Friends, this is the last newsletter that’s getting distributed from me via Mailchimp—I’m moving to a different email platform, Substack (ahem, the platform we’re on right now).
Along with the upgrade, the newsletter’s getting a new name: MONSTROSITY (matching the blog on my website).
Making this move is going to let me do some cool things, so let’s talk about how the newsletter is about to change—and how it isn’t.
As a free subscriber…
you’ll keep getting your Mood GIFs, What I’m Reading and Updates each month. You don't have to anything to stay on this list. All’s good.
But…
More more mooaaaaar
Because Substack offers paid subscriptions, I’m able to do some cool new things I’ve never done before! If you opt into the paid version, you’ll start getting my newsletter every week instead of just once a month. And in it, you’ll get some extra juicy awesomeness:
On the Web is changing to Big Thinks, and will feature my favorite recent think pieces about SFF, geek culture and publishing, along with my own reflections on the topic.
And.
I’m even more excited for the new Out of Context section. Here, I’ll be sharing a page of my in-progress work about once a month—stuff that you otherwise won’t get to see for years as it goes through beta readers, submissions, revisions, formatting, blah blah blah. You’ll see it in its early form, waaaay before anyone else. Candid E. J. magic in the making. There will be a new page of something for your to check out about once a month.
Advance copies. In addition to sneak peeks, paid subscribers will get exclusive opportunities for digital advance review copies (yes, they’re free!) of any novel I publish. You can expect this to happen roughly once a year, ish.
Annual Subscription Bonus
If you opt in on the annual plan, you not only save a bit from the month to month option, but also, I’ll throw in a signed print copy of Rain.
Random Fun Extras
Because I'm queen of this little galaxy and can do what I like, there will also be random, exclusive ops to score posters, original-cover copies of the Chronicles of the Third Realm Wars, giveaways of other books I love, and more.
Countdown: Join Before July 9!
The first paid subscriber issue of MONSTROSITY will release July 9. And I don't love shouting out to an empty void, so I'm reducing the annual subscription price until the first issue releases.
To start, it will be reduced by 40% until Sunday—a discount you will keep for as long as you’re a subscriber. Then the price will start going up a little bit at a time until the first issue releases.
E. J. Wenstrom is the award-winning SFF author of the Chronicles of the Third Realm War series. Start with Mud.