Zine Fest Houston is scheduled for November 11 at the Lawndale Art Center, and I have received confirmation that I will have a table there! I participated last year too, and it was incredibly fun. Also a bit intimidating, to be honest, because there were all these talent artists and writers who have their professional shit … More Zine Fest Houston!
So I have a hard time getting out and socializing, in the “multiple diagnosed anxiety disorders” sense. But I also care a lot about social and political issues, and I want to get involved in some of the important movements that are happening now. Conundrum! I wrote “Resistance for Introverts” for other people who may … More New Zine: “Resistance for Introverts”
[Hi! The Rejected Files is where I post stories or essays that have been turned down for publication, but that I still have a soft spot for. This is a little vignette/fairy tale I wrote a few weeks ago. I hope you like it!] Once a young woman named Aurora was waiting for a bus. … More Rejected Files: The Nine Sisters
Yes Ma’am is a cool feminist zine that publishes all kinds of writing and artwork. Awhile back they announced that they were soliciting submissions about the theme of bodies and our relationships with them. I had a poem lying around titled “What does it mean to love a body?” so I submitted it, and it … More New Poem about Bodies and Such
I’ve been job hunting for the last few weeks. “You should just make a zine and turn that in as your resume,” my friend Michael suggested. “That is actually brilliant,” I replied. And now here it is: Resume, the complete story of my working life to date. Check it out if you would like to. … More New Zine: Resume
It’s about media portrayals of characters with mental illness, primarily in books. It’s called World of Madness because that seems to be a phrase that publishers and reviewers enjoy using. I tend to start blogs pretty impulsively, so only time will tell if this one actually sticks around for a while or not. I hope it … More I Just Up and Started Another Blog
[Hi! Sometimes I write something in response to a specific call for submissions, and when it gets rejected, I’m not sure what to do with it. It wouldn’t necessarily be a good fit for any other publication, and usually it just languishes on my hard drive while I move on to other things. But I … More Rejected Files: Bridges All Over
I’ve never made a fiction zine before, which is weird because I love reading and writing fiction, so I decided to get on that. A “fox wedding” (or “coyote wedding,” or “[insert trickster god here] wedding”) is a common name for a sun shower. You know, when it’s storming and sunny at the same time. … More New Zine: Fox Wedding #1
Is it a strength or a weakness that I can’t control my characters for shit? When I start a new story, I usually sit down knowing the general themes to cover, plus a vague idea of how the plot should be structured. I’ve never done a thorough outline, because I’m never sure what kind of … More Fiction and Discipline
Summer is always a time of boosted creativity for me. Because I’m a Leo? Who knows! Anyway, I hope to have two new fiction zines ready to go by the time Fall comes around. Okay, technically they’re chapbooks, but I tend to use those terms interchangeably for some reason. Neither one is titled yet because … More Big Plans
Emma Atkinson 