (if not more so) than last year, but the whole thing was SUCH a great experience. Plus, I know more people now! I’ll probably go all anxiety-fuelled loud and obnoxious (again), but I’ll know more people.

Anyway, I’m babbling. Barring any catastrophe, I will be there! (I also might be launching something extra special…)

I am now on Patreon!

Patreon is similar to crowdfunding except that you can support a creator longer term or on a per project basis. The idea is (I think) that continued support in that form means a creator can focus on creating rather than needing to crowdfund each project (which can be exhausting).

If you follow my Twitter, you may have noticed that I was a little anxious about the prospect of joining up. Part of it was that I have a couple very loud acquaintances who are very much against everything like crowdfunding and Patreon.

I don’t do well with the very loud.

The other side of it is feeling like I don’t even deserve the chance to be open to that kind of support. However, I have been making an effort lately to treat myself the way I treat other people. I would encourage anyone who needs support to go for it, so I’m extending that feeling to myself.

I’m new to the whole thing, so please check it out and let me know if you have any suggestions. If you are also on Patreon, please let me know so I can check out your page.

That’s all for the announcements, though there are one or two in the mix to come eventually. I hope you are all having a wonderful week!

Don’t Call Me Cupcake 6 – the sixth in the zine series about my life – is now up on Etsy in both physical and digital forms.

Number 6 – Spring – is a bit of an emotional one where I share the story of Wanderer’s time in hospital, talk about Boggin moving, start facing my fears when it comes to my mental illness, and more.

Don’t Call Me Cupcake 5: So… I’m 30 and Dear Anonymous 5 are now both available on my Etsy shop.

You can get physical copies or safe postage and waiting time by grabbing the postage-saver PDF versions.

If you’ve just popped in here, I won’t make you read past posts for context.

Wanderer, my husband, went to emergency on Monday and ended up getting surgery for a ruptured and abscessed appendix that night. The next morning, he was in great spirits. He was making great progress already drinking water and juice, and he was talking about getting out early.

Tuesday afternoon, things started taking a turn, and he had to go back on IV fluids. I won’t go into the other details, but they’re not sure what’s wrong, and a second surgery is a very real possibility. He’s in a lot of pain and is exhausted.

I was able to visit him a little earlier today, but this morning was very painful and terrifying for him. He doesn’t like me to sit there when he sleeps, so I respected his wishes and left so he could rest.

While I have the time – at the time I’m writing this – I simply do not have the mind for much of anything, let alone zine reviews. All I can seem to think about or write about is him. He could be in the hospital for weeks.

Here is my call out:

If you have a zine review or would like to write one, I will post it here. It doesn’t matter if you’re reviewing something I’ve already reviewed or if you’ve never reviewed before. I’m flexible with pretty much every aspect. But if you work well with parameters:

*100 – 400+ words
*An image of the zine you’re reviewing (you don’t have to have an image with guest post(s))
*If you want to share a guest post, just make sure it’s zine related. Even if you’re talking about how you found zines.
*Up to five posts, so you can do a multi-part series if you like
*Sign off with your name/pseudonym and any URLs you want to share
*Email the lot to theauthor(at)inkyblots.com
*I make no promises about email response times, but I will do my best

 

**Saturday and Sunday posts were already scheduled, so they will remain the same as always**

**You can still send calls for submissions, but please don’t be disappointed if they are urgent, and I don’t get to them in time.**

Wanderer has been sick for a while. Just after getting past a massive flu, he started having gut problems, and it’s been a rough path for him from here.

Today we took him to the GP, who sent us to the emergency department. After tests and ruling out other possibilities, we found out that he has a partially ruptured appendix. When that news came, it was all about prepping him to go into the operating theatre as soon as possible.

I’m not allowed to be there when he wakes up. So I’m just home, doing the only thing I know to do at this point – write.

As I have the time now, I’ll say that I might need a few days hiatus. I might not need any. I don’t know. I don’t know how any of all this will work. Wanderer has barely ever been to the doctor since we’ve known each other. This is the first time he’s been to emergency since I’ve known him and the first surgery he’s had since he was a kid. They’re supposed to call when it’s all done to let me know how it went.

I hope that you can bear with me for the time being. It could change nothing here. It could mean silence for a little while. I’ll try not for the latter.

Thank you.

I’ve been interviewed! About zines, of course. 🙂

Check it out at Zine Nation.

Last Sunday, I put up a giveaway for the chance to win a zine as part of the International Zine Month fun stuff.

Weeeeeell, you may have noticed the plural (winners) instead of the singular (winner) as part of the post title. Here’s why…

I’ve been struggling a lot with depression powered with a SAD battery pack. Add on the bad things happening in the world that I feel like I can’t do anything about, and you have a Nyx who is struggling to get out of bed every morning. Maybe it’s silly or strange, but this site, this community, and the larger zine community keeps me getting out of bed (eventually) to face the day. Sometimes I don’t even understand it, but I’m certainly not going to question it.

In amongst the face-off with the black dog, Wanderer and I have had some good things happen. Little things that won’t change the world but made our world a little brighter. It’s with those moments in mind that I realised that if I could send just one zine per envelope…

EVERYONE CAN WIN!

That’s right. 🙂 Everyone who entered the giveaway last week wins a zine. Sadly, only *a* zine, but I’m one of those people who thinks five people getting a dollar is better than one person getting five dollars and the other four getting nothing.

Shivani, Idle Emma, Jennifer Nichole Wells, La Rainbow Vomits!, and PixieP:

Please send your mailing addresses to theauthor@inkyblots.com

I will respond within 48 (usually closer to within 24) to let you know that your email made it through. If you have any troubles, comment here and let me know.

Congratulations!

Happy mail is postponed because it’s an absolutely dreary day, and my house has horrible lighting.

The annual Pozible crowd funding campaign & table registration is LIVE! The Zine & Indie Comic Symposium ’16 is back for our fourth & biggest year, but we need your help to make it happen! 2 day zine & indie comic fair, workshops & panels! ‪#‎20ZICSteen‬

ZICS Pozible
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ZICS Website

ZICS is a not-for-profit collective of passionate volunteers dedicated to connecting local zine and indie comic creators with the wider public. We strive to start inclusive conversations, collaborate on ideas, and share the art forms that we love.

We’ve been working hard since March to make this year the biggest ZICS yet, and now we need your help. As a not-for-profit group, we rely on your generosity to make this event happen. That’s where the Pozible campaign comes in. By pledging just five dollars of your hard-earned cash, you’ll be supporting Brisbane’s largest gathering of zine and indie comic enthusiasts. Alternatively you can help us out further by purchasing a T-shirt, zine and comic pack, or, if you’re super keen, purchasing a table and bringing your own zines and comics to ZICS.

The antibiotic reinforcements were called in, my fever broke, and I managed to was my hair today.

It’s the little things.

I am genuinely sorry for the delay in zine reviews. I’m hoping to be right back to it tomorrow.

PS. This is why you have an ’emergency stash’ of posts. Hrmph.