Sally Manton wrote:

You can get second-hand zines, though being on your side of the world (Australia, in my case) it's not precisely cheap. Jim & Melody Rondeau

have

what I found a very good, reliable service (I've bought heaps from them) -

I

haven't been able to get into their website for a little while, but they have a calague you can get for return postage. Postage eats up the

pennies,

of course, but if you aren't me you might have the patience to wait for a slower and cheaper mail service :-)

Details are on Judith's site, and their email address is:

jimmel@jps.net

I might add that, when one *is* buying from the other side of the world, Judith's zine indexes with descriptions and reviews is a godsend to help work out which ones are more likely to be worth it for me.

Thanks, Sally! I have bought second-hand zines from Jim and Melody, and found them great to deal with and very friendly too, but I'm often buying on a brief description, and am occasionally a bit disappointed. I agree about Judith's site - I've gambled and bought new from her on the basis of the descriptions and reviews there, and been pleased. I just *love* "Not to Know" (superb characterisation) and "Star Four" (wonderful stories).

Another point on relative costs: I've just been informed that internet access here in NZ is a lot cheaper than in the UK. We don't pay for local phone calls, and the super-fast access I use, Jetstream, is about a fifth the cost of the UK equivalent, ADSL I think it's called. So going on-line is a *lot* cheaper for me than buying zines. However I'm about to treat myself to a couple more as a holiday treat.

As for where to publish my fiction, I'll do a separate post.

Nico