A newsletter devoted to storytelling, narrative, and demystifying the writer's life, from a queer, working class perspective.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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I’m sick today, but I wanted to send out a reminder that I am doing this over on Patreon. It’s a good thing, and I’ll be posting a new prompt over there every day for the next 3o days.
Cloud report coming soon (to here and there).
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Rising begins on August 9, 2026
Hello! Please make sure to read my last post, which details what’s happening with this newsletter. I am in the process of moving this community over to Patreon. Please join there!
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On 8/9/26 I’m uploading a month-long...
Cloud Report 8/1/26
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It’s the first day of my birthday month.
This year, I’ll be 46. I never thought I’d make it to my forties, or my thirties for that matter. I distinct...
Transitions and Transformations
It’s been over two months since I’ve written to you.
Sending this newsletter feels like a triumph for me. I have emerged triumphant from the gauntlet of my book’s publication– an event I had dreamed of for decades, a triumph itself, but a...
Sixteen Years After My Mother's Suicide, I Still Write About Her Death
A excerpt from my memoir in progress
A Note: Today’s SURFACING workshop has been pushed back to June 13th at 3pm EST. If you want to join, please register HERE so I can have an idea of how many people are joining. My website still has toda...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Ex-firefighter; PhD candidate; autistic, queer, nonbinary person; hype man in civvies. My memoir, HOTSHOT, is available wherever books are sold.
Jen hates bios. She’s deaf, sober, reads lips, mishears everything (what she hears is funnier.) Best-selling author: On Being Human & Proof Of Life. Painter/ poet/ keynote speaker. Retreats: Ojai, Italy, Writing/creativity workshops online
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