Here are resources related to my interests in art, zines, and community building. If you’re interested in tools I use, check out the Tools page.

If you created resources that fit into one of these categories or you want to recommend resources to add, please send me links!

✨ = newly added resource


Resources I’ve created

How to design a mini zine in Canva (PDF tutorial)

How to design mini zines in Canva (YouTube)

How to figure out page order for printing zines (YouTube)

How to make a mini zine (PDF printable zine)

My process for making mini zines (YouTube)

What’s a zine? (PDF printable zine)


Indieweb and personal web

32-bit Cafe - Community and resource for personal website enthusiasts

About Ideas Now - Directory of personal websites that include pages for About, Ideas, and/or Now

Alt-texts: The Ultimate Guide - A straightforward guide for what alt text is, when to use it, and how to write it

Bridgy - Connects you website to social media

Feather - Open-source icons

Get Blogging! - A guide to starting a blog

HTML for People - A free book that teaches you how to make a website with HTML

Icon Maker by Raycast - Browser-based tool to create app icons

IndieWeb - Home base for indieweb

IndieWeb talk - An excellent overview of what IndieWeb means in non-technical terms

IndieWebify.Me - A guide to getting on the IndieWeb

Indiewebifying a WordPress Site - A rundown of how to add IndieWeb functionality to a WordPress site

Letterbird - Simple contact form that’s really easy to use. Can be a standalone page or embedded on your site.

Markdown Cheat Sheet - Quick reference for Markdown syntax

Micro.blog - Personal blogging platform (check out mine!)

mmm.page - Drag and drop website builder

omg.lol - Profile page builder

ooo.directory - Blog directory

Pika - Simple blogging platform

Slash Pages - List of common pages you can add to your website (like About, Now, Blogroll)

Smallweb Subway - A subway-themed webring. This connects personal sites related to science fiction, zines, poetry, and comics

SubToMe - A tool that makes it easy to follow websites

write.as - Blogging platform focused on written content

Ye Olde Blogroll - Blog directory

Further reading

15 rules for blogging (Interconnected)

A brief history & ethos of the digital garden (Maggie Appleton)

Digital gardens (Thomas Schoffelen)

How the blog broke the web (Stacking The bricks)

Intro to the web revival (Melon’s Thoughts)

Please, for goodness’ sake, start a mailing list (Austin Kleon)

Practical Ways to Post Something Every Day (CJ Chilvers)

What is the small web? (Aral Balkan)

Why writers need an email list, not just social media (Margot Atwell)

Why you might want a personal site (Maya.land)


Making art

Blackout Poetry Maker - Tool for making blackout poetry in your browser

British Library on Flickr - Public domain images that can be used without restriction. Crediting the library is not required, but wording could be something like “Images courtesy of the British Library’s Flickr Collection.”

Coolors - color palette generator

The Creative Independent - Guides and resources for all kinds of creative work

Draftmode bookmarks - Links to all kinds of resources

Fontjoy - Tool for seeing which fonts pair well

Free Music Archive (via Melon King) - Royalty-free music

Pixabay - Royalty-free images, stock photos, music, and videos

Rawpixel - Public domain images (requires creating an account and there’s a free plan)

Unsplash - Royalty-free photos and illustrations


Work life

The 37signals Guide to Internal Communication

Unoffice Hours


Zines

Booklet creator - Tool to re-order pages in a PDF to print booklets

Bre’s Zine Resources - All kinds of resources for making zines

DoDIY - Directory for DIY events

Electric Zine Maker - Print shop and art tool for making zines

How to make a zine - An in-depth guide to making zines

How to self-publish zines - Video overview from Michael Johnson

Keep It Weird - Zine fests, small press fairs, and indie comic shows

Nice Zines - All kinds of zine resources

Printed Matter - Book and zine fairs

Sea Green Zines - A list of zine-related resources

Zine Crisis Mutual Assistance Group - Resources for making zines