Send My Love to Anyone | Issue 41
with Gary Barwin, Lilian Nattel, and Christine Walde
Hello friends,
I’m writing to you as I am dealing with a case of Shingles. Not surprising after having a very busy month, I was bound to crash, and the crash brought with it some Shingles. I did catch it in time to get the anti-viral treatment thankfully. PSA - don’t fool around with a rash that forms a circle! Shingles can be very serious.
While I’m recovering, I’m excited to share with you the new issue of Send My Love to Anyone and to let you know about some SMLTA updates.
Updates
Send My Love to Anyone has expanded with some new sections. As always everything is free for two months and the archive is available to paid subscribers. Thanks so much to the SMLTA paid subscribers who enable me to offer honorariums for unpublished writing and essays on the site. What a gift! I am honoured by your support of this newsletter.
Some of you may know that I have a separate Substack called Where Do I Start? which is focused on writing prompts and resources. I’ve decided to bring it over to Send My Love to Anyone instead of attempting to run two different newsletters. I’m always neglecting it, and thought it would be easier to manage over here. So if you’re a subscriber of the prompts, I’m migrating all the content to SMLTA and soon will be adding new content to Where Do I Start? It’s the same name—just a new location. All my writing resources and links now can now be found on the Send My Love to Anyone’s homepage while craft pieces will be located in the Words Count Section.
’s fabulous column The First Time is still going strong, and I have my own column called On My Mind where I write and post random things.Send My Love to Books and Film will cover short and long reviews of poetry, fiction, essays, and films.
Please note that the Send My Love to Anyone newsletter will still be delivered once or twice a month. I like to keep the email releases infrequent because I don’t want to flood your inboxes. However, I’m always updating the website if you’re looking for something new to read between issues.
And now onto Issue 41!
Issue 41
Issue 41, features new poetry by Christine Walde, an essay on Writing with Dissociative Identity Disorder by Lilian Nattel, and some short short fictions by Gary Barwin that are not part of his new collected stories. For OCD Awareness Week in October, I shared a story from Anecdotes. As always I offer readers Gatherings, a curated list of what I’m reading, listening to, and watching.
I’d also like to draw your attention to my prompt about doors, which is just about my favourite writing prompt of all time.
Book Giveaway
I’m doing another book giveaway in November to support Palestinian families in Gaza. If you donate, send me an email or screenshot, and you’ll be entered in a book draw.
Please take care.
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xo
Kathryn
Send My Love to Anyone | Issue 41
Christine Walde | Issue 41
Microdose
That idea wasn’t mine. This product is known to contain chemicals that cause cancer. Add it up. What’s the answer. Statistics show that two-thirds of anything is one-third that’s not. My brain stem hurts. A flaming ball in space wearily makes its way to Earth. Stephen Hawking’s DNA. Clone that shit! Artisanal chocolate. Enough of this. Give me what I want.
Lilian Nattel | Issue 41
When I told my first agent—and this is the reason she was my first and isn’t my current agent—that I’d been diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder (formerly called multiple personalities), she said, “You can’t write by committee.”
Gatherings
Gatherings
No Arms in the Arts Book Club, 2024 Austin Clarke Prize, Han Kang, Justina Elias, Lisa Ko, Farzana Doctor, Pacinthe Mattar, Nate Lippens, and more!
On My Mind
Burning Schoolhouse
Burning Schoolhouse
One day as I was walking to school, I came upon a discarded burning-schoolhouse firework on the sidewalk, which was only burned on one side. A dud. I glanced at it and then attempted to continue on my way until I was struck by a force within me that I could not control. The force pulled me back toward the firework and said, You must …
Words Count
Agents
If you get rejected by an agent, it doesn’t mean you don’t deserve to be a writer or have a writing career.
Where Do I Start?
Where Do I Start? Writing Prompts
Where Do I Start? is a section of Send My Love to Anyone that includes prompts and resources for any genre of creative writing by Kathryn Mockler and sometimes guest authors.
Doors
This is my favourite writing prompt of all time. You can use it over and over. It’s an exercise that can ground you in a specific setting.
You start with an object, a door, and then move into the sensory details around that object, before you start thinking about conflict or characters or scenes.
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