For those of you who don’t know, I’m Rain (hence the tongue-in-cheek title). I'm a sci-fi/fantasy author with way too many worlds (primarily dystopian) chilling in my back pocket, a full cast of characters (all sassy) always at the ready, and high high hopes of getting traditionally published (cross you fingers...and toes plz!!).

In addition to including an abundance of parentheticals, this newsletter will explore the ins, outs, ups, and downs of writing and what it looks like to chase the authorial dream!

• I plan to send on the First Friday of each month with the occasional blast here and there if necessary, but will never send more than one letter/week. I get it, your inbox is full enough.
• Note: check your spam/promotions/etc. Sometimes my letters get lost in the weeds.
• If you want to go back and read old newsletters, you can find them on my Substack!
• I’ll generally share a “Musing of the Month”—maybe something on the writing process specifically, or a random writing epiphany, or a topic one of you lovely humans requests!!
• I'll also share updates a.k.a. “The Weather” in a lil’ block at the end so you can quickly see what’s up with your fave weatherwoman (me 😅).
• Then I’ll finish up with “Rain’s Random Recs” just for fun. Pssst, still looking for a way to make the title of this section punny. Open to suggestions.
• Other: expect typos, grammatical errors, and “spicy” words—some ppl like their prose plain, I like mine with Sriracha, what can I say? My goals aren't perfection and politeness, they're connection and authenticity. 🙂💜

Please reach out, ask questions, offer suggestions; I’d love to connect. Thanks for reading, thanks for following along on what’s bound to be a quasi-chaotic journey, and…uh…stay dry out there, folks!

Xoxo,

Rain ☔