Zendom (webzine)

Website
Name:	Zendom
Owner/Maintainer:	Seema
Dates:	2001-2002
Type:	Meta
Fandom:	Multiple Fandoms
URL:	zendom : easter egg vinegar in your eyes, Archived version site banner
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Zendom was the website for the Zendom (mailing list). It billed itself as a webzine and offered up essays written by or inspired by Zendom mailing list members.

From the introduction post:

"Zendom. A mailing list. A webzine (via Diaryland). A way of life.

We did agree it was a way of life, right?

Oh.

Well, it's a mailing list and a webzine, and we'll get back to you on the way of life part.

Zendom is a multi-fandom mailing list, designed more for discussion about fandom than the posting of fanfic. Some of our members have been burnt by fandom, with all its petty disputes. Others continue to play well with others, and look on with concern as the first group get out the toasting forks.

We are not here to bash fandom. We are certainly not here to bash individuals, or to point out every single flaw in a series. We choose to avoid mindless criticism but revel in the fact that we're not bitter old fic queens (yet).

We are, however, here to cast a critical eye (several, in fact) over fandom, fanfic and everything contained in those categories. Recs, reviews, rants and alliteration ... it's all here."

Interviews

• Hurting the Ones We Love: An Interview with Kelly Chambliss
• It's a Girl Thing: An Interview with Ellen Milholland
• Objects of Lust: An Interview with AJ Hall
• Smut Scenes and Graph Paper: An Interview With Dafna G.

Recs and Reviews

• A Fresh Splash of Vinegar in the Eye: The Eye of Argon, ^{Archived version}
• Rec Sites You Can Trust, ^{Archived version}
• Fave fics part 1, ^{Archived version}
• fave recs part deux, ^{Archived version}
• Cream Cheese, Hold the Vinegar: Review of Talking Stick/Circle, Voyager fic, ^{Archived version}
• Novel-Length Recs, ^{Archived version}

Essays

• A Fanficcer's Guide to Voyager, ^{Archived version}
• Bringing the Happy: My Guide to Understanding Fluffy Fan Fiction, ^{Archived version}
• Coming Out as a Fanfiction Writer, ^{Archived version}
• The Cliff Notes Guide to ASC, ^{Archived version}
• HOW TO AVOID BEING ACCUSED OF PLAGIARISM: A Fanfic Writer's Primer, ^{Archived version}
• the fannish prayer of thanksgiving, ^{Archived version}
• The Meta and the Snark: A Zen Anniversary, ^{Archived version}
• The Dirty Dozen - A Fanficcer's Guide to Sex, ^{Archived version}
• A little bit from Column A and a lot from Column B: Crossover recs., ^{Archived version}
• The Nitty Gritty of Fandom Participation, ^{Archived version}
• My First Fanfic, ^{Archived version}
• Really Useful Tips for All Writers, ^{Archived version}
• WIPS: Warning! Authors at Work: zendom WiP recommendations, ^{Archived version}
• HELP, I'm in love with a fictional character, ^{Archived version}
• Fandom Ethics and Etiquette: Fandomtwits and How Not to Be One, ^{Archived version}
• The Hunting of the Snark: zen quotes v1.0, ^{Archived version}
• Marketing Fanfic, ^{Archived version}
• RARE AND UNUSUAL RECS: Think you've seen it all? Think again., ^{Archived version}
• Interview with the Muse, ^{Archived version}
• Fic Taxes: Death by a Thousand Tiny Clicks, ^{Archived version}
• Feed Me! Feedback and the Art of Zen, ^{Archived version}
• Real Person Fic: Life's a Story, Not a Show, ^{Archived version}
• Het Smut: 101, ^{Archived version}