If your 'zines are in the mail by April 10, you are fine with our deadline. If you are running a little late, well, life happens! Just let me know if you are going to be late. I promise I won't berate you.

Pat 

 My "grunge" zine has managed to jump to 24 pages.  Egads!  How did that happen?  It's going to cost a fortune to print.  It's all in color, and I print them on my inkjet printer.  I've got to go buy some ink before I can even start printing them.  My wife will definitely hit me over the head this time!  [:'(]  But for those who are making zines for the first time, you'll find out how quickly you get hooked.  I can't wait to see what everyone has done this time!

Happy Monday,

Bill 

Hi Pat,

I sent you an email...did you get it?  I sent it on Monday (yesterday).

Thanks! 

Blessings~

Donna

Hey, Donna--

Just went through all recent emails and I can't find it. Which doesn't mean it's not there--I just can't find it! But I don't remember seeing it. Please send it again to patriciawileys@gmail.com -- I'll watch for it. Thanks!

Pat 

Pat, I didn't think to ask if you got my email. Normally I don't think I have to ask. If you didn't get it, my address will be on the package I send as well as on an insert within it.

-Mary 

Hi Pat! I also sent you an email...and now my 'zines are mailed, too! Just let me know when you receive them. Woo hoo!

Gentle hugs,

~copper cat

Hi Pat - did you ever receive my email?  If not, could you please email me at djintheburg at cox dot net and I'll resend it as a reply?

Thanks so much!

 Donna, we'll miss you in this zine-go-round, I hope you can be in the next one!

Okay, zinesters--this is the final list I have:

Cheryl
Melydia
Merrikate
Desire2Reinvent - Mary
Chris Tessnear
Marrianna
Bill Charlebois
bfahrenbac  - Bo Withdrawn
annamarie
Pat W Shafer
Donna Withdrawn
Aunt Bobby
harqn2 - Lori
Heather
Rennata
copper cat
Judy
ajna

That's 17 (unless I can't count)...  as of 3/11 , that's 16

Bill--HELP! How can 17 people get a set of 10 zines without shorting somebody? How did you manage the "shortage" in the first swap?

Because I have limited sorting space for 17, I'd appreciate you holding off on mailing until the last week of March (if you've already mailed, never mind).

Pat (who's not real good at math)   

Make a pile for each person.  Take the zines and lay them out one at a time in each pile, making sure nobody gets their own.  I did this quickly in Excel:

Cheryl: Melydia,Merrikate,Desire2Reinvent,Marrianna,Bill Charlebois,annamarie,Aunt Bobby,harqn2,Rennata,Judy
Melydia: Cheryl,Merrikate,Desire2Reinvent,Marrianna,Bill Charlebois,annamarie,Aunt Bobby,harqn2,Rennata,Judy
Merrikate: Cheryl,Melydia,Desire2Reinvent,Marrianna,ajna,annamarie,Aunt Bobby,Heather,Rennata,Judy
Desire2Reinvent: Cheryl,Melydia,Chris Tessnear,Marrianna,bfahrenbac,annamarie,Aunt Bobby,Heather,Rennata,Judy
Chris Tessnear: Cheryl,Melydia,Desire2Reinvent,Marrianna,bfahrenbac,annamarie,Aunt Bobby,Heather,Rennata,Judy
Marrianna: Cheryl,Merrikate,Desire2Reinvent,Bill Charlebois,bfahrenbac,Pat W Shafer,Aunt Bobby,Heather,copper cat,Judy
Bill Charlebois: Cheryl,Merrikate,Desire2Reinvent,Marrianna,bfahrenbac,Pat W Shafer,Aunt Bobby,Heather,copper cat,Judy
bfahrenbac: Cheryl,Merrikate,Chris Tessnear,Marrianna,annamarie,Pat W Shafer,Aunt Bobby,Heather,copper cat,ajna
annamarie: Cheryl,Merrikate,Chris Tessnear,Marrianna,bfahrenbac,Pat W Shafer,harqn2,Heather,copper cat,ajna
Pat W Shafer: Cheryl,Merrikate,Chris Tessnear,Marrianna,bfahrenbac,Aunt Bobby,harqn2,Heather,copper cat,ajna
Aunt Bobby: Cheryl,Merrikate,Chris Tessnear,Bill Charlebois,bfahrenbac,Pat W Shafer,harqn2,Heather,copper cat,ajna
harqn2: Melydia,Merrikate,Chris Tessnear,Bill Charlebois,bfahrenbac,Pat W Shafer,Heather,Rennata,copper cat,ajna
Heather: Melydia,Merrikate,Chris Tessnear,Bill Charlebois,bfahrenbac,Pat W Shafer,harqn2,copper cat,Judy,ajna
Rennata: Melydia,Desire2Reinvent,Chris Tessnear,Bill Charlebois,annamarie,Pat W Shafer,harqn2,Rennata,copper cat,ajna
copper cat: Melydia,Desire2Reinvent,Chris Tessnear,Bill Charlebois,annamarie,Pat W Shafer,harqn2,Rennata,copper cat,ajna
Judy: Melydia,Desire2Reinvent,Chris Tessnear,Bill Charlebois,annamarie,Pat W Shafer,harqn2,Rennata,Judy,ajna
ajna: Melydia,Desire2Reinvent,Marrianna,Bill Charlebois,annamarie,Aunt Bobby,harqn2,Rennata,Judy,bfahrenbac

(Sorry about the weird formatting - Excel is not my friend.)  The only one I had to finagle was the last person to avoid her getting her own zine back.  Hope that helps.

--melydia

 That's exactly what I did when I hosted the swap.  I made a pile for each person, and made sure they didn't get their own zine back.  As long as no one sends extras, it works out fine.    If anyone sends 17 instead of 10, it will throw everything off!  Oh my.  I finally got my new ink, so now I can print my 10 copies.  Yay! 

 THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MELYDIA!!!  Confirmed my thinking--I figured if I 'fessed up to my ignorance, some kind soul would take pity on me! LOL...

Bill, thanks for encouragement...

• Pat 

 No you won't. After all the piles are assembled, I'll be sure I'm not sending the artist their own zine back. If nothing else, I'll send one of my extra Goddess zines...

Hugs,

Pat 

 Was just checking back through my emails. I missed noting her email to me--Bo has withdrawn from the swap. We'll miss you, Bo! Maybe next time you can participate.

Pat 

My bad, copper cat - but I'm sure Pat will be more careful about that than I was in Excel. :)