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Hi Martha

At Planet Waves, I am followed around by a copy team — two copy editors, an astrology fact checker, a copy chief to approve and coordinate edits, and a production assistant who also proofreads. We run that on a strict schedule. Producing a Planet Waves article is a time consuming and not inexpensive endeavor.

To get letter-perfect copy takes a group effort.

So as you can see, I care.

At Substack, I am on my own. The project has no budget and no set schedule; and therefore, no editing team awaiting my copy.

Usually Substack letters go out with several errors. Today, the red underlining was off for some reason, and I was bleary-eyed, so it was a mess. But the web edition gets the corrections, while people fixate on the email rather than clicking through.

I always fix them in the web edition, though it can take an hour or so.

Thank you for your offer. I will keep you in mind.

Personal request, would you please pay for your subscription?

I have absolutely unique content and a spiritual angle I just don’t see anywhere else. Despite my typos, I put a tremendous about of work into my articles there.

If you are already paying through Substack, thank you for your consideration — and for your polite letter.

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