“Shoveling sand” is a 20-page zine that collects my favorite writing advice from several writers. I grouped quotes by themes including “keep a notebook,” “don’t worry about being popular,” and “get the first draft down.”
This zine measures 5.25 inches high x 4 inches wide. The cover is printed in full color on white cardstock. The interior pages are printed in black and white on 24 lb. white paper. Designed and laid out in Canva.
“Useless Venn Diagrams” is a mini zine with random observations, put into Venn diagram format. Topics include puzzles, note-taking, and movies.
Printed in black on teal paper. I drew this zine by hand and then adjusted spacing and layout in Canva.
Here’s a video overview of all the zines I made in 2023. 🙂 I talk a little bit about each one.
If you prefer reading about the zines, check out my blog posts.
“Cat’s Cradle” is a tiny story about mimicking someone. It’s not quite sci-fi, but it feels like it…maybe because it was inspired by a scene near the end of Annihilation. (I won’t spoil the movie and neither does the zine.)
Here’s the full text of the story:
It’s like playing cat’s cradle,
but we aren’t using string.
I do one thing.
She does something else that feels like…
an extension. A continuation.
And then we swap.
She does one thing—
says a phrase, draws some lines, moves her arm
just so.
I extend—
a line of poetry, a floral doodle, a yoga pose.
And then we swap.
The training protocol doesn’t specify how to teach.
Just that I’m supposed to.
I report progress back to the team.
And then we swap.
Doctor Who celebrates its 60th anniversary next month. I collected some quotes from the Doctor in a zine…with random hipster photos. 🤭 Saturated colors, vintage objects, and a soft tone—this style of photo was all over the internet in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
Here are photos of some of the pages.
