So it’s been awhile since I’ve posted anything here, and after a few months of time I figured I would come out into the open and let people know why I put things on hold.
The short version is simple. After 9 years of being together my wife left me for another man. It was an ugly, nasty divorce, one that I didn’t want. It left me in a state of emotional distress, a place where I just couldn’t realistically focus on a passion project like Marginal Boundaries.
It is now mid-July. Will I put the magazine back together? Possibly. That remains to be seen. Suffice to say I did have a lot of fun doing it and once I figure out where I’m going with this new stage in my life I may bring the ‘zine back out into the light of day. There are still people on board who want to help with the production, but for me it is more a matter of finding the right place in time to deal with editing and publishing a ‘zine.
Right now, I’m not at that point in time. I’ve been back in the States for about 2.5 weeks now, after having lived abroad for 2.5 years. I’m still in the planning stages of what I’m going to do next. At this point it looks like I’ll be going on an extended working holiday, using my freelance writing to support me while I head down into Central America and into South America. I plan on spending 2-3 years down there working my way around and exploring the Aztec, Inca and Maya ruins as well as getting my scuba certification and rediscovering who I am as an individual.
I may find in a few months that I want to push a second issue of Marginal Boundaries out the door. Despite being an independent/small publication, running the first issue took 4-5 hours a day of my time for 3 months…on top of my money-earning commitments. I just don’t have that kind of time right now because it is being spent learning Spanish, planning the first few legs of my trip, and trying to rediscover my passion, which is still somewhere in limbo.
In any case, the reason I was inspired to write this post was because our first issue of the ‘zine was reviewed in the June issue of Locus. I haven’t read it myself, but heard it got a low/medium rating. While not a fabulous rating, I think it speaks volumes in terms of how much effort went into putting out our first issue, for it to have made to the most prestigious review publication on the market. And it makes me hopeful that one day, when I get to the point I have the time, energy and passion to bring around the next issue, we will continue to climb the ladder we took a few steps up with Issue One.
In the meantime I would like to thank everyone for their emails and support on Facebook and otherwise, those who knew what was going on behind the scenes these past few months. To everyone else, thank you for reading and while we are still currently on hiatus, I would like to urge everyone to stay tuned because at some point in time we may come back around for another pass, it’s just that I can’t put a finger on the date just yet.
Regards,
T.W. Anderson
