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Chin-Sun Lee's avatar

no, you never phone it in, which i really appreciate. the toilet death of twitter really sucks, as does trying to replace it. don't want to do threads, bluesky is nice but tiny, i've started following writers on IG but it feels weirdly personal seeing all y'all's pix. and on tiktok, my algorithm quickly went from books to pets and cooking lol. maybe it's a good thing. i'd love a world where obligatory self-promotion on social media became obsolete. access to newsletters like yours is awesome, and feels more genuine, but it's obvious it takes time and energy—so thank you.

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Chris La Tray's avatar

Congratulations on the porch, Jami! I have spent hours on mine this year, mornings and evenings. In fact, this is the opening paragraph I sent to my editor just yesterday:

"Greetings from a chilly porch in Montana! I’ve done my first couple hours of work out here most of the summer and I’ve recently had to accept that it probably isn’t going to be particularly warm again until June or July. Still, so long as the sandhill cranes in the neighboring fields are still calling in the morning, along with the geese and owls and occasional coyotes, it’s hard not to be out here too."

It's been the highlight of the summer, as far as I'm concerned. I'm happy for you.

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