Hello, zine friends! Is it too soon to think this month is going by too fast? Hahaha. Let’s get ready to roll on with our ZineWriMo goodness with today’s prompt!

Plan It Out: What Are Your Goals for This ZineWriMo?

So technically I more or less covered my goals in yesterday’s post, so today I thought I’d get a bit more specific.

Along with posting to the prompts each day, I mentioned that I’d like to make the next Missive From Murray Bridge. MFMB is my monthly (up until recently) newsletter about life and other zine sorts of things going on. I’ve decided that, because things fell the way they did, I want to do a sort of big bonus issue.

Thinking more on that, I’ve decided on two pages (four, front and back) instead of the usual one, and I’m definitely going full colour. The usual sudoku definitely needs to happen along with plenty of washi tape, too!

I don’t want to plan out too much more of that because making the Missives are sort of play for me. Going with the flow and seeing what happens. So that’s where I’ll leave it for now.

Until next time, spread a little sunshine.

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Whether you are participating one day, all of them, taking one prompt and running with it… It’s all good! Let me know so I can add your name (and link, if available) to the list.

Other Participants:

https://www.instagram.com/violett_komplett/
https://www.instagram.com/bydhiyanah/
https://www.instagram.com/dungeon_maven/
https://hadass420.wordpress.com/

Novice Zinester
Herinza Syadza

Hello, and happy November, zine friends! Also happy Friday!

Today we begin! It’s time for that glorious ZineWriMo time of year, and the very first day of this glorious month is reserved for…

I can never decide whether I like the term ‘brainstorm’ or ‘thought garden’ more, but either way, I love having this first day of the month to scribble down every possibility for what may come. While the ideas need to be honed and shaped, the pure brilliance (and a bit of intimidation!) of the blank page ready and waiting.

As I’ve mentioned, I love the rush of a big to-do list and lots of zine activities, but I always want ZineWriMo to be on the more relaxing side of things. Let’s face it, we’re getting to the ‘extra rough for many’ section of an especially rough year, so relaxation is always appreciated.

So for me? My goals for ZineWriMo are to post every day to the prompts and to get my next Missive out (an extra big Missive because I haven’t made one in a bit). My brainstorming will revolve around what to put into the Missive and trying to manage my habitual urge to do all of the things all of the time.

What are your storms and gardens for this ZineWriMo? Anything particular in mind? Let me know in the comments, and let me know if you’re joining in. I’ll be listing participants at the end of each post so we can all say hi and take a peek at what everyone is doing.

Until next time, spread a little sunshine!

Hello, hello, and hello once more, dear and wonderful zine friends!

The month is all too quickly drawing to a close. That means many things, including…

Happy ZineWriMo 2019!

Thank you all so very, very much for your patience and kindness. I have been absolutely thrilled to see people asking about ZineWriMo this year, and it’s my honour to create a prompts list for you.

Without further ado!

If you’re not familiar, ZineWriMo is the zine alternative to NaNoWriMo created by Kat (@disabledfemme) a few years ago. I am another happy participant who decided to dive right in and create a prompts list as well. It’s all about self-set goals and a prompts list that I hope is fun and relaxing rather than anything stressful.

In Kat’s own words:

ZineWriMo is a new idea that came to me in wanting to combine the original NaNoWriMo and zines!

ZineWriMo is November! We focus on making one, or many, zines in November! Our only goal is to create zines, no word count requirement!

Dive in, join up, and let’s get ready to zine!