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Pledge drive update: Coming up short

I’ll be bringing this extended Pledge Drive to a close in a couple of days, but I wanted to let you know how things are going. Or not going, because we’re still a long way off from my goal. To those who have donated, some quite generously, I want to express my profound thanks. But I need more of you to donate if we’re going to get to the finish line.

So if you haven’t donated yet, please consider clicking the button below.

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You can also give by Venmo at David-Futrelle-1.

Thanks again to everyone who has contributed to the blog–by donating, sending along tips, providing technical help, spreading the word.

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You can now hire me as an editor or writing coach

It’s official: I’m hanging out my shingle as an editor and writing coach. I focus on academics, especially those facing writer’s block or trying to reach a broader audience. (Or both.) No matter where you are in the writing process—whether you’ve got a rough manuscript or just some ideas floating around in your head—I can make your life easier.

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I’ve started a new SubStack to chronicle my AI obsession. You’ll never guess the name

So, a little announcement. I’ve started a new Substack newsletter/blog called My AI Obsession, which is about, well, you know. I’ll be posting there several times a week (while continuing to post here, of course), and I encourage you all to subscribe or, at the very least, check it out. Subscriptions are free; later, there will be paid options. My first post is here. (If you get any weird glitches trying to access it, please power through them; they’ll get fixed.)

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Free writing coaching for three lucky WHTM readers!

Are you an academic working on an article or book? Let me help you!

A little announcement: Soon, probably next week, I will be officially hanging out my shingle as a freelance editor and writing coach. As a way of introducing my services to the world, and offering some thanks for the support you all have given me over the years, I’d like to offer three of you a free coaching session. We can talk about a particular project, work through ways to get past writer’s block, or deal with any other writing issue that’s affecting you.

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If you follow me on Twitter (and even if you don’t), consider subscribing to the blog by email

Every day, a new surprise in your mailbox!

Twitter seems close to utter collapse, so if you follow me there and want to make sure you get notified when a new post goes up, consider subscribing to We Hunted the Mammoth via email.

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I think the site may be fixed?

After several days of seemingly endless outages and timeouts, We Hunted the Mammoth is on a new server and … working ok so far (crossed fingers). There’s one more little change the WordPress people need to make; hopefully that won’t disrupt the site for too long.

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Bucking the Backlash: Why I’ll be writing more about the attacks on trans people

Some of you might have noticed that I’ve changed the tag line for this site to ‘Bucking the Backlash,” replacing the old tag “Misogyny, Tracked and Mocked.” This is both a reflection of what’s been going on with the blog already and where I see it going in the future.

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The Pledge Drive has been a success! Huge thanks to all who donated

As the pledge drive rolls to a stop, I’d like to take the opportunity to once again offer my gratitude to everyone who donated (as well as those of you who donate on a monthly basis).

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Pledge Drive UPDATE: Almost … there!

The last time I updated you on the progress of the pledge drive, I was feeling pretty discouraged about how it was going, and pretty pessimistic about the future of the site. But now, I’m feeling a lot better. Thanks to a small flood of donations, some quite generous, things are looking a lot brighter, and we’ve almost reached our goals.

If you’re one of those who donated, thank you!

If you haven’t donated yet, please rectify this by hitting the donate button below!

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The Pledge Drive … is not going great

Sorry to have to bring some bad news to you all, but the pledge drive is, well, not doing so great. While some of you have stepped up and donated, in some cases generously, the total number of donors has been much smaller than usual, and unless we can turn this around, hopefully in the next few days, I’m going to have trouble keeping the blog running. It’s likely I’ll have to cut back on posts, possibly drastically, and/or seriously consider shutting the blog down. I’m really sorry to have to even raise this as a possibility, but unfortunately it’s a real one.

Which seems a pity, because if everyone who enjoys this blog on a regular basis were to donate even a small amount of money, as a lump sum or monthly, we could raise all the necessary money to keep the blog (and me) thriving in a matter of a couple of hours.

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