Did you know newsletters are scary?

Welcome to the Zosian Tales newsletter! Have you ever tried writing one of these things? It's way worse than writing a novel, honest to gods.

If you haven't had the dubious pleasure, might we recommend just jumping in feet first? That seems to be the going advice, and we here at Zosian Tales endorse planning as little as possible in advance as you can get away with. Seems to be working out fine for us so far.

(Note that, in our opinion, “as little as possible in advance" does not extend to graphics and alt text. Give your readers something nice to look at. You heathens.)

But hey, you didn’t subscribe to this mailing list for newsletter tips. (Or maybe you did. In which case, you’re likely to be deeply disappointed. We’re very sorry. Have you tried Newsletter Ninja?) No, you subscribed because we begged you and you’re too nice to say no. That’s how we get you. Zosian Tales: classing it up since August 14, 2023.

We feel it’s only fair to warn you in advance of what you can expect from this newsletter, to whit:

• A lot of bad humor

• Random bits and pieces of Zosian lore

• Snippets of works in progress

• Writing advice no one in their right mind will follow

• Whining from our unpaid team of interns¹

• Footnotes²

• Random links to things we like just because we can

and most importantly for our purposes:

• Advertisements of books we’ve written, once those are available (which may be never)

Also, because our interns are unpaid and tired, you can expect that there will be, at some point, long breaks between one newsletter entry and the next. It’s the nature of the beast.³ And now you can’t say we didn’t warn you!

So come one, come all, and enjoy!⁴

¹ AKA, Ember Wade, the author of this newsletter. Maybe occasionally her wife, Alice Wade. If she’s feeling nice, or sorry for the poor quality.

² Bitches love footnotes.

³ The beast, in this case, being an untidy amalgam of bipolar type II, ADHD, anxiety, and laziness.

⁴ Or don’t. Honestly, it doesn’t matter to us. We’re still going to write the newsletter either way.