Loungeteer News

2010-01-19T14:52:00.000-08:00

LOUNGETEER E-NEWSLETTER / 19 APRIL 2010
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Hello, this is the editor again. Most of you received Loungeteer #2 really late, I apologize for that.

I have been on the road and haven't gotten the chance to write another newsletter. I will briefly explain why the next issue will undoubtedly be late: My family and I are between houses, and through an odd circumstance, have traveled to Florida while we straighten things out.

So, one reason is that I do not have a computer with the software I need to work on Loungeteer. The second is that, for several months, the computer I generally use has been non-operational. That should be straightened out shortly after the house thing is straightened out.

I may try to figure out much of the line-up, but that really depends!

To subscribe to the (printed) magazine, head over to http://loungeteer.com/about/one/, download the order form, print and fill it out. Or, if you don't have a printer, reply to this email with your address, and we'll mail you an order form.

Please keep sending contributions for Loungeteer! There's still room in one of the next issues!

We will publish educational, spiritually impacting, or interesting articles; and 'channeled creativity' like stories, poems, jokes, recipes, photography, drawings and so on.

I do also need some people to write two columns (or else I'll have to do it myself!): Homeschooled Past - an article about a particular homeschooled person in history, or a tidbit of homeschooling's history; and Homeschooling Around the World - an article featuring perhaps a homeschooling family and something they do, or the state of homeschooling in a certain area or country.

2009-11-10T07:57:00.000-08:00

LOUNGETEER E-NEWSLETTER / 10 November 2009
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I Haven't updated in a while, sorry about that. Anyway, through various circumstances, I haven't been able to get Loungeteer #2 printed until recently. Everyone will be receiving their copies soon. :)

If you haven't subscribed, head over to http://loungeteer.com/about/one/, download the order form, print and fill it out. Or, if you don't have a printer, reply to this email with your address, and we'll mail you one.

The deadline to contribute for #3 is now 31 December. My computer for working on Loungeteer is currently broken, so we'll have to see when #3 is released.

We are publishing educational, spiritually impacting, or interesting articles; and 'channeled creativity' like stories, poems, jokes, recipes, photography, drawings and so on.

For more information go to http://loungeteer.com/about/, or simply reply to this email, asking for more information.

Thanks!

Briän M Zick (17)
Editor

If you would no longer like to receive updates from Loungeteer, go to http://loungeteer.com/, type your email address into the subscription box, and click 'unsubscribe'.

2009-09-21T07:26:00.000-07:00

LOUNGETEER E-NEWSLETTER / 21 September 2009
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Here's a preview of Loungeteer #2, for anyone who hasn't yet subscribed:

The cover

Table of contents

A well written article by Heather Lincoln

Another good article by Stephen Lee Sharp

Again, to subscribe, head over to http://loungeteer.com/about/one/, download the order form, print and fill it out. Or, if you don't have a printer, reply to this email with your address, and we'll mail you one.

The deadline to contribute for #3 is 31 October.

We will publish educational, spiritually impacting, or interesting articles; and 'channeled creativity' like stories, poems, jokes, recipes, photography, drawings and so on.

For more information go to http://loungeteer.com/about/, or simply reply to this email, asking for more information.

Briän M Zick (17)
Editor

2009-08-31T07:25:00.000-07:00

LOUNGETEER E-NEWSLETTER / 31 August 2009
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Expect to see Loungeteer in your mail box in the next few weeks. (There's, of course, been a few setbacks - different printer, non-working stapler, & so on.) The deadline for contributions for #3 is 22 October.

We will be publishing educational, spiritually impacting, or interesting articles; and 'channeled creativity' like stories, poems, jokes, recipes, photography, drawings and so on.

For more information go to http://loungeteer.com/about/, or simply reply to this email, asking for more information.

Briän M Zick (17)
Editor

2009-06-30T08:39:00.000-07:00

LOUNGETEER E-NEWSLETTER / 30 June 2009
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It's the end of June - there's only 4 weeks left to contribute to Loungeteer!

