Awww, welcome to the OGs crew!

Kia ora, Friend ++!

You've joined a very small group of incredibly awesome OGs, and I'm so grateful for your support. Not only have you signed up for the Pao, you're also directly supporting me to keep on writing and publishing independently AND helping to make this space more accessible for others. If there's someone specifically you'd like me to comp, please let me know.

I hope you enjoy the paid-only Wednesday Weekly creative-collage-inspiration-mash-up. I'm looking forward to sharing some of the cool things I'm doing and have learned in my own artistic practice, especially writing but not just writing. Zine-making, art, bookbinding, sewing, knitting, journaling, and the collision of joy that often follows when we make things with our hands. As I wrote in The Spinoff:

Creating is a rebellion against the futility of the quotidian, against the insult of waste. Art sees beauty everywhere, even in the fire that burned everything down.

I really appreciate your support. The funds support me to write and publish independently, the value of which I cannot overstate.

Please check your subscription on the account page and make sure you've ticked to receive the Pao. Hopefully you’ll find stories that resonate, enlighten, challenge, or even make you laugh-cry. You can find past stories for paying subscribers here - I’ve written about giving up drinking, leaving my marriage & parenting solo, first love, lies & truth, as well as a rant or two.

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Nadine x