STAR MAIL #1

⭑ SUBJECT: NEW PAID TIER + STAR SHOP! ⭑

If you're an avid Certified reader, you know that I put a lot of myself into what I do.

My decision to take a step back from writing earlier this year had a lot to do with me needing to heal from many things that happened in my life, but it also had to do with me needing to prepare for this next step, as someone who, in quite a short amount of time, gained a bunch of new friends, and, alongside that, also gained a lot of responsabilities.

This website is my life. It has been (and it still is) a reflection of who I am and what I'm going through, and I wanted Certified's new look to match this new phase of my life.

In the months I was absent, all I ever wished and longed for was to get back here, but I knew that, almost approaching our landmark of 6.000 subscribers, I needed to step up my game as much as I possibly could. Lots of new writers with fresh voices and clean concepts were arriving, and you know I like to innovate, so the urge to create something new was growing, and growing, and growing…

So, we're here!!

Paid subscriptions (and exclusive new paid posts) are back! If you were a previous paid subscriber to Certified and wish to discontinue your subscription, that's ok! I will be so sad to see you go, but your seat will never be taken by someone else!! I'll keep it nice and warm for your return, I promise.

If you are, in fact, going to continue with your subscription (and if you're thinking about signing up for this journey with me), you'll be receiving:

⭑ - Full access to our STAR VAULT

⭑- My famously known monthly writing prompts

⭑- Pieces about all the art I've been loving and consuming (books, movies, songs)

⭑- Exclusive essays (aaaand more pieces)

⭑- Exclusive collabs with other Substack writers

⭑- The possibility of starting new threads in our Certified groupchat

You can say I've been carefully curating, plotting, scheming and dreaming of this. It's worth it. You'll see!

OH!!!! OH! OH! HEY! Another thing I wanted to talk to you about!!!!!

I know many of you love the elements and ideas I use to create my Substack post covers, it's truly something I ADORE doing, so all of the covers (+ the elements I use) will now be available as stickers/magnets so you can purchase them in my very cute Redbubble shop. I KNOW! You can all put this cuteness anywhere you'd like.

It's a chance to support this one girl only show and own the cutest stickers you've ever seen. Every collab I post with another Substacker will receive it's own special sticker with a design that represents us both, so it's also a chance to support Substack writers in general. I'm calling it STAR SHOP.

⭑ STAR SHOP LINK

The link is also in my bio, if you ever want to check it out!

That's all for today. The creative director finds herself very sleep deprived.