Hello!
If you’re a longtime reader of Cosmic Driftwood, TA-DA! I’m still here and so are you! Perfect! (Too many exclamation points? Or okay?)
If you’re here for the first time, I’m so glad you found your way!
In either case, allow me some housekeeping. I’m Jen Mason-Black, author of a baker’s dozen of published short stories and the novels Devil and the Bluebird (Abrams/Amulet, 2016) and Sometimes the Girl (Lerner, Carolrhoda Lab, May 6, 2025).
This blog has been my online sanctuary since 2013. It’s been quiet for twoish years because my life was knocked off course for a bit, and then I had a newsletter, and then the newsletter platform shut down and then the country…things, the real answer is just, as always, things happened, big and small. Here we are now, though, and things are somewhat changed at Cosmic Driftwood, but mostly the same.
Changed how? Well, now you need to subscribe. With money? No, no money involved. Then why? Because I’m tired of an endless stream of spam, scams and AI. My goal is pure human interaction. Subscription is the route I’ve taken to help with that goal. So, subscribe and have access to the whole archive and get new posts in your email as soon as they go up. I’ll make briefer public posts from time to time that will cover writing news. For example, a new book (hold tight, intro to Sometimes the Girl coming soon) or a good review. If you’ve read all of this, though, you probably want to subscribe. It will be more fun than cold feet and hopefully better for your health.
Very important: if you’ve been a long-time blog reader, I love you, and you also will need to set a password for your account. Go to cosmicdriftwood.com and click forgot password and follow the instructions. Just this once, dear ones, and all will be normal again.
For everyone else, this is what you need to do: look for the subscribe button. Click. Follow the instructions. Relax and wait for approval. Once approved, open your email occasionally and read new posts. Be a person, live your life, do your best to love your people, do good deeds for yourself and others, hold fast during these hard hard times and don’t forget to accept what joy comes your way. (No subscription is needed for that part, but once I got started, I couldn’t stop.)
Love,
Me
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