Hello from The Homestead.
Emily Dickinson called her Amherst home “The Homestead.” I lovingly call my apartment in St. Louis the same thing (although I definitely get out more than Dickinson). This monthly newsletter is my attempt to work through what it feels like to put down roots as a writer/actor/artist in my own Homestead. In these letters, I’m honest about what’s saving my life right now, what’s hard, and what I’m pouring my energy into. (Want to know more about me? Here are the goods.)
Letters From the Homestead arrives on the last day of every month with much love enclosed. This monthly newsletter will always be free, but I do have some “extras” for paying subscribers. There is no pressure here, of course. If you are happy to receive my free monthly newsletter and think, “huh, that’s nice, good for her,” then I love you forever. But if you’d like to support my work as a freelance writer/actor/artist, then this is one of the easiest ways to do so. I love writing in this space, and I’m excited to lean into this a little more.
Free! - This monthly newsletter right here, sent on the last day of the month with lots of love. This newsletter is about putting down roots as an artist in my own homestead—it’s always free, always sort of grandmotherly, and guaranteed to always include pictures of Midge the cat.
Paid subscriber perks… (for $5 monthly)
$5 monthly - Most every Sunday night, you’ll also receive Salad Days installments, weekly excerpts from my mortifying college diaries from 2007-2010 (with unrelenting commentary). They are very embarrassing but also weirdly fascinating, especially if you grew up in Christian evangelicalism. They are heavy on the “repressed queer kid trying to be a good Christian and a good artist.” It’s a whole thing, y’all.
And you’ll also receive…
Monthly Secret Letters: more personal life-updates that feel a little too vulnerable to share in a free newsletter, some current diary entries, and more gritty details about full-time artist freelancing for folks interested in doing the same.
Your support means the world to me, whether you are a paying subscriber or not. I’m just glad you’re here.
Yours ever & etc., etc.,
-Courtney, Mistress of the Homestead
