Inside Jan's Mind

Good News: The beer gods finally answered my prayers. I discovered that recently Saranac, a New York brewery, bottled for limited release full cases of their most excellent caramel porter. Usually this arrives seasonally in a mixed case cluttered with IPAs, ales, and lagers, whereas I prefer the darker the better. These days my beloved Guinness is too light for me! Well, I had to buy some; I didn't want, mind you, I HAD to! What a nice birthday/Christmas present, albeit a little early. It brought tears to my eyes!

Bad News: After many years of continuous publication, a regional arts magazine for which I have been writing regularly closed its doors today, as well as a monthly insert, also a regular gig for me. Now I am stuck paying for a new computer I can longer afford without this writing income. The publication will be sorely missed, the publishers have systematically ruined any papers they ever purchased and canned many good writers and editors, and no one is any too happy! Merry Christmas, y'all!!

However, I'm wondering what it might take to start an arts magazine online? How does one go about establishing such a thing, then generating revenue to pay its contributors? Among many other questions is, would this be a cool thing to establish as an international zine, getting art reviews, interviews, etc. from everywhere in the world? Then, is there already such a thing? I'm open for thoughts and ideas...