Pssst... hey kid, wanna make a 'zine?
The following is a fictional conversation between my confidence and paranoia . That inner voice that always tells you that you are wasting your time making anything... You know what would be really great? If we made a magazine about all the things we're interested in, and wrote articles for it and made some art and illustrations and... and... !!! Yeah, that would be awesome, but... I'm not really that good at writing, or drawing, or anything. What makes you say that? Well, I see lots of art around these days which is really amazing, it just blows my mind. And there are so many great writers out there, people like Kim Stanley Robinson or Cory Doctorow... Wait! Are you comparing yourself to professional artists and writers??? Sure. Shouldn't I? I mean, I'm just not that good. Listen, I'll tell you a secret; Everyone has to start somewhere. Even the all-time-greats have that first piece of art, or story which is just kind of so-so, or ev...