Coming Soon: Subscriptions!

Do you like essays? What about recommendations? I have good news for you!

I have decided to start a new project. Subscription-only. I sincerely hope you will decide to join me for the ride.

Here’s the backstory:

• On March 30, I turned 47.

• Thirty years ago last fall, my dad died at 47.

• This is bringing up some shit.

• There are a lot of things I want to write or finish writing that have been on hold for years.

• Turning 47 seems like a good time to tackle all of this.

Over the next year, starting on April 30 of this year and ending on March 30 of next year, I am going to send out one essay per month. Topics may include, but are not limited to, aging, death, recovery, relationships, trauma, and food. Some of them will be funny, I hope. Some of them won’t be. Some of them will probably work better than others. It’s an experiment.

I am not quite sure at this point how many essays will be straight memoir versus reported essays, but I promise this won’t be entirely self-indulgent. That said, if you weren’t a fan of my last essay about parties or previous essays about Thanksgiving or getting cancer, this project is probably not for you. That’s ok! You signed up to read about Tennessee politics, and now I’m sober and really can’t stand to write about Tennessee politics without wanting a drink. Sorry not at all sorry about that.

However, one monthly essay won’t be all you get for your subscription price! I will also send one email with one recommendation for something — a book, podcast, movie, gender-neutral beauty product, recipe, etc. — in the middle of the month.

So that’s it — two emails per month, for just $5/month or $50/year. (Save $10 by paying up front!) For one year only.

I will send out another email in a few days in which I will explain a little bit more about why I am doing this and why I think it’s worth paying for. In short, time is money, and writing takes me a lot of time. I think I’m worth paying for. If you don’t agree, I promise we’ll still be friends. I can’t afford to pay for everyone I love’s writing either. In the meantime, if you’re intrigued and can afford it, go ahead and subscribe.