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nedweenie's avatar

I consider Substack subscriptions to be like farmer CSAs. They require providing seed and fertilizer money up front, trusting the farmer, and hoping that nothing disastrous happens during the growing season, LOL. So go fallow in one field while you cultivate something new and exciting in another. I'm good. I can wait.

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Ross Royden's avatar

I for one am going nowhere! Hope you get the time you need to complete the book.

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Steve Isham's avatar

Mary, your writing is nutrient. I couldn't possibly leave. Organise and take time however you need. Hugely looking forward to the book.

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Mark Galli's avatar

Writers write. Book writers write book length ideas. Go for it. I’ll be hanging around, awaiting future revelations. :-)

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Jaime's avatar

Another one staying here✋🏻. Keep up the great work you do, it’s very meaningful to me. I look forward to knowing more about the book you’re working on.

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Kelly Alvin Madden's avatar

By far the best learning aid for Revelation is the Old Testament—Genesis, especially, then the Prophets, then the rest. A really good cross-reference Bible is indispensable.

My take, for example, on 666:

https://km678.substack.com/p/the-meaning-of-the-number-6

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Stephen G. Adubato's avatar

Big fan of Baudrillard’s America!!!

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Jon's avatar

I am happy to subsidise some intellectual space for you, confident that the new book and your eventual return to regular long form posts will provide more of the incisive and enlightening perspectives that you have consistently provided to date.

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Kerry Nitz's avatar

...it's only a harmless little rabbit...

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Ruth Gaskovski's avatar

So happy that you are choosing the sane route! You raise one of the challenges that many Substack writers face: it takes an immense amount of time to think and produce original writing (and it’s difficult to resist the pressure to churn out frequent posts). I trust that your readers will recognize that by supporting you, especially in “stealth mode”, they affirm that slow-thought writing is valuable.

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Jane Killingbeck's avatar

Very happy to be a crowdfunder of your book in progress.

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cm27874's avatar

Bring out the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch!

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Chris Novak's avatar

Mary, like many of your supporters, I support you because of your unique voice in the world. If you write weekly, monthly, or yearly, your intellectual incite is a treasured addition to our understanding of the world around us. It’s a gift to us. Keep at it!

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Elena Douglas's avatar

Mary you are the finest public intellectual I read. I’m here for the long haul.

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PharmHand's avatar

In for a penny, in for a pound…

Best of luck with the rabbit hole - I trust it will not be too hairy…

🫣

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Fr. Stephen Freeman's avatar

Carry on. I'm reading for the long run!

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