Celebrating 5 years and 10,000 subscribers of Moon Monday with globally published poetry on space
It also lays the foundation for the next phase in my space writing: Merge the worlds of blogs and books.
Dear readers,
About two months ago, my Moon Monday blog+newsletter crossed 10,000 subscribers. I did not announce it until now because I wanted to celebrate it in some way. Having readers and supporters be truly spread around the world in various space communities is something I’m not just proud of but very grateful to be able to serve. Today, as Moon Monday also completes a unique 5-year archive of 250 editions covering & contextualizing humanity’s global lunar exploration missions, I’m elated to release & share my poetry pamphlet on space worldwide in multiple formats. Presenting Seven uni-verses, poetry on all that space evokes. 🌙
Seven uni-verses is a pamphlet of poems dedicated to humanity’s exploration of the universe. There’s nothing quite as bold and beautiful as committing to venturing the brutal colossal desolation that is space. Every (civil) space launch carries not just hardware but hope. The act of exploring the void makes humans special.
As someone who has dedicated his work life to space, I’ve written these verses over the years to attempt and capture the sheer intensity of emotions and intellectual ambition the cosmos and its exploration evokes. I love poetry, and have an innate desire to merge it with my first love—space. While my poems are intended to be read by everyone, many lines allude to technical concepts for those in the know to savor. A few key references as well as backstories are mentioned in the endnotes.
Get your copy for free
Seven uni-verses is available worldwide in multiple formats to support enhanced accessibility, which is important to make reading equitable. To that end, I’m also providing the booklet officially for free digitally and at minimal cost in print. :)
Ebook, Print, Audio, Libraries, and Public Archives:
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- Fable | StoryGraph | Hardcover | Literal
- Bookwyrm | Micro.blog
- Search for ISBN number 9789334418880 in book tracking apps
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Merging the worlds of blogs and books
Publishing Seven uni-verses is also a foundational step for the next phase of my space writing: Merge the worlds of blogs and books. The last three months have been a sprawling journey of discovery and knowledge about how to publish a book worldwide across ebook, print, and audio formats and have it also be available in libraries and public archives—all while not granting exclusivity to any platform or distributor, especially not to Amazon.
Getting my poetry pamphlet out in the world in an independent manner has helped me lay the foundation to publish my writing as books and booklets in a streamlined way in the future. Ditching traditional book publishing norms, I’m instead following the same philosophy here that has worked well for my blog so as to bring the benefits of independent web publishing to books:
- Enable free access to my writing worldwide, with zero ads, as opposed to the inaccessibility of expensive books
- Avoid publisher whims like retrospective paywalls and abrupt price increases
- Have extensive links for citations plus easy discovery in the ebook format alongside good search
- Build a highly reference-able archive like Moon Monday
- Continue sustaining independent writing with community support, enabled by a transparently run sponsorships program whose terms are public
I’m excited about this next phase of my space writing. I’ll be aiming to publish a couple of books or booklets next year on important but undercovered global space developments. Subscribe to be notified of new books & articles I publish for free.
If you find value in my open access approach to publishing my writing worldwide, kindly directly support independent writing & journalism as a reader: