Quack.

Early into our first lockdown this year, I got interested in working on my writing craft. Since I didn’t study creative writing in college, I’ve always felt behind the rest of the world when it comes to putting sentences together, so I was delighted to discover Graywolf Press’ “Art Of” series.

I wrote a little bit about the series on my blog and a couple other craft podcasts I’ve found especially helpful.

Check it out here:

https://www.kirkreedstrom.com/blog/2020/12/11/working-on-craft

I thought I'd try something different for a zine today. Here’s my first #MiniMemoirZine prompt!

I have many cherished memories around food (I really like to eat), and I bet you might as well. Don't worry about making your zine perfect—try to only spend 30 minutes on it!

if you make one, use the hashtag #MiniMemoirZine and tag me! I'd love to see what you make! For those of you new to zines, I have more instructions, and this one as a free printable on my website:

I’ve never been able to keep up with daily practices or diaries/journals, but for the past couple of months, I’ve done pretty well with a modified version of @thenearsightedmonkey’s 4 minute diary.

In the morning, I’ll write down everything I remembered/saw from the day before, and add a squiggle, or some gratitudes, and then in the evening, I’ll take a couple scenes from the entry draw them out and write them in the first person.