Hello!
My name is China Martens. I’m the author/co-editor of "The Future Generation", Don't Leave Your Friends Behind", and "Revolutionary Mothering: Love On The Front Lines." And a lot more! For more info: click this
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Publishing schedule
Sunday’s are for Sunday Story! Tuesday for Quilts and Writing. Throwback Thursday I dive back into my zine archive, especially sharing things that haven’t been previously published in any other medium. Other pop up things will appear too. (Perhaps whole new categories/projects someday!) I don’t want to bombard your inbox—but I found that only sending out one post a week means the others don’t get read. So I do send out the posts I write, which these days I often find my deadlines more as guidelines.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
I have a vision for China’s Electric Magazine World. That is creating my own magazine- and/or a platform, that can also sustain me and creative work I plan to keep evolving in. As an older writer, age 58, and zinester, for my past and my future, I really do need help. (We all need help right?)
I have build in multiple levels of support, from the free subscription that is my lifeblood and team - thank you, from the bottom of my heart for signing on to this ride together :) To the free subscribers who can kick in $2 coffee each month (MY ULTIMATE DREAM = GOAL. That many small acts can build up to be a lot. $2 a month is what I suggest as a reasonable subscription to this platform, especially for other folk who don’t have much money like me, but Substack only allows me to go as low as $5. So I created a workaround by putting up a “Buy Me Coffee” $2 button option.) And hay Big 5 dollar subscribers, I am SO HONORED you would come along a month with me like this. Thank you <3 (P.S. - I guess what I’m saying to my DREAM sustainers its sliding scale, 2-5 dollars, you can figure where you fit in.) To the YEAR LONG SUBSCRIBERS: You feel like my founding members. I want to call you founding member. Your subscription is so encouraging to me, that I can really do this, I know I can, because of you! And Founding Members- that founding member button??? I’m going to have to think of something good for that. I haven’t imagined it yet. Feel free if you have any input here. I feel like that should either be for a class, or a patron of the arts. I will most definitely invent an incredible thing for Founding Members only, if I get one.
This really is a dream of my sustainability. And a dream for me, of writing. To bring the writing back. Or work towards bringing positive goals into focus. I hope you find value and enjoyment in this place, that its fun. And cool. And steady. I want to build something here. I’m taking off running. Welcome aboard friends xoxoxox
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thank you every small act builds up to be huge, when we work together.
