Jillian Anthony

1 week ago | cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com | Jillian Anthony

You can work with me to:1. Write Your Pitch in One Hour (meaning your pitch is ready to send at the end of our session)2. Get one month of 1-on-1 Pitch Perfect Coaching. When we’re done, you’ll have three pitches ready to send, all your writing questions answered, and the confidence to write and sell more pitches that work. Have questions about how you could work with me?

3 weeks ago | cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com | Jillian Anthony

Last week at Alanon, someone shared something that hit me like a ton of bricks: Lately, I’ve been using daydreaming of my future to escape my present. I’ve got big travel plans for the fall; I even have a 1.5-year plan to eventually exit Austin. My present is full of grief, a dull pulse of pain that’s always with me, sometimes a sudden punch in the face. I feel a bit stuck in the mud of Now, and a vision of an uncertain, possibly brighter future is distracting me from what is.

1 month ago | cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com | Jillian Anthony

Greetings from South Congress, one of Austin’s main streets, on a recent weekday morning. 🤠ICYMI, I wrote about my intensive input week, which turned out to be the most creative week of my year (so far). Something Jade Chang said during their Ideas Intensive workshop has stuck with me:Lately I’ve been coming back to one question that helps me supersede my small, observed “reality”: What does my heart most want? Try imagining that there is no end. There is just action and counter action.

1 month ago | cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com | Jillian Anthony

In Tarot, 2025 is a collective Hermit year, which stands for introspection, or, for me, leaning into an internal journey and leaning on my High Priestess. During my Hermit year, the pilgrimage is the point. My personal Tarot card of the year is the Hanged Man, which symbolizes taking a pause. My brother died less than five months ago, and I’m nowhere near done processing my grief, and what his absence means for me and my family.

1 month ago | cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com | Jillian Anthony |Nic Antoinette

Today, I’m sharing the system I’ve set up to ensure that 5% of my income goes to supporting causes, organizations, and people I care about.* Moving forward, every month I’ll be donating that amount to a cause of my choice and sharing it with you here. This month, I donated $313 to Gaza Orphanage, which my Palestinian-American friend recommended to me as one of the most vital Palestinian organizations to give to now.