How to Spend Your Black Friday Boycott Savings

Here, of course (with tiers of joy)

When you woke up this morning, did your Substack feed look a little like this?

‘Tis the season.

The good news is, you’re not spending any money on Black Friday because you’re participating in the boycott, and hopefully have decided upon a frugal holiday to make a continuing statement about late-stage capitalism (or, like me, your bank account looks worse than one of the troll-in-chief’s unpaid construction contractors).

This means there’s a chance you can become a paying subscriber to all your favorite Substack writers. Especially me! (Or, more formally, “Me first!”).

I make fun of the types of Substack writers in the graphic, but I subscribe to all those types and enjoy reading them, so if you recognize yourself there, don’t take it personally. I make fun of myself, too (I didn’t include “idiot writer” in the graphic, however.)

Anyway, my offer is multi-tiered. You decide on what to pay (should I be fortunate enough to lure you away from one or two morning coffee drinks, which is about what a monthly subscription costs).

Tiers of Joy Subscription Tiers

Full price: $8 per month — click the link to subscribe at that price
$7 per month — one dollar off
$6 per month — two dollars off
$5 per month — three dollars off
$4 per month — four dollars off
$3 per month — five dollars off
$2 per month — six dollars off! Jeepers!

I’m intimately familiar with tough economic times (a major medical event will do that), so I want to be sensitive to that, hence the tier structure.

If you can’t become a paying subscriber, I am still thrilled to have you here reading my stuff. Honestly, it’s an honor.

Almost everything here is free. So far, everything has been — this may change with future drops of excerpts from a new upcoming novel I’m working on, but I honestly haven’t decided how to roll that out yet. The “almost” is just a hedge, but it will never mean a more general change. I’m not fond of paywalls, so adding one to a story of mine doesn’t work for me.

You can also make a one-time contribution, as always:

Everything helps. Every penny I am currently making on this Substack goes back into it in one way or another.

If you know someone who likes a little eclectictricity in their Substack (yes, sometimes I make up words), maybe send them a gift subscription.

Most importantly, if you enjoy my writing, please don’t keep it a secret. Share it wherever you can, because ultimately, that’s the only way I’ll be able to keep writing.

Thanks!

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A roundup of a few of my November posts

Here are some of my November posts you may have missed (from newest to oldest). To view more, visit ruminato.com. As usual, they’re a mix of fiction, rants, heavily researched essays, and humor. Eclectictricity.

I’ll begin my list of November stories with a question: If corporations are people, too, can’t they be tried for mass murder?

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Obligatory Subscribe button that the Substack editor yells at me to include if I hit the Post button without one (but see above for the different tiers):

As always, thank you for reading!