Skitching the Elephant is Going Free-To-Play!
Ahoy, gamers. I wish I had a longer or eloquent or more curse-ridden post for you today, but if you read my last kayfabe-breaking whinefest, you’ll know that life has been keeping me busy, namely by way of a new-again job opportunity that I feel very lucky to have received.
As such, I am going to shake up how this publication operates and pause the paid tier indefinitely. I just want to put stuff up for free when I can moving forward. I should probably look into whether Substack allows me to do this, but I have not done that yet. I will later. I’m just so fucking1 busy, you see!
When I started this publication earlier this year, I was newly unemployed and mad as hell. What I didn’t realize then was that I was desperate to keep writing, and you all provided me with an outlet for that. It provided direction and value to me at a time when I could’ve slipped into some pretty dark waters.
I don’t mean to talk like Skitching the Elephant is over with. It isn’t! I just wanted to point out that in addition to being a fun project for me, it’s actually proven itself to be important and for that, I thank anyone that’s reading this2.
Along with my thanks goes an apology to my paid subscribers, especially the handful that paid for a year in advance. While my gut tells me that the people on that short list I’m lucky enough to know were happy to do it to support me, and aren’t going to demand the 20-some paid-exclusive posts I technically owe them, my head worries that they’re disappointed in me.
To rectify this, the next time I see any of you in person, you can take one (1) item from me. Article of clothing, phone, credit card, it’s your call. Whatever you think is fair. I just hope we’re cool.
I love writing these posts, and I love hearing from you guys about them. I like what this thing has turned into, and remain excited to see where it goes. I just don’t have the time necessary to dive into things as deeply as I’d like to and still come up with two posts a week. So I’d rather deliver less frequent Skitching the Elephant posts than phoned-in ones. Hopefully that’s reasonable.
Also, great news if you’re broken-hearted about your inability to pledge financial support for this stupid letter I write: there is still a shirt available, with more merch on the way! I’m working on getting some things done like stickers, hats, and mudflaps for commercial 18-wheelers. I’m having a bit of trouble with the logistics of that last one, but the stickers and hats are looking great.
Thank you for understanding. Talk to you soon!
There will be a couple of curses today, as a treat.
Oh, unless Casey Anthony is reading this for some reason. Fuck you, lady.