We will be publishing educational, spiritually impacting, or interesting articles; and 'channeled creativity' like stories, poems, jokes, recipes, photography, drawings and so on.

For more information go to http://loungeteer.com/about/, or simply reply to this email, asking for more information.

Brian Zick (17)
Editor, art director

2009-06-23T14:03:00.001-07:00

LOUNGETEER E-NEWSLETTER / 23 June 2009

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Hey kids,

The new website has been up for a few days now! You can go to http://loungeteer.com/ to check it out! It’s much much easier to use now.

So, our great and talented copy-editor (well, actually, just me) has done some checking, and there HAS been a fairly-successful magazine for & by home-scholars. It’s called ‘Kid’s Town’; it’s an online magazine that started in 1997.

It seems to have had several interesting issues, and then for some reason stopped, at Volume 6, with no warning or reasons given. The last update was on 6 March 2003. Eventually, the website went offline, the most recent cached record being 22 October 2006. You can go to http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.hwcn.org/~ab448/kidstown/ and Take a look at the archived pages. So now you know.

As always, you can contribute by going to http://loungeteer.com/write/ and filling out the form. Subscriptions or orders (we have a few of the first issue left) are available at http://loungeteer.com/about/one/

Brian Zick (17)

Editor, art director

2009-06-12T18:47:00.000-07:00

LOUNGETEER E-NEWSLETTER / 12 June 2009

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I have a confession to make -

Throughout the production of the first issue of Loungeteer, I really didn't have a set system of dates or deadlines in which to have different parts of the magazine finished, and I had no idea about how much time it takes to complete certain aspects of production.

That's why the first issue was released so much later than planned.

However now I have set up deadlines, and so you should hopefully expect the next issue to be released on time. I won't bore you with the details, but the date that applies to you the most isJuly 31 - the deadline to have contributions submitted to have them in the next issue.

You can make your contributions by going online to http://loungeteer.com/handouts/ and filling out the form. Again, we accept inspiring, spiritually impacting, or educational articles by our demographic - you, and we'll also accept children’s' drawings, photography, illustration, jokes, recipes, and so on. So what are you waiting for? :)

Anyone who hasn't subscribed or ordered can do so now by printing and filling out the form athttp://loungeteer.com/handouts/ :D

Praise for Loungeteer Mag:

"This is so cool! My kids are downstairs fighting over who gets to read it next."

- Diane Laverty, PA

"What? You made a magazine?"

- A homeschooler, AR

"Wow, this is actually pretty good. There's a lot of stuff in here."

- My dad

"Hey, this is pretty interesting!"

- A librarian

Thanks for reading & have a wonderful day!

Brian Zick (17)

Editor, art director

2009-05-29T18:47:00.000-07:00

LOUNGETEER E-NEWSLETTER / 29 May 2009

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Hey kids,

I'm happy to announce - the magazines are being shipped. I received the stapler, however..., my mom ordered the wrong staples. Luckily, we were able to find some generic staples, and they worked well.

The handouts page (http://loungeteer.com/handouts/) has been updated. There are new versions of the handouts PDFs to download.

You can now also contribute to the magazine very easily! Go to http://loungeteer.com/write/ and fill out the contact form with info about yourself and your creation. You can send up to five attachments of any kind. If you need more than five, you can use the form more than once (make sure you put in your name both times), or combine the files in a ZIP file.

The rest of the website is also in the process of being overhauled. You will soon (within the next few weeks) find it to be much more usable and useful.

Anyone who hasn't subscribed or ordered can do so now by printing and filling out the form at http://loungeteer.com/handouts/ :)

I will be accepting contributions for the next issue, if you have anything interesting to contribute, please do so! Because issue #1 (spring) was released so late, the 'summer' issue will be skipped, pushing issue #2 to fall. To compensate, the fall issue is being released slightly early. The deadline for the next issue is July 31.

Thanks for reading!

