Hello 2015! Collecting My Thought Bubbles

Blue bubbles

Yeah, I’ve become a tad bit obsessed with ‘Bokeh’. No more bokeh posting for at least a month!

Hehe.

Okay! So, it is the first day of a new year, and it also happens to be a Thursday. No review for today (if you hadn’t already guessed that), but things will be back to normal tomorrow.

Yes, as the post title suggests, I am in the midst of collecting my thought bubbles. I’m feeling pretty good and confident about what is happening here on SGZ with posting and such. I do, however, have two other blogs and a stack of zines I would like to create.

Dear Anonymous 3 is at the top of the list. I’ve had a few more submissions come in, so I’ve slipped back from being about halfway through. I’m still shooting for a January launch. There is also Don’t Call Me Cupcake 2 coming up after that as well as a SOOPER SEKRET ZEEN that I am so excited about.

If I had only that, then things would be going a lot faster. But I also am in the middle of designing a 2015 planner that will also help people with mental illness (focusing on the up/down nature of bipolar) track their moods and mood influencers. (That is too a word, WordPress!) The 2014 holiday season really packed a punch this year, so this planner is for me. I am planning on releasing a less Nyx-specific planner/mood tracker a bit later.

So that’s what I’m up to and what I’m thinking about. I don’t know if anyone actually likes these posts (besides me because I am such a voyeur interested in people’s lives). It does feel good to sit down and sort it all out in my head, though.

Upwards and onwards!

Best Wishes in the Year to Come

I feel like I should be writing some sort of 2014 wrap-up, but… I have nothing. I’m very happy to be back into zine things as of the past few months, and I want to thank you all for being awesome and supporting my passion.

So, with my newbie PhotoShop techniques, I wish you…

Happy New Year FB Banner

2014 in Review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 690 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it would take about 12 trips to carry that many people.

Click here to see the complete report.

Guilty Pleasures

In the lull between Christmas and New Year’s, I find myself wrapping up a few more projects on the craft side of things (mostly cards).

What does that have to do with guilty pleasure? Well, I like to listen (and watch a little, depending on exactly what I’m doing) people playing games I like to play. Haha. It’s like sports for gamers.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RItwpPITlAA&w=560&h=315]

I’ll get back to zine-ish things sooner rather than later. 🙂

Call for Submissions: Paper Lantern Zine

Paper Lanterns

Paper lanterns symbolize brightness and love. Paper Lantern literary zine is zine whose mission is to illuminate the world and allow it to discover that there are some remarkable ideas and dreams squirming around the hearts and minds of some talented thinkers and artists.

We are looking for beautifully written poetry, flash fiction, and what ever you’d like to share. We are planing on releasing issue 001 by January 1, 2015.

So please email your submissions to paperlanternliterarymagazine@gmail.com THANKS!

(Picture found at: http://www.ecorazzi.com/2011/06/28/watch-11000-paper-lanterns-float-into-the-night-sky/)

Holy Happy Mail, Batman!

A late Happy Mail coming to you.

To be quite honest, I didn’t expect to be doing happy mail today. I am not in contact with my blood relatives and neither is my partner, so this time of year is usually quiet. My anxiety skyrockets as well with all the hustle, bustle and nerves of people, so I tend not to go to many social occasions.

That being said, I’m happy to be proven wrong. Last week was an awesome week for mail. I’m going to tuck all the pictures in behind a ‘more’ tag so it doesn’t take ages for the blog to load up for anyone.

Moooooore? Continue reading “Holy Happy Mail, Batman!”

Call for Submissions: Falling Apart

This is a call for submissions about a zine dealing with Grief & Death called: “Falling Apart”

Looking for contributors. Submissions can be written pieces (500 to 700 words), art, drawings, poetry, cartoons, comic strips, etc.

Submissions should be about someone you know who has died: parent, sibling, significant other, child, cousin, aunt, uncle, grandparent, mentor, close friend, etc.

Can be queer focused or not, atheist, deal with religion,spirituality, disability, mental illness, oppression, isolation, grief groups, abandonment, community, therapy, solitude…..

How are you dealing with your grief over their death? Who were they? How did they die?

Am accepting submissions until January 15th, 2015 and as compensation, each contributor will receive a free copy of the zine upon completion.

If interested, you can send your submissions to:

sandra_reiki_@hotmail.com

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Do you have a call for submissions for your zine? Let me know!