24 Hour Zine - Prep

I've pushed the papers into a pile on my desk, and now I'm getting some of the practical things set up to give myself this chunk of focused time. Official start time for the 24hz is 11:00 am today -- that gives me time tomorrow morning to go to Staples after dropping projectmothra off at camp and then go to Staples (which for this project I'm going to pretend is a Kinko's, just 'cause) to make physical copies of the 'zine and still finish in the 24-hour window.

I'm doing this for fun, for personal exploration, and because dammit I want to have something in particular that I can definitively say I did in 2008. But I'm also doing it for charity. Anyone who makes a donation between now and midnight tonight will get a numbered copy of the 'zine, produced in the 24 hour window, and their name listed in some sort of "sponsor" spot somewhere in the 'zine.

The charity is the fund which the Unitarian Universalists have set up to help the folks affected by the shootings in the Knoxville congregation. Much as I've found the incident personally upsetting. I have been proud of the response of my community to this tragedy, and I invite you to be part of my project, and of their healing, by making a donation of any amount. Seriously, be generous if you have the money and feel inspired, but if not, even a dollar or two is fine. This is about participation as much as anything else, and I want all of you to be a part of it.

You can donate one of three ways:
1)Go directly to the Knoxville fund webpage, make a credit card donation, and send me the receipt.

2) Use this Paypal button:

I'll collect anything that comes through this way.

3)Put a check or concealed cash in the mail to me, and let me know you did it. I trust you.

The topic of the 'zine is making stuff. I hope you'll enjoy it. I hope I'll enjoy it. See you as the day progresses.

ETA: Feel free to post elsewhere about this/send folks here!

24 hour zine, 4 1/2 hours in.

I have been typing since 11:00. I know some of you do this all the time, but it is rare for me as of late.

I am dizzy and need a lunchtime walkaround break.

Please consider being part of this project by donating to the Knoxville Fund! Every copy of the 'zine is going to come with a little giftie of something I've made.

Catch you all later.

Traffic patterns (not 'zine related)

Huh. Apparently some time between this morning and now, the two-way stop at the corner near my house became a four-way stop. This is a good thing -- we've been asking for it for quite some time now -- but somehow I would have expected to see some construction or something, and I got confused when I saw people on the formerly through-street waiting.

24 hz - no longer a blank page

It's pretty train of thought and probably some of them need to get edited away, but it's 6 pm, and I've typed about 6000 words on this project, and I've still got a bunch more topics that I'd like to write about.

Go me.

24- hour 'zine :Words, words, words

I no longer have a blank page. I have nearly 8000 words on paper. Time to begin thinking about composition and layout. And possibly cutting a few words.

Please sponsor! It's for a good cause, and it lets me know you're out there listening.

24 hour zine - Brain not working

I seem to be stuck on the layout portion of this, before I keep working on some more of the details. Apparently I cannot count to 4.

Please sponsor by midnight to be included in the 'zine!

ETA: Okay, I have remembered how to count to 4. Back on track.