May 2013
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zines are happening!
Just a reminder that I am still seeking contributions for a set of DIY fanzines, which will make their debut at DC Zinefest on July 20. If you’re interested in making something for a zine, please get it to me by June 30.
There are six zines planned— four single-fandom, and two multifandom. For the single-fandom zines, I’m looking for short meta and fic (under 1000 words),...
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So they were filming Winter Soldier in Dupont Circle last night, and while that turned out to be a disappointment (just the stunt double), it was SO WORTH IT because a guy there had somehow acquired 10 pages of shooting script and let me read them. I will not be sharing any of the actual spoilers contained therein, but I WILL reveal that the following is now canon:
Steve Rogers keeps a notepad...
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winter soldier filming in DC-- who's in?
Rumor has it they’re going to be at the Lincoln Memorial tomorrow. I plan to get into DC as early as humanly possible. Who else is in?
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questions about zines
So I’ve had people asking some questions about the fanzine project, and I figured I should answer them. If you have any other questions, please send them my way! Signal boosting this post would be particularly welcome, as it rounds up the whole project in one place.
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1. What’s a zine? What’s a fanzine?
A zine is an amateur magazine. A fanzine is an amateur magazine...
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this post brought to you by titles r hard
If you were making a Les Mis fanzine, what title would you give it?
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Potential Les Mis fanzine
Some of the fanartists I’ve talked to have expressed interest in drawing art for a Les Mis zine. I also have one possible text piece lined up. Would anyone else be interested in writing or drawing for a Les Mis zine? I would particularly love to have anything that gives historical context to the events of the Brick, and perhaps a primer for musical fans who haven’t read it yet. Or a...
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more details on multifandom zines; also deadlines
There are two multifandom fanzine projects for which I’m seeking contributors:
One is called ‘Storming the Clubhouse’ and will contain personal stories and analysis about the experience of being othered by your fandom— being a feminist in a fandom that’s historically been hostile to feminism, like comics or gaming; or being a woman or queer or a person of color or...
April 2013
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ATTENTION DC FANGIRL ARMY
We FINALLY have dates for Captain America II filming in DC! I just got off the phone with the DC Film Office, and learned that the Theodore Roosevelt bridge is going to be closed for filming this coming Sunday, May 5. There will be additional filming May 12-16, but locations aren’t known yet— should be posted to the Film Office website a week in advance. Who’s in for...
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Anyone have a recipe for pear & gruyere pie that they’d like to include in the Pushing Daisies fanzine? Or any other pie recipes, for that matter?
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Ace and Julie D’Aubigny would get along like a convent on fire.
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Encyclopedia Gallifrey: A Doctor Who Fanzine...
I’m really excited to announce that, as part of the slate of DIY fanzines I’m trying to put together for DC Zinefest this year, I am seeking submissions for a Doctor Who zine!
This is not going to be the traditional big bound volume of fic. Instead we’re aiming for something closer to the shorter homemade zines found in the punk community, but with a fannish focus. The finished zine will most...
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Greetings from Coeur d'Couers: A Pushing Daisies...
I’m really excited to announce that, as part of the slate of DIY fanzines I’m trying to put together for DC Zinefest this year, I am seeking submissions for a Pushing Daisies zine!
This is not going to be the traditional big bound volume of fic. Instead we’re aiming for something closer to the shorter homemade zines found in the punk community, but with a fannish focus. The finished zine will...
(followers, plz excuse the several similar zine-related posts that are about to come down the line; I am trying to get the relevant information into the relevant tags without spamming TOO too much)
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The Turtle Moves: A Discworld Zine Project
I’m really excited to announce that, as part of the slate of DIY fanzines I’m trying to put together for DC Zinefest this year, I am seeking submissions for a Discworld zine!
This is not going to be the traditional big bound volume of fic. Instead we’re aiming for something closer to the shorter homemade zines found in the punk community, but with a fannish focus. The finished...
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important list-making
The Doctor Who fanzine in that’s in the works really needs to contain a list entitled ‘Ten Historically Awesome Women Ace McShane Should Have Flirted With.’
So far we have the historical Mulan, Ada Lovelace, Julie D’Aubigny, and Edna St. Vincent Millay. Any other suggestions?
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Zines, again
As I said in my last post, I am having Thoughts about fanzines. Specifically, about what fanzines I am willing to dedicate time and energy to making exist. And what fanzines other people are willing to dedicate time and energy to making exist. I’m crossposting the following to diyfanzines. So, here are some zine ideas I have been contemplating. If anyone has anything or is willing to make...
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Zines!
So DC Zinefest is coming up in July, and that’s got me thinking about fanzines. I got started today on my own zine for this year, which is going to be about my life in fandom, but I would love it if I wasn’t the only one there with fannish stuff.
I don’t think the traditional giant-bound-volume-of-fic fanzine is a good fit for the DIY culture of the zinefest, but there’s...
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Current venture: a box of photos. Because I find scanning old photos to be a weirdly soothing activity.
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