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Hello, zine friends!

I had been a while since I have done one of these, but I wanted to let you know things are still happening in the zine cave while I’m waiting for other things. To be frank, I’m a bit overwhelmed with how chaotic and out of sorts everything feels right now. But it all comes down to one step at a time.

*The November Missive is complete. I was delayed by health issues, and then some printing issues cropped up (surprise, surprise), but I finally have them printed and folded. They will be going out this week.

*2021 Planner – I wasn’t planning on making a planner, funnily enough, but I got it into my head and put one together. I’m now all prepared to roll into the new year and start pre-posting all rolling calls for submissions, regular calls, shout outs about various spaces and places, and more.

*The next Happy Mail Monday is done… I’m just waiting on the ability to export it.

*I have a lot of zines to review. There’s no two ways about it, really. There is a stack, and I’m making more time to read and review them. I’m also thinking about ways to maybe post more than two reviews a week at certain points so all the wonderful, patient people who have been waiting can finally be reviewed.

*Resting. Yep, I’m adding this to the list to remind everyone (especially myself) that rest is an important thing. It looks like I had a kidney stone, and I need to give my body time to heal. Luckily, I have plenty of reading material for the quieter times. 😉

*I am hoping very, very hard that my new computer will arrive this week so I can get back to Happy Mail Monday, other videos, and more projects. My current machine is steadily getting worse, so the new one should arrive just in time.

*I’m still dreaming of finishing up Phenomena 2, Workaholic 2, Dear Anonymous 9, and Dear Anonymous 10. I thought I’d be able to finish them before the end of the year, but, at this point, I really have no idea. I’m trying to get as much as possible done each day.

*I’m dreaming of a few new personal zines as well as some things to add to the YouTube channel… but they are all definitely well within dreaming territory for now.

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There we are, dear friends. I wish I had more to put here, but we all know how this year has been.

Upward and onward. Head up. Until next time… spread a little sunshine.

Hello, zine friends!

Wow has it been a case of the Mondays today. Precisely nothing went to plan. And even the spontaneous corrections to the original things that didn’t go right ended up going wrong as well!

About five minutes ago, the internet came back online, so there’s a silver lining amongst the clouds.

No mail arrived over the past week, so Happy Mail Monday hasn’t technically been effected. Crossing fingers, knocking on wood, and all of that good stuff that things go smoothly tomorrow.

Until next time, spread a little sunshine.

Hello and happy spring from the land of Oz. Times are hard, but the sun is shining, and we need to have hope.

I hope this post finds you all well and keeping safe.

Slowly but surely is the mantra of things around here. I’m a bit impatient with myself, but it has been feeling very good to get things done. A lot of it is still in the background rather than here on the blog, but it’ll all flow in.

I’m still quite behind on reviews, and, even at two per week, that’s going to be the way of things for a little while yet. Everyone’s patience is super beautiful.

PSA: Always back up your stuff!

I know I wrote that in the last update post about things, but I think it bears repeating.

With the way this year has been going, I’m a little wary to committing to any sort of timeline for anything. That said, I’m hoping to get into data entry mode and get those shipping profiles set up. Because it’s the shipping profiles, not the listings, that are the real pain. Hahaha

YouTube is on my mind a lot at the moment. I have a lot of ideas about where I’d like to take things from here, but I’m trying to do things the smart way rather than my usual way of starting all the things without thinking through the consistency side of thins.

Thank you so much to everyone who sent in questions for a Q&A video. There are quite a few questions, so I might end up breaking it into two! Speaking of the questions, a couple of questions came in that got me thinking about…

The podcast! A couple of Q&A questions gave me an idea for the next podcast, and it really takes things back to the beginning for me in a few senses, so I’m pretty excited about it.

I don’t want to make one episode only to have a multi-month gap between that and the next one, though, so it’ll be a wee bit before I dive in.

*Phenomena 2 & Workaholic 2 – These zines are still happening! The cover art is in the works, and I have some great pieces for both. If you’d like to sneak in with a piece to one or both, please feel free to do so. These definitely won’t be done before the end of the month, so there is still time.

*Dear Anonymous 9 & 10 – I would like to wrap up the DA series by putting out both issues 9 and 10 at the same time, so there is still plenty of room if you would like to submit your work. Love letters, odes to your cat, hatred for oatmeal raisin cookies… Express yourself in DA.

*Missives From Murray Bridge – Missives are back! At least, the first Missive in quite a long time. I sent out a lot of them in the big ol’ mail send out. If you’re not on the mailing list, please feel free to get in touch. Some help with postage is always helpful (https://www.paypal.me/seagreenzines), but I completely understand if that’s not doable. I shall always do my best to send out to as many people as possible.

*The 24 Hour Zine Thing 3 – I didn’t get to do this during International Zine Month like I would have liked to. However, I love this so much and have had so much encouragement from True Zine Marin that I definitely need to make another one happen this year. Check out my Instagram @seagreenzines because that’s where I put out my calls for page ideas.

Hello, friends! After the last video, I wanted to give you all a short update on how things are going since letting you know about my mental health difficulties. Thank you all for being amazing.

Checking in. 💜

I wasn’t sure about making the video, let alone posting it to YouTube. What’s too much information? What’s going too far? Is this what radical vulnerability is? What am I leaving myself open to by talking about my mental health issues?

But I’ve always been one who says you are not alone. I’ve always been about being open about my own issues because if it helped even just one person talk and reach out when they are struggling, then it’s always worth it.

