#31: let's vote!

Emily Dickinson fiction, new visual art, voting

Hi, friends new and old - welcome to VOTING TIME.

This week, y’all and my precious Patreon crew will…

💌 vote on the required action and word for our monthly micro fiction,

💌 pick the historical mail we’ll explore for March, AND

💌 suggest future topics for down the line!

Painting without a plan, three hours in.

🗳 Voting time

For this month’s short fiction, am I writing a letter from Sue’s point of view? Will I write about Emily and Sue flirting in the kitchen, as told from a loaf of bread? Or how about I get into Austin Dickinson’s head, see what he thinks about the whole thing? Your votes will guide the story!

As always, once voting closes I’ll have just 72 hours to write a story based on your prompts that’s linked to this month’s historical snail mail.

After, I hope you join me and write your own short story based on the prompts. My favorite part of Snail Mail Sweethearts always is reading the stories y’all write <3.

If you haven’t read the article yet, you definitely should; Emily and Sue’s love deserves all the appreciation it can get. Petition for a National Emily & Sue Day, anyone?

Your votes will also decide what direction next month’s research will take. I’ve got some gems on the list this month, including the wild forgeries that inspired the movie Can You Ever Forgive Me? and Lorraine Hansberry’s letters to The Ladder.

So if you want, upgrade that subscription, honey (or try the $2/monthly option over at Patreon) and get voting:

For everyone who’s already on the team…