Brian Zick (17)

Editor, art director

2009-05-16T18:45:00.000-07:00

LOUNGETEER E-NEWSLETTER / 17 May 2009
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Hey kids,

Sorry for waiting so long to send out an update; I'm going to try to send them more regularly from now on.

There were some delays at the printer. Mostly dealing with communication, however the first issue was printed over a week ago. We also had trouble with binding after that. I have an old heavy duty stapler, that I assumed works, however it's missing a piece and no one carries the correct staples for it. No stores had a good enough stapler, either, so we ordered a new one (with lots of staples) which should arrive tomorrow. We will be shipping the magazine right away.

Anyone who hasn't subscribed or ordered can do so now by printing and filling out the form at http://loungeteer.com/handouts/

If you would like to get a better idea of what Loungeteer is, or need a copy of our magazine to show at your homeschool group, please reply to this email (or contact me in another way) with your mailing address and I'll get a sample to you.

Thanks for reading!

Brian Zick (17)
Editor, art director

2009-03-23T18:44:00.000-07:00

loungeteer Newsletter - Feb 2009
the magazine for (& by) homeschoolers

Greetings newsletter subscribers!

I have both good and bad news. Firstly, I haven't received hardly as many submissions as I'd hoped, and because of some unforeseen circumstances I was unable to put the first issue together yet. So our first issue is going to be released later than planned. (Probably early next month.)

However, I will be accepting last-minute submissions from those who didn't have a chance to submit for this issue. (Ideas are at the end of this email.) Deadline is February 27.

I'm also pleased to announce that Loungeteer is expanding its demographic, and will be including younger homeschoolers too. So, little kids who would love to see their artwork, poetry, etc. in a magazine will have the chance.

Also, please participate in our poll! It should only take a second to complete: Do you like being homeschooled?

Submit Today! In 3 (technically 2) easy steps

Find something you made
It can be anything; it doesn't have to be your best or made
specifically for this magazine.
Submit it
By email (just send your name and attach what you've made or a photo of it)
or mail (contact details are below)
Your works
Will be accepted (or declined) on standards of quality,
craftsmanship, effort, & originality.

Submissions Ideas Need somewhere to start?
You may submit any of the following:

Literature
Stories, opinions, adventures,
essays, interviews, poems, journalism,
et cetera, et cetera
Comics
Sequential art
Recipes
Dinner...
Appetizers...
& more...
How-to
How to make paper...
How to eat breakfast...
Photography
Still life, macro, action,
nature, journalistic, etc...
Drawings/paintings
and other mediums (including crafts)
& lots more!
anything you can think of!

Contact Info
Brian Zick
Loungeteer submission
PO Box 22
Kingston, AR 72742

By email: loungeteer@gmail.com
Online: www.loungeteer.com

All submissions must be family friendly; any inappropriate content will be disregarded & disposed of.

Notice: All submissions become property of Loungeteer and become eligible for use in all Loungeteer media. (This means we're free to use your submissions in our magazine, on the web, or in any other Loungeteer media.)

This concludes our newsletter. Until next time, happy homeschooling!

Brian Zick

Art director, editor, and founder of Loungeteer magazine.

2009-02-09T18:40:00.000-08:00

Submit Today! In 3 (technically 2) easy steps

Find something you made
It can be anything; it doesn't have to be your best or made
specifically for this magazine.
Submit it
By email (just send your name and attach what you've made or a photo of it)
or mail (contact details are below)
Your works
Will be accepted (or declined) on standards of quality,
craftsmanship, effort, & originality.

Submissions Ideas Need somewhere to start?
You may submit any of the following:

Literature
Stories, opinions, adventures,
essays, interviews, poems, journalism,
et cetera, et cetera
Comics
Sequential art
Recipes
Dinner...
Appetizers...
& more...
How-to
How to make paper...
How to eat breakfast...
Photography
Still life, macro, action,
nature, journalistic, etc...
Drawings/paintings
and other mediums (including crafts)
& lots more!
anything you can think of!

This concludes our newsletter. Until next time, happy homeschooling!

Brian Zick

Art director, editor, and founder of Loungeteer magazine.