For example, @librariesftp.bsky.social started with 5 of us, all volunteers. No money [we still have none but we sell tshirts to raise a small amount & rely on in kind donations for the rest], and we very much punch above our weight. Many people think we're a staffed nonprofit. But nope.

New episode! Rough Draft #9: The Cutting Room Floor Why do projects get abandoned, & what makes us come back to them when the time is right? We talk hyperfocus, accountability, remixing old ideas, zines, beta readers, & creative afterlives. roughdraftwithkeidraandliz.podbean.com/e/rough-draf...

I'm SO excited to see the interest in "The Gentle Deadline" ADHD zine, it's at the printer and I'll start shipping it out to folks this weekend! I really want to hear from y'all, too, about your own ADHD writing practices and hacks. I'm very eager to hear from people! #zines #writing #ADHD

I'll be on the panel Making Zines, Making Change: A Conversation about Collaborating, Publishing, Selling, & Archiving DIY Art w/ Jason Luther of the Factsheet Five Archive Project, Kirsten Leenaars, Marc Fischer & Milo Miller at the Haggerty Museum 1/28! Free but register: shorturl.at/R8thH

Saw this on Twitter last night from @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social and I really needed this(especially after the last few years). Thank you for posting this 💜

We're live! 20x2 Chicago: What Can You Do? 2/1/26 at @gmantavern.com. Tix available soon! Check out this lineup...

I don't care who wins Dragon Ball Z's popularity poll, I just want Goten to lose to Bulma's cat: aftermath.site/dragon-ball-z-...

okay open call, if you have an SFF romance coming out in 2026, and it's not grindingly heteropatriarchal in outlook and values, please tell me about it! I'm compiling my reading lists!

happy birthday to the GOAT Hayao Miyazaki

performance spectacle // handcut paper collage with graphite on recycled paperboard, january 2026 #collage #abstraction #queerart

I had the honor of interviewing Miyazaki in his personal workspace at the Studio Ghibli compound years ago for the NY Daily News and Wizard Magazine. One of the highlights of my entertainment journalism career. But damn, he must have smoked almost a full pack of cigs during a 30 minute interview.

It took me a while to get it together to write a new Public Collectors newsletter but I just sent one out. You can read it all here: mailchi.mp/8cdfb8647242...

😭

Edith Renfrow Smith died :(

Fandom needs interaction to thrive, if u want to keep enjoying art, fic, edits, animations, silly little hcs, and all of that gud stuff, give some of the love back that creators pour out for you, fandom shouldn't be /content/ to mindlessly consume, let it be a dialogue of love and appreciation 🙏✨❤️

Happy 85th birthday to Hayao Miyazaki ♡

Okay it's officially time for the MANY terrible recent takes on fandom to stop. There are literally decades of academic work and reams of fandom journalism by ppl like me and @gavia.bsky.social and @fansplaining.bsky.social that are intended to save you from embarrassing yourselves to this degree!

I made so much good zine progress during my time off and now my Sunday scaries are so bad

In my personal newsletter: A look back at our 2025 resolution to host dinner every single Saturday. Great news: We did it! amandalitman.substack.com/p/our-year-o...

It's stressful for ANYONE to be living now. If you're disabled it's like the world's condition is hammering your system.

I think that for some, not receiving the patience and grace they deserved as a child directly translates to an inability to offer it to young people.

If your Healthcare costs have gone up today's a good day to recalculate your freelance rate with Alexandria Neonakis' spreadsheet (make a copy to your own drive to edit) docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Submissions are open from January 1-31 for art, poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. We're looking for deeply original, moving work that teaches us something about life. Visit mudseasonreview.com/submit for more info.

We are open for submissions! Submit here: solsticelitmag.submittable.com/submit

We are BACK OPEN for poetry and book review submissions! Visit our Submit page here: paraselenemagazine.com/submit

Just a quick reminder that I'm the CNF editor for Midway Journal. I'd love to see your work! I like experimental/hybrid, narrative, long form & reportage. We opened for general submissions this week & we've extended our contest to Jan 10th. midwayjournal.com/submissions/

HELL YEAH THIS LOOK GREAT

I have a piece in this! It about my experiences as a parent wanting my child get into fandom for the first time (in this case, Undertale/Deltarune).

It's a great piece!!

I know a branch of the PEN org is a mess, but the Emerging Voices Fellowship application is open this month. If it looks worth it to you to apply, you should. pen.org/emerging-voi...

Act Your Age: Fandom at 35+ and Beyond, Volume 3 is available for pre-sale! It's a 43 PAGE MEGA ISSUE collaborative zine with essays and conversations between intergenerational fans. wildramppublishing.bigcartel.com/product/act-...

I remember when your computer had to sound like Biz Markie to get on the internet.

This zine was created on a quiet, meditative afternoon in November in Seattle, at a workshop led by @dairinstitute.bsky.social 's Dylan Baker -- a lovely experience and a beautiful result! zines.dair-institute.org/possible-fut...

We created an abortion grief zine at Richmond Reproductive Freedom Project — for anyone who needs it— www.rrfp.net/zines

my energy for next year

May we all move with fierce love and solidarity in 2026. It's been a brutal year, but I am entering 2026 with more hope than I had at the end of 2024, because the people of my city gave me that hope. I love you, Chicago.

Vote Caboose Best Zine — I think the ballot ends at midnight! tr.ee/nDSWTqa7-Jt

REMEMBER Feliz Año Nuevo = Happy New Year Feliz Ano Nuevo = Happy New Butthole

My sincere wish for all of us in 2026 is we all keep makin' art! Good, bad, stinky – it doesn't matter! Let's keep making things. ✏️💨

New Year, New Zine part 2! I'm teasing Volume 3 of "Act Your Age: Fandom at 35+ and Beyond" because it's a BIG issue so I plan to do preorders so I can figure out how many to print: wildramppublishing.bigcartel.com/product/act-...

New Year, New Zine! "The Gentle Deadline" is part perzine about how I got my writing mojo back, part guidebook for ADHDers who want to commit to their writing, journaling and personal storytelling practices. I made cute worksheets and everything! wildramppublishing.bigcartel.com/product/the-...

When I tell you I am SO excited for the 2026 Wild Ramp zines.

- I published 2 full length zines and 5 mini zines - I helped to organize @chicagozinefest.bsky.social - I started a podcast with @caboosezine.bsky.social - I read at least one book a month usually more than one. - I went to a lot of concerts

It's how I live, thanks to anxiety!!

BREAKING: The National Institutes of Health has agreed to evaluate grant applications that were wrongfully frozen due to the Trump administration’s ideological purge of biomedical research.

I wish making zines was my job but also I'm so glad it's not my job

New free, collaborative zine: *The Music That Kept Us Going in 2025* - includes tons of music recommendations and a playlist available in Spotify, YouTube, Qobuz, or Tidal. Thanks to all who contributed! juliesetele.com/2025/12/29/t...

Hello repro writers from the mid to late 20 teens - I just discovered Cosmopolitan at some point pulled almost every politics/repro story from the 5 years I wrote for them offline (except two, which they put under someone else's name and gave me "additional reporting" which it very much was not)

Times are tough, and some of my paid subscribers have had to cancel lately due to financial hardships. I get it, and I wish for better times for us all. Unfortunately, paid subscriptions are now dipping into unsustainable territory. I am hoping to get eight new paid subscribers before the new year.