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A newsletter on all things writing where Kathryn Mockler writes about the writing process and other troubles and invites guest and artists to share their work.

Kathryn Mockler

Nov 28, 2024

Send My Love to Anyone is a newsletter on all things writing and publishes fiction, poetry, essays, and interviews with a special focus on small or independent presses and Canadian and Indigenous authors whose writing intersects social justice, human rights, the climate crisis, and collective liberation.

Hi Friends,

Welcome to Send My Love to Anyone, my newsletter on all things writing.

I started this newsletter January 1, 2021 while I was in a serious writer’s block with a book on contract and having blown by two deadlines! I thought if I wrote about things related to writing and shared the work of writers I admire, it might help me out of my slump.

It did, and that book Anecdotes, my debut story collection was published by Book*hug Press in 2023. You can find out more about it on my website.

I’ve been involved with three other online journals as either an editor (Joyland, Canada Editor 2013-2020) or publisher (Watch Your Head, 2019-2023, and The Rusty Toque, 2011-2017).

The difference with this project and my other publishing ventures is that I write posts too, which makes this a hybrid—a personal newsletter and a literary site.

In 2022, Kirby (author of Poetry is Queer and she) joined SMLTA as a regular columnist.

Past contributors include Canisia Lubrin, Saeed Teebi, Emily Austin, Jen Sookfong Lee, Mary Lou Zeitoun, Deborah Dundas, Kim, Fu, Lynne Tillman, Lisa Robertson, Rebecca Fisseha, Jessica Johnson, Chelene Knight, Gary Barwin, Farzana Doctor, Kirby, Carrianne Leung, June Pak, Khashayar Mohammadi and more. You can access these guest posts and interviews via the Send My Love to Anyone archive.

Below is a breakdown of what you can expect from Send My Love to Anyone. I hope you enjoy this newsletter!

Kathryn

Subscriptions

As a free subscriber you’ll receive access to the following for 30 days (after 30 days some posts will be paywalled).

thoughts on writing, the writing process & other troubles, short craft or anti-craft essays, and my own works-in-progress, stories, poetry, or videos
writing prompts (some of my favourites from over 23 years of teaching creative writing)
literary, publishing, and screenwriting resources
a regular column by KIRBY (author of she and Poetry is Queer) called The First Time
original essays, fiction, poetry, and art by guest authors and artists
recommended readings and viewings
excerpts of new and forthcoming books often by small/independent press writers and other favs

As a paying subscriber you’ll receive

all of the above
access to the full archive
paid-subscriber only comments and Q&As
discount on the monthly subscription rate (annual subscribers)
knowledge that you are supporting writers with shared values and the small and independent press community

All subscribers receive

one to two emails per month 10 months a year.

You can unsubscribe from SMLTA at anytime.

Sections

Please note these are not separate newsletters but sections of the site. You only receive 1-2 emails a month, and I include the different sections in that one email.

Send My Love to Anyone, guests posts of excerpts from published works or original unpublished fiction, nonfiction, or poetry
I’ve been meaning to ask you interviews
Gatherings, a curated list of readings, viewings, calls, news, and more
The First Time, a regular column by KIRBY (author of Poetry Is Queer and She)
Ignore Me, musings, fiction, poems, videos, recommendations, and essays by Kathryn Mockler
One of These Days We’ll Both Be Fine, my flash memoir
Words Count, a section on writing, craft, anti-craft, rule-breaking, and surviving and navigating the literary and publishing world
Write Something writing prompts for any genre
Poetry from guest poets
Fiction, Nonfiction, Art, and Hybrid works from guest writers and artists

About Kathryn Mockler

Kathryn Mockler is the author of the story collection Anecdotes (Book*hug Press, 2023) which which won the Victoria Butler Book Prize, and was a finalist for the 2024 Trillium Book Award, the 2024 Danuta Gleed Literary Award, the 2024 Fred Kerner Award, and the VMI Besty Warland Between Genres Award. She is also the author of five books of poetry and several short films and experimental videos. She co-edited the print anthology Watch Your Head: Writers and Artists Respond to the Climate Crisis (Coach House Books, 2020) and she runs Send My Love to Anyone, a literary newsletter, which was a Substack featured publication in 2023. She is an associate professor in the Writing Department at the University of Victoria where she teaches screenwriting and fiction.

Kathryn Mockler has been publishing and editing online literary journals since 2011. She published The Rusty Toque from 2011 to 2017, was the Canada Editor of Joyland: a hub for short fiction from 2013-2020, and was the publisher of Watch Your Head, an online literary journal that published writing and art about the climate crisis and climate justice from 2019-2023.