I'm Pausing

& last chance for reporting for creative writers

Dear friends,

Thank you for going on this newsletter journey with me, following my anthropomorphized animal characters into queerness, crushes, housemate-ship and a plot involving Comcast. Thank you for following me into fatness, body liberation, ice cream, and weird books.

I’m sorry there was no new Frump Feelings today, and I’m taking a pause on sending paid subscriber emails for the rest of the summer to think about where I want to take this substack next and how to use it even better. If you’re a paid subscriber, there’s nothing you need to do—you won’t be sending any $$ to me while I’m paused, and your subscription will automatically resume when I un-pause.

Is the serialized story format working? What kind of a story do I want to tell next? How can I take you all with me on my body liberation journey and my book-writing journeys when I am no expert and not always succeeding? What responsibilities do I have to you, my generous subscribers—to entertain, to distract, to offer recommendations, to lift up books not yet heard? Other things? How do I make this email showing up in your inbox more vital and delightful and useful? If you’re a free subscriber, how can I bring you into my small strange circle in a way that works for your life and your budget?

If you have thoughts about any of these questions, I would love to read and marinate on them!!

For now, I’ll be writing in the mornings and reading in the afternoons and thinking of you. And last chance to sign up for this Saturday’s Reporting for Creative Writers.

all my love,

Emma