ELISABETH HEWER

Anonymous sent:

hey sorry to bother you but i really wanted to download the chapbooks that you have available on payhip but i can't seem to see the button to download them, just a section that says pay what you want that doesn't display a payment option (only a receive payment notification?) even if i change the dollar amount. am i just using payhip wrongly?

Thank you so much for letting me know about this! It’s definitely not you – Payhip seems to have changed their method of taking payment without giving me any notice!

I had no Paypal or Stripe account connected and that now seems to be the only way of receiving payments. I’ve connected my Paypal account now and the Buy now/Add to cart buttons seem to be showing for me on the preview page, so I’m hoping they’ll appear for you too.

Please do let me know if not! I’d be more than happy to send you PDF copies if you send me an email at elisabethhewer@gmail.com.

Aug 15 2021 4 notes

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thanks a real whole lot payhip :(

elisabethhewer

someone called me alabaster and
i just wanted it to be true. i wanted
to be smooth and dauntless, more blue sky than comet.
the panic sets in the first time
you look at yourself in the mirror
and realise you are not beautiful.
it happened to me &
i felt like space. i lost myself
for years in the gaps between stars.
my skin pockmarked, rosy, unmythological.
i wanted to be venus de milo,
new & astonishing under her sculptor’s hands.
i wanted to be beautiful.
i thought it would set me free.

— Elisabeth Hewer, “Unbecoming”.

Jul 07 2021 249 notes

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a fun fact is that this is one of the only poems i’ve ever written that i’m still proud of most of the others just make me want to cringe i’m proud of progressing and improving and all that but boy do i wish i’d never put a lot of the *them online anyway i like this one i still feel this way my poetry

anyataylorjoy sent:

Hi! Your poems are absolutely lovely! I'm working on a few gifsets for an upcoming event in the witcher fandom and I wanted to ask if I could use a few snippets of some of your poems in them? I would link directly to your posts as well as credit you by @ in the caption.

I’m so sorry for such a slow response, and I’m so sorry for posting publicly, Tumblr is being appallingly annoying and not letting me answer you privately! First of all thank you from the bottom of my heart for asking, hardly anybody ever does so you’ve made my whole day! And yes of course, please go ahead - I can’t wait to see what you make 😍

Apr 01 2021 2 notes

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happy to delete this as soon as you've seen it if you'd like me to just send me a message!sorry again no idea why i can't respond privately anyataylorjoy

Anonymous sent:

Please don't stop writing! Ur work is beautiful

Oh my goodness thank you so much! Don’t worry, I don’t intend to - I took a break at the end of last year after my novel didn’t sell, but I’m back now working at a new one. It’s not the story I hoped I’d be telling, but I’m keeping everything crossed this one is more of a success!

Mar 21 2021 12 notes

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it was extraordinarily frustrating to do everything i’d been told was necessary only to fall down at the very last hurdle the publishers told my agent they thought it was very well-written they just couldn’t be sure they’d find an audience for it so i’m back at square one with the knowledge even writing a good book isn’t enough which is terrifying and i have to not think about it too much or i just want to give up

Anonymous sent:

Small question. When you say "no reposts without permission" do you mean resubmitting your poems independently on other sites or also like linking directly to your blog or one of your poems through another site?

Thank you so much for asking! Linking to my posts or blog is completely fine, but I’d much prefer people didn’t repost/resubmit my poetry or posts anywhere else - it’s usually done without credit or a link to my blog and every time it happens it makes it that much harder for me to get recognition for my own work.

Mar 19 2021 4 notes

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elisabethhewer

To my astonishment and delight, a short story I wrote about Noah’s wife and her daughters-in-law has been published by Eclectica Magazine. If you felt like checking it out, I’d be very grateful!

Trigger warnings for pregnancy and abortion. Recommended for readers aged 16+ only.

Jan 10 2021 58 notes

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Anonymous sent:

Hi, so I came across a line from one of your poems, Wanting. Everything that I have found online indicates that this poem is in your collection Wishing for Birds, but I got the kindle edition and couldn’t find it there. I have been looking, but haven’t found it published anywhere else and was wondering if there was somewhere that I could read it?

Hey! I’m so glad you liked the line ❤️ I will be honest, I struggle to remember a lot of the poems in that collection since they were written over the course of a rather heady summer at a point in my university experience when I was not paying very much attention to myself or my life, so I can’t recall that one I’m afraid. The most likely answer is that it’s in the limited edition rerelease of the collection that came out with a new cover a year later for which I wrote 10 new poems. Unfortunately my copy of that limited edition collection is buried at the bottom of a lot of boxes in a storage unit I currently can’t get into due to ye olde pandemic. However, I’m more than happy for any follower who happens to have a copy to share the poem in its entirety - so please do reply or send it in if you have it, thanks everyone!

Oct 25 2020 3 notes

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My short story Life Sentence is featured on The C Word magazine (completely free to read)!

A radio host called Kaye is forced to confront dark memories when a convicted murderer starts calling into her show.

Jun 09 2020 23 notes

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Fellow writers, three of my friends from the MA I did in 2016/17 have recently set up an online magazine aimed at young people aged 11-18. In the future they hope to offer author interviews, book reviews, and so forth - but for now they’re seeking fiction submissions for their first edition. If you have the time or perhaps a short story kicking about for that age group, would you consider sending something in to them? It’s called Paperbound.

Mar 21 2020 10 notes

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seeking submissions

elisabethhewer

IN THE DEEP / WHERE WHALES COME TO PRAY / WE MAKE OUR HOME

the kraken & the lighthouse keeper / a short chapbook about a lighthouse keeper in love with the waves and the abyssal horror who hears her singing.

Pay what you’re able here.

Mar 19 2020 128 notes

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