So yesterday I posted the video about what’s been happening. Why I’ve been falling behind. Why I get teary pretty easily and have been trying to thank you all so much in previous videos but keep feeling like it’s not enough.

I reached out.

And you have been reaching back. 💜

I still don’t have the words to express everything… but perhaps ‘thank you’ will be enough for now.

I got out of bed. I made myself a cup of tea.

Upward and onward.

Alas, the black dog has won today and won this weekend, but tomorrow is a new day, zine friends.

Tomorrow is always a new day.

After a great many technical difficulties and delays… Hello, zine friends! In this video I chat about Festival of the Photocopier 2020 in Melbourne, all sorts of fun things, and show you the awesome zines that came to me/I picked up while there.

As always, thank you for watching.

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Awesome Things/People Mentioned

*GoFundMe Supporters:
**True Zine Marin – https://www.instagram.com/truezinemarin/
**Luke You – ?
**Hahn Dostine – https://www.instagram.com/dream.pea/
**Feral Publication – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdCz8SvR304&feature=youtu.be
**Apples – http://chickencollective.storenvy.com/
**Anonymous

*Festival of the Bitsy Copier – https://stickyinstitute.itch.io/bitsy-copier
*Sticky Institute – https://www.stickyinstitute.com/

*Habitual Novelties – https://linktr.ee/habnopubco
*Zine Review: Kitchen Sink (Everything But The) – https://www.seagreenzines.com/zine-review-kitchen-sink-everything-but-the/
*Zine Review: Dr. Pigeon: Psychological Psychiatrist – https://www.seagreenzines.com/zine-review-dr-pigeon-psychological-psychiatrist/

*Table Neighbour – https://twitter.com/iurgiurrutia

*Saff Miro – https://www.instagram.com/saffmiro/
*Zine Review: Road Trip – https://www.seagreenzines.com/zine-review-road-trip/
*Zine Review: Adventures in Predictive Text – https://www.seagreenzines.com/zine-review-adventures-in-predictive-text/
*Zine Review: My Favourite Graphs – https://www.seagreenzines.com/zine-review-my-favourite-graphs/

*Milky Breath – https://www.instagram.com/milky_breath/
*Zine Review: A Guide to Soap Operas – https://www.seagreenzines.com/zine-review-a-guide-to-soap-operas/

*Rae White – https://raewhite.net/
*Milk Teeth – https://raewhite.net/milkteeth/
*Zine Review: Rabbits & Relics: Okunoshima (Rabbit Island) – https://www.seagreenzines.com/zine-review-rabbits-relics-okunoshima-rabbit-island/
*Zine Review: Diary of a Lavender Plant – https://www.seagreenzines.com/zine-review-diary-of-a-lavender-plant/
*Zine Review: Enby Life: Stories, poetry, & art by non-binary people – https://www.seagreenzines.com/zine-review-enby-life-stories-poetry-art-by-non-binary-people/

*Natalie Michelle Watson – https://nataliemichellewatson.com/
*Apples – http://chickencollective.storenvy.com/
*Zine Review: Dear Diary, Today I Died 1 – https://www.seagreenzines.com/zine-review-dear-diary-today-i-died/
*Zine Review: Dear Diary, Today I Died 2 – https://www.seagreenzines.com/zine-review-dear-diary-today-i-died-2/
*Zine Review: Dear Diary, Today I Died 3 – https://www.seagreenzines.com/zine-review-dear-diary-today-i-died-3/

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Jaime Nyx
PO Box 378
Murray Bridge, SA 5253
Australia

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Hello, dear zine friends!

A quick note for you today. Some fabulous zine mail has arrived in the post box over the past week.

However… Your fluffy zine enthusiast decided to have a go at ice skating recently. The results? A love for ice skating, and an inability to sit in the same position (if at all) for very long. Haha. I landed squarely on my tailbone at one point, and I haven’t been able to sit properly since.

It’s all good and fine – nothing permanently or even badly damaged. But it does mean sitting for a video is a literally painful endeavour this week and one I’d prefer to delay until next week. (I couldn’t figure out how to shoot the video on my stomach without it also being uncomfortable.)

Please forgive the delay! I’m sure I’ll be right back to it for next week’s Happy Mail Monday.

Hello, zine friends!

I hope this post finds you well and enjoying the start of the first full week of 2020.

*No mail has arrived in my post box over the holiday period, so no Happy Mail Monday for this week (and perhaps next). However, I am very, very happy to say an episode of The Zine Collector Podcast is coming soon! I feel like this is the first big step in getting back to what I want Sea Green Zines to be, and I’m very excited.

*Sea Green Zines is open for your calls for submissions, zine event announcements, and all sorts of other zine-related awesomeness! I make these sorts of posts every Saturday and Sunday, so please don’t feel shy about getting in touch at seagreenzines(at)gmail.com

*Festival of the Photocopier is coming soon! And Sea Green Zines will be there!

Whether I table or not, your fluffy zine enthusiast will be in Melbourne for Festival of the Photocopier 2020. I currently have a Go Fund Me to help make this happen. If you are able to help in any way be through donation or sharing the campaign, I greatly appreciate it!

*Resources Page – Is your distro, zine blog, zine podcast, zine YouTube channel, etc, listed on the Resources Page? If it’s not, please let me know!

Those are all the bits and bobs for now, friends. I will be back once again soon with a shiny new episode of the podcast and more!

Until next time, spread a little sunshine.