You assholes never thought I’d make it this far! Ha! I showed you! I’ve earned your love now, haven’t I Grandpa?????
In all sincerity, I am genuinely grateful for everyone who has been with me along this ride. This little newsletter has over 3000 views so far which I’m aware is not a particularly impressive number in the scope of the internet. But I couldn’t be more thrilled that so many people are enjoying my particular brand of insight and silliness. At this stage of my writing career, I have had more than a few moments of “Hellllllooo? Is anyone listening to this shit?” Having so many folks visiting my little corner of zaniness has been immensely satisfying and a little humbling. So thank you!
When people start a newsletter, it’s easy to be cynical. I know I certainly am. More content, eh? Because that’s what the world has been missing! A white dude writing about his opinions! Also, when someone starts blogging or substacking or newslettering or whatevs the platform du jour is, I always assume they’re going to come out like a house of fire for a few weeks and then gradually taper off until it’s finally crickets. I’m not shitting on these people. Writing regularly is hard! You would be shocked how quickly a deadline approaches.
I was determined to deliver. My goal was to provide two high-quality writing pieces a week. I wanted to explore different types of writing - fiction, interviews, uncategorized silliness. But I feel a tremendous responsibility to not let you down. It’s the Boston Irish in me. Looking back on the breadth and variety of the work, I’m actually quite proud of what I’ve done so far. There have been audience favorites and ones that I thought were hilarious but no one else seemed to give a shit about. But overall - I can confidently say I gave you all good work. And this is just the beginning.
In these 50 posts, I proved to myself - and hopefully to you - I could fork over value. But of course, there are challenges. Mostly - my time. I am a freelance creative, so my time occasionally has to go to the highest bidder. It is often challenging to carve out the necessary time to make this newsletter as high quality as I insist it must be. (What’s that? Are you starting to smell a sales pitch? You savvy reader, you!)
So how can you help? Well, if you have enjoyed the site for free lo these 50 posts,I humbly ask that you upgrade to a paid subscription. When I first started Boogie Writes, you were understandably trepidatious. Will I pay Brendan $50 and then he’ll fuck off to play roulette in Monte Carlo and not provide me any funny? I am paying for the funny! I want the funny! But dude… 50 posts! I’ve given you the funny (or the touching or the thought-provoking) 50 times! I’m not going to Monte Carlo! I can’t even find Monte Carlo on a map!
If you can’t afford to upgrade, please tell someone that you enjoy Boogie Writes. Let your friends and frenemies know what I’m doing over here. (Also, you should no longer have ‘frenemies’ as an adult. Just cut people out of your life. It’s fine.) Send out the signal on your Tweets or your Grams or your Faces or whatever of the devil’s platform you use. I’m not interested in ‘going viral’ or anything of that nature. I understand that my comedy is an acquired taste. So let’s go acquire some fellow weirdos to have some fun. We’re having a good time over here. The more the merrier, right?
It has been a fabulous 50 posts. I’m fabulous at 50! Look at me! I’m immortal! I’ll never die! And while you can’t put a price on this sort of magic, $5 is a pretty reasonable one. If you do the $50 a year deal, that comes out to like 50 cents a piece. And - as we established - 50 is fabulous, as reinforced by the t-shirt on this 20-year old model:
In closing, fuck you all. You are nothing but dollar signs to me. (That’s me “negging” you. That’s how you get people to like you, right? Please help me. I’m lost.)
Boogie Writes is a completely independent endeavor by one hard-working funnyman trying to make his way in the world today (which takes everything you’ve got.) If you like what you read, please subscribe, support, and tell a friend! Also - do you need advice? Of course you do! Send your queries to brendan@brendanboogie.com with “Dear Boogie” in the subject and get some solid or at least passable advice!