Nicola Washington

Jun 5, 2024 | hypeyourself.substack.com | Lucy Werner |Nicola Washington

Hiya ๐ŸŒŠ! Iโ€™m Lucy from Hype Yourself. I chat about self-promotion and creative living. If you are new to this page, pop your email below to ensure you receive my posts. Hiya ๐ŸŒŠ,My favourite quarterly gift ๐ŸŽ for you is ready. Following the success of my first Collaboration Corner directory for paid members, Iโ€™m still receiving tags and mentions from all the collaborative posts, podcasts recorded and other projects in the pipeline ( ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ looking at you & ).

Mar 4, 2024 | annapulley.substack.com | Anna Pulley |Russell Nohelty |Nicola Washington |Caro Giles

“There is no love of life without despair of life”—Albert CamusIt's been two weeks since Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old nonbinary teenager, died after a hateful attack at their Oklahoma school. I keep trying to write this newsletter—ostensibly about joy and creativity and queerness and books—and I can’t seem to. When I was a repressed queer teenager in Arizona, every story I heard about queer people involved violence. There was Matthew Shepherd, of course, and Brandon Teena.

Jan 6, 2024 | annapulley.substack.com | Anna Pulley |Nicola Washington

Happy new year, friends! I spent the first day of 2024 on a five-hour hike at Point Reyes. It’s the same hike I’ve been doing for years—to the ocean and back, no frills—except this time we went half a mile farther than usual and were rewarded with a magical beach waterfall. It felt like a metaphor. Go a little further, be a little more curious, reach a little beyond your comfort zone, and be rewarded with the sublime.