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i am fond of finding discussions on lj through my site referalls. here's an interesting one about the zine (including my response).

sometimes i kinda wish my peer circle was more diverse so i could get all these diverse opinions on things. but then i guess the people i disagree with wouldn't really be in my peer circle.

erm.


there was an electrical fire in the house this morning, in the roof, that turned out to be in the heating duct. so we have no heating now, until monday when someone can come and look at it.  I'M COLD.

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[anneheart.livejournal.com]

If zines are anything like the papers I worked for in college and university, there's a lot of work that needs to be done, and a good deal of art as well. I don't think people appreciate it.

There's someting wonderfully intimate about having a book or other printed text with you. I'm sure I'm not alone in prefering a zine or book with me while I wait in line rather than a computer screen.

Go you! <------ Token late 80s/early 90s phrase

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there is a lot of work (more than i anticipted!), and the novelty of a zine is the point of it. it's not like i'm trying to make people stop reading stories on their computers and read them in hard copies, but it has sentimental (and yeah, novelty) value for the people who like that kind of stuff. i know zines don't have the same function as they used to, and it's not like i'm trying to 'bring back the old days'.

[anneheart.livejournal.com]

Ah, were I not half a world away, I'd be helping you with layout and design and such and actually using those skills I picked up at universtiy. :-)

There is an audience and a need for zines - not everyone is online, and it's a traditional instrument of fandom. One of the first desktop publishing projects I ever did was the local Dr. Who newsletter, which, while not a zine, was similar in intent. I wonder what ever happened to the Whovians .....