Could a zine spark your creativity and help you reach or connect more deeply with readers?
April 27, 2025
The idea for this podcast episode – it’s all about zines for authors – came about when I thoroughly enjoyed the zine shared by Rebekah Lambert of Freelance Jungle.
I hadn’t picked up a zine for a while, but it got me thinking…what if more authors experimented with zines? Where might it lead?
Rebekah and I discuss:
- What zines are
- What fuels a zine (mostly, they come from a place of love, creativity, curiosity, or rage!)
- How to produce and distribute zines
- How zines give authors permission not to be perfect
- How zines can spark your creativity as a writer
- How fiction and non-fiction authors can use zines to deepen connections with readers
You can also check out the blog post I wrote after enjoying Rebekah’s zine. It’s linked to here.
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