What is Procrastinator Press

And why you probably don't need another newsletter. But here we are

Let me introduce myself properly, since the first post went straight into procrastination theory without much context. Rude of me. Very on-brand, but rude.

I’m a millennial who grew up reading everything from Taoist philosophy to Dune’s endless sand, which explains both my existential dread and my love for hostile planets. I took a professional course in literary editing, which means I can tell you exactly why your manuscript doesn’t work while my own sits unfinished. I also lived in Ireland for a bit, where I learned top-level self-pity that worsened my writer’s imposter syndrome. When not writing, I practice professional-grade procrastination.

But mostly, I write fiction. REMISSION is my first indie release: a survival story about a doctor, a deadly planet, and the very bad decisions that brought them together. More books are coming. How many and when is a constant battle between me and my procrastinating self, that is notoriously unreliable about deadlines.

What Procrastinator Press is.

This is not a newsletter that teaches you how to write. Not one that reviews other people’s books. Not one with productivity hacks, morning routines, or “10 things successful authors do.” I can’t really teach you how to be a successful writer. I’m no Ken Follett (despite how desperately I would).

This is a record of my journey from indie debut onward, however it goes. I’m just sharing honest experiences, the process, real failures, existential dread and the occasional thing that accidentally works, as honestly as I can and not too seriously. I’m not teaching anyone anything, I’m learning in the process. So, yeah, think of it as the newsletter I wish I’d read before launching into the market with approximately zero preparation and considerably too much confidence. Classic debut author move, I’m told.

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And few things that Procrastinator Press will never be.

I will never tell you how to write. I have opinions about craft, and sometimes I’ll share them, but I’m not a writing coach nor that pompous professor teaching you how to be like them (please don’t, I have a serious problem with productivity).

It will never pretend things are going better than they are. And frankly it would be useless: you can just open my Goodreads profile and give yourself an idea of how my books are going. So why bother lying? The data is public and I can’t do math fast enough to spin it. I can’t stand those marketing profiles claiming to make you known worldwide while having even fewer followers than me. So, yup, the whole point is honesty, and that spoonful of irony that helps the medicine go down.

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It arrives monthly. Ish. Sometimes more frequently when there’s a lot happening, mostly after a book launch when I have more experience to share. Cadence follows the content, not the other way around.

If that sounds like your kind of newsletter, welcome. You have excellent taste and questionable decision-making skills. We’ll get along fine.

— M. R. Damova Procrastinator Press