Cause we all know that can cause, you know, quote unquote writer’s block, right? That’s a great interesting concept too, just because you don’t get bogged down with having these preconceived ideas of, of how it should end up. It’s just sitting down and getting it done and then worrying about all that stuff afterwards. And, and sort of with the idea of not letting anything slow you down, not worrying about finding a publisher or, or how the final book is going to look or, or anything like that.

Melissa: So it’s like writing what you want to write and not writing to market or trend.

I remember being amazed at the crazy tiny niches that some people would make their zenes for like fans of a specific band or people who were into just one particular kind of fiction, you know, that always stuck with me. That was the thing, you know, when it was zenes. And I kind of that aesthetic has always kind of stayed with me the idea of being totally free to create something experimental and wild and not really be too concerned about whether it has wide market appeal. Some of them were music scenes and sort of the phrase DIY fiction and got passed around a lot too with the people who wrote fiction scenes. I mean, you know, where it really comes from for me is when I was younger, I used to sort of hang out with a bunch of XenServers, like people who would make their own zenes of poetry or artwork or whatever, and, and sell them.Īt tables at shows or, or even just like exchange them with each other. And I wanted to know, what is that, what does that mean to you? And is that sort of similar to like self publishing? I wanted to ask you a term I keep seeing is DIY fiction. You’re a writer and an artist comic books, graphic novels, and you’ve written for a lot of big, you know, big companies, Marvel, DC image aftershock, just to name a few.īut then you also have your own creator owned series as well. Melissa: This is spoiler country and I’m Alyssa searcher today on the show I get to chat with award-winning writer and artist Ray Fox.

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