Limits To My Time

My Stand on Private Messages

Every So Often One of These Comes in Via The Cult

Subject: Re: I’m a little bit offended

I’m currently living in my minivan in Laval Quebec, that’s what I had to do lately,live like that during summer and rent it room in winter . I’m a Lebanese immigrant to Canada, Canadian citizen since2018...left back to Lebanon in 2021...spent alli had there and came back here to Laval a year ago......since ( lol) since Im free from rent expenses these months, maybe you could pay me the ticket price for a weekend trip to wherever you are in the states.... I’ll leave my minivan at the Canada postes parking as I’m an on call delivery agent there...what do you think????????????????

how come you never reply to me when I'm as smart and interesting as I am 😿😥

Substack Added a Messenger Feature Similar to Discord

And frankly, Substack doesn’t pay enough for me to field questions and requests from free subscribers. Most of my content is already free. Only the participation and contests require a paid membership.

As of late, the Messages are piled up by the hundreds, the vast majority from free subscribers. But rather than buy a subscription from me, I’d prefer that you buy and study the books that will greatly improve your work. Buy a used copy of Miles from Nowhere by Nami Mun. Buy a used copy of anything by Tobias Wolff. Buy Mark Forsyth’s marvelous The Elements of Eloquence. These are books a serious writer should read and have on the shelf — or in the minivan.

I’m in no situation to buy anyone international plane tickets.

If I was smart I’d find a way for A.I. to respond to everyone’s messages, but would that be an improvement? For now, buy the books I suggest. Buy The Ice at the Bottom of the World by Mark Richard, and commit it to memory.