Autumn Changes (Continued)
Some readers may remember that last year, Restaurant Fuel.com looked a lot different than it does now. This is because the site was running on the PostNuke content management system, and like many PN sites, we got hacked. I hastily threw up an MT site, always intending to redo the template to make it look like the old version of the site. I’m happy to say, that I’m in the process of doing just that — soon enough, Restaurant Fuel will return to its old look and feel, but updated a bit to reflect changes in the tone and focus of the blog.
The second thing to bring up is that back in the late 1990’s Restaurant Fuel was a print ‘zine, created by myself and my wife, Tina Henry-Barrus (aka Tina Seamonster). Although the ‘zine went defunct in 1999, it was always my hope to return to print publishing in some shape or form. This is about to happen, as it’s my plan to resurrect Restaurant Fuel as a small press publishing label. My plan is to produce an anthology, as well as chapbooks to be printed in limited edition print runs. My comic book, The Alberic Heresies, will also likely fall under the Restaurant Fuel imprint. The idea is to follow the indie rock model — great cover art and design, varying formats, and an approach that treats short stories like seven-inch singles.
Keep in mind, this is not going to be a big publishing operation with a huge financial investment. This is going to be micro publishing, mostly on demand, but I’m going to be taking what I learned creating a ‘zine and running a small indie record label and hopefully put a new spin on this. We’ll see how it goes.
Although Restaurant Fuel will remain my personal blog, it will also be the main source of information about the new publishing label. If you visit Tina’s site, I think you’ll see the model I’m shooting for.
So that’s it for now. I’ll have more updates about the new Restaurant Fuel as things progress.
