Line Zero: Issue Two

by Renda Dodge (Editor), Bailey Shoemaker Richards (Editor), Jeanie Saville (Editor)

Line Zero is the place where it all starts. It’s the blank page, the empty beginning and the start of something new. It’s the excitement of a story about to unfold, and it’s also the terrifying emptiness of writer’s block. Most of all, it’s taking that step into artistic creation.

Line Zero is an emerging, independent print journal dedicated to writing and the arts. Unlike any other publication of its kind, Line Zero features the hybrid content of a traditional literary journal and a collection of editorial essays on art, writing, music, publishing, photography, creative writing reference, book and tech reviews, and art events. Each quarterly issue features the writing of artists currently entrenched in the creative process and covers a range of experiences, featured photographic entries, a literary and poetry contest and art & music news.

Journalistic Content

What is Art, Anyway? JASON BLACK
Instincts and Taking Risks KIRK FARBER
Confessions of a Music Elitist PAUL BLAKE
On Running and Writing: Thoughts on Process SARAH MARTINEZ
Wake Up Dreaming STEPHANIE MABEY
Photography as a Form of Art MICHELE RENDER
The Use of Social Media for Authors LIZ BORINO
The Written Life ADI ALSAID
Authoritative List of Questions That Define You (or Someone You’re Writing About) SARA ADAMS
Dear Mr. Bradbury JOHN J. WALSH IV
Getting the Story Out in 300 Words LILY PIERSON
The Art of War MAXIMILIAN URIARTE
Understanding “Show, Don’t Tell” Part Two JASON BLACK
Interview with VIII Days Clean PAUL BLAKE
Building a Suburban Poetry Community MICHAEL DYLAN WELCH
10 Reasons You Should Become an Indie Publisher NATHAN EVERETT
Literary and Poetry Contributors

Christian Crocker, Jared Waters, Kathleen Gabriel, Robin Elliott, Ken Davis, Stefan A. Keel, Tim Sallinger, Karen Looney, Faith Eaton, Amanda Siegel, Shannon C. Unick, Favor Ellis, Amie Dahnke, Akinfe Fatou, Garrett James, GB Logan, Michael Patrick McSweeney
Photography and Art Contributors

Brittany Marshall, Xenia Rollinson, Cathi Thornton, Elyse Kufeldt, Jesse Rogers, Alan P. Scherer Jr, Rashid Gabdulhakov, Robert Harrison, Becky Holladay, Sarah G. Young, Maximilian Uriarte, Meri Bastedo, Habib Ayat, Nicholas Thompson, Madane Bastero, Kevin Van Dyken

180 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2011

About the author

Renda Belle Dodge grew up in the Pacific Northwest as part of a typical, fractured family, and she currently resides in Seattle, Washington. Writing has always been a part of her life, and she began telling and illustrating stories when she was a child. Renda’s writing style is bold and strives to capture the ongoing struggle for identity in contemporary America.

Renda is author of Inked and The Indie Writer’s Workshop (July 2011). She is the Managing Editor of Line Zero, a quarterly indie arts and writing journal, and Pink Fish Press. Renda regularly runs workshops on fiction plotting, drafting and independent publishing. For the past seven years she has been involved in National Novel Writing Month, and for the past four has been a Municipal Liaison in the Seattle area, working with and encouraging writers of all ages and skill sets.