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Housekeeping

This is HNTRLND, a journal newsletter exploring errant thoughts and creatures of the deeper darker unexplored lands.

hin·​ter·​land | \ ˈhin-tər-ˌland: an area lying beyond what is visible or known: the strange hinterland where life begins and ends.

A chronically-ill artist's process - however interrupted - into the parallel worlds of imagination.

To those who came before, yes, your subscription was deleted. In fact all of HNTRLND was deleted and created again anew. And your subscription updated.

We have crossed oceans to get here, quite literally. Having recently moved from Perth, Australia to Potsdam, Germany. The flight was relatively painless. The cultural and linguistic transition, full of challenges and excitement. The changing of regions on apps connected to Australian financial institutions has been... So horrid, I found it easier to wipe the slate and begin again. Here. Now.

Some of you may be relieved to find that by simply having left Perth and returning to the northern hemisphere, my health has improved markedly. And I am now able to fathom writing again.

The past year has shown me that despite my best intentions and biggest hopes, as my health continued to deteriorate, I could not keep up with my ideas of working consistently. It broke my heart.

To my paid subscribers who committed to this experiment knowing I may not be well enough to keep up with my ambitions, who have been so compassionate and patient this past year as I have navigated severe illness and then an international move, I extend my deepest gratitude. Your love and grace bolsters me constantly. I have added an extra 3 months in addition to the time you have paid for. And I am working on a little gift that I hope will reach you in the coming months.

I felt painfully disappointed to have been unable to live up to my plans to just write. I felt ashamed, I felt that your keen support had been misplaced, I felt like a thief, I felt like a failure. Funny things… feelings. They can inform us and teach us a great many things. But they can also make liars of us all.

Moving forward, though, I will not have a paywall. I will at some point re-add a monetised option for those who wish to support my scribblings financially. Anything I write and publish here will be available to all who wish to read it. And it will be sporadic, and random, and topsy-turvy. And I will allow it to be so.

I will not promise publish dates, or consistent serials, or anything so organised. My life as it is, leaves little room for such fanciful things.

I will promise, however, that whatever appears here will be honest, heartfelt, playful, with a cringeworthy earnestness, an insatiable curiosity, a dark sense of humour and a deep, dark, wild creativity.

And if I am blessed with improving health, this space will evolve with it.

Thank you for being with me on this journey…