with Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi, Natalie Lim, and Kirby
Hello SMLTA Readers!
Hope you enjoy Issue 45 of Send My Love to Anyone!
Kathryn
Issue 45 ContentsA Special Thank You to SMLTA’s Paid Subscribers
Poetry by Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi and Natalie Lim
Congratulations to Dale Martin Smith on the Giffin Poetry Prize Longlist
My Adventures in Book Publicity
Ignore Me with Kathryn Mockler
Books: Speech Dries Here on the Tongue
Where Do I Start? Writing Prompts (with a special invitation for paid subscribers)
A Special Thank You to SMLTA’s Paid SubscribersI’m so grateful to all the Send My Love to Anyone readers, but I’d like to take a moment and give a special thanks to the paid subscribers of this newsletter.
When I first started SMLTA, I wanted to share my own writing, but as a literary editor and publisher, I also hoped to create a space that supported other writers, which is why this newsletter is a hybrid personal newsletter and literary site which publishes the following:
original unpublished writing
excerpts of published work
interviews
writing prompts
craft advice
literary resources.
It’s a grab bag site and reflects my many interests and the communities I’m a part of under the big umbrella of writing.
When I started this project, I was committed to paying a $50 honorarium for original unpublished writing. I opened paid subscriptions on the site in hopes that if I raised enough money, I could increase the honorarium.
Thanks to the contribution of the paid subscribers, SMLTA now pays an honorarium of between $75 and $125 (depending on length of the work). That rate will continue to grow the more paid subscribers sign up.
Thank you for your generosity and your faith in this project.
As a way to express my gratitude, I’m offering more perks for paid subscribers:Paid subscribers are invited to share their creative work from the Where Do I Start? prompts. Select prompts will be considered for publication in a future issue of Send My Love to Anyone.
Paid subscribers are also invited to participate in a monthly discussion forum where they can share their literary news and events. Select items will be featured in Gatherings.
SMLTA Literary Amplifier (for all subscribers)Substack can feel a bit lonely for the literary writers.
There’s so much Substack hack and wellness content—I just want to find and connect with other other literary writers!
I’ve started a SMLTA Literary Amplifier where both free and paid subscribers can share their Substack notes and posts which other SMLTA community members can amplify by liking, commenting, or sharing.
A new SMLTA Literary Amplifier will go out every Monday, and subscribers are encouraged to share up to three items and support at least five members of the community per week.
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I read a poem today about a couple
on a winter morning, one baking bread,
the other shovelling snow,
and imagined us for the first time
in a different season. saw myself kneading the dough
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A new series I’m writing in which I’m sharing how I promoted my short fiction collection and the honest ups and downs of launching a book into the world.
Ignore Me with Kathryn MocklerBooks Where Do I Start? Writing PromptsGatherings
