Most of the people who read this probably know about Lisa's zine, On A Whim. If you try to go to whimzine.org now, you'll find it is no more.
I wanted to mention that everything is still there. You can still catch up on all those things you didn't read, didn't look at, because you didn't have the time.
There's one piece in the most recent issue that I want to point out. This is easily the longest piece in the zine, and probably hasn't been read as much for that reason. Take a look; it really is worth it. As a public service, I'll be posting print-friendly versions of it once I get the author's permission.
UPDATE 5/17/3. I got permission, and just posted two printer-friendly versions of the story: one long HTML document, and one PDF. The PDF is nicer, but is a bigger download (500 KB vs. 120 KB). Both are very good.
Writing is hard for a variety of reasons. I've talked about this before. All I want to add to it now is this: I hope you stick with it. You're really good.
Unfortunately, because we're married and all, I look biased. Can you believe that?
Hey there, kids. Lisa, I read your story last night and, as promised, it was excellent. I was really impressed by the quality of your writing. Not that I wasn't expecting it to be good, of course-- just that I haven't read much of your writing before. The characters were really well developed for such a relatively short piece and the topics you delved into gave a lot to think about. What really got to me was how scared I felt for Gaby when she was walking home. Seriously-- I was sitting here in the dark reading it and I got really creeped out! Good work. You write more. Lisa write good.
P.S. Gaby + Walking alone + Psycho boyfriend Brad = Danger! [The Playground]
Posted by Isaac at May 18, 2003 2:20 PM