Remember Disposable Flashes?

On film cameras? No? Well, now you know how old I am. That, however, is not what I'm giving away.

It's time for the monthly Jennifer A G Layte/Pilgrimage giveaway! But it feels really weird to do a giveaway during Holy Week, so this one's going to be QUICK. (That is, it's happening "in a flash." I'm not making myself seem younger, am I?)

Here's what you need to know:

• Giveaway Goal - 50 new newsletter subscribers in April
• Giveaway Prize - One of my hand illustrated pages from a vintage Tale of Two Cities book which would normally sell on my Etsy shop for $25-$35. (Image will be in the post tomorrow)
• Giveaway Dates - 8AM Eastern tomorrow (3/31) to 8PM Eastern on Palm Sunday (4/2)
• Giveaway Rules
  • Find my #giveaway posts on Facebook, