Not To Worry
Never Would I Do This
The Following Caught Me Off Guard
This came in through the messaging:
I’ve unsubscribed and am nervous about the 5g threat. I, also, do not trust Substack since paid subscriptions have appeared on my paid list that I definitely would not knowingly subscribe to. If you blocked me would that most definitely prevent any “accidental” 5000$ subscription coming out of my e…
Rest assured, I would never jack up the rate like this. What’s more important is that I don’t want to waste your time with trivial crap… or spend my own time hunting down trivial crap to foist on you. We, all of us, want to be producing work that shocks the reading world. For the time being, my ‘Stack is sort-of suspended. You’re not being charged anything, but I can still post when I find something worthwhile. It also looks as if we’ll be able to communicate via the Comments. You’re saving money and time.
Speaking of Gossip
At a party this weekend I ran into the agent and executor for the Tom Robbins estate. He and I both grew up loving the batshit, zany, surrealistic worlds of Robbins, and he tells me that Random House is going to repackage and market the Robbins books to a new generation of readers. They, Random House and Robbins estate, see today’s chaos as the perfect setting for novels such as Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. These types of literary yarns — think of Big Fish and Like Water for Chocolate — are the likely successor to horror. If magical realism is your passion, Random House is betting on it.
But, No I Would Not Ding You For $5000
