November 29, 2022
On December 19, 2022, Shortwave will be publishing the third issue of Nicole Dieker’s perzine, D4, C4: WHAT IT IS and WHAT TO DO NEXT, Volume Three, available for purchase individually, or as part of a discounted bundle…
In this issue, Nicole follows Alice's journey through the looking-glass — applying what she learns to chess, piano practice, and the process of becoming an adult.
Cover design by Alan Lastufka.
Nicole Dieker is a writer, teacher, and musician. She began her writing career as a full-time freelancer with a focus on personal finance and habit formation; she launched her fiction career with The Biographies of Ordinary People, a definitely-not-autobiographical novel that follows three sisters from 1989 to 2016.
Currently, Dieker writes the Larkin Day mystery series and the perzine WHAT IT IS and WHAT TO DO NEXT, both of which are published through Shortwave Media. She also maintains an active freelance career; her work has appeared in Vox, Morning Brew, Lifehacker, Bankrate, Haven Life, Popular Science, and more. Dieker spent five years as writer and editor for The Billfold, a personal finance blog where people had honest conversations about money.
Dieker lives in Quincy, Illinois with the great love of her life, his piano, and their garden.
A quarterly zine about understanding reality.
View the WHAT IT IS and WHAT TO DO NEXT series page.
