After I posted yesterday, I saw a link to The Underground Blog via Warren Ellis. It’s a blog that can be read only via RSS, with a feed reader. No posts on a website and nothing to link to. It feels, yeah, underground. It’s the nerdiest thing I’ve seen in blogging and I love it already.
I just realized these log posts might make good fodder for things I share in my monthly newsletter. Everything builds.
In the works
I did some research for that zine I volunteered for and sent the organizer a few ideas to get his feedback. Looks like I’ll be making a list of tips for making zines by hand. 🙂
I remembered one quote to add to my zine on writing advice:
“I’m writing a first draft and reminding myself that I’m simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.”
– Shannon Hale
On my mind
When it comes to posting online, I go through phases of posting to a lot of places and then later consolidating to just a couple places. I think I’m in a phase of consolidating. Mostly I’m tired of keeping up with different sites and apps and what I posted where. I have a whole to do list for posts when I make a new zine and ooof, I get tired of it.
I’ll focus on posting here and posting on Instagram when I have images to share. (I’m also focusing on posting here as an antidote to doomscrolling on social media.) And my monthly newsletter is the consolidated, here’s what I’m up to and here are some things you might be interested in.