bookish things
Since it's a big job I plan to do in increments, the remodeling of this site to contain both blog and personal website, there's still much to be done, including getting my book and zine page updated to reflect this year, which has been a whirl of activity ever since last January when I decided to create monthly zines of art and writing work. At first, it was largely because I had had to graduate to a paid Issuu subscription, which was going to cost almost 30 bucks a month and I'd better take full advantage of that and actually use it. About midyear, I actually found a much better and much less expensive platform for hosting e-zines, so moved to that. I still enjoyed putting out monthly zines though, even with most of them being electronic with a couple exceptions.
There's something very rewarding about collecting and publishing poems this way, especially since my work is typically written as a series, and though I occasionally publish bits and pieces in collab zines, journals, and anthologies, they are best experiences in tandem with each other and any attendant artwork. I also like offering the bulk of my work with no impediments like expensive printing and shipping costs, especially in this economy. I've been saving the printing costs for longer projects like this years full-length collection, RUINPORN, or the larger book projects that had specifications beyond my own printer like GRANATA and GHOST BOX (which was half created in studio, half by the professionals.)
As I was making the collage above for the webpage that lists everything, I realized that is quite a lot of work out in the world this year, which feels really good, because more often in previous years I've sat on things for years before releasing them, really with no benefits (at some point, they are done, so its not like they are aging like wine hidden away.) And there actually still plenty more. The advent zine project I mentioned that will be coming in January and something special planned for February still in the early planning stages. I also have lots of ideas and wheels turning on future bookish objects and other kinds of visual-art related fun that I can hopefully make happen this year, so stay tuned...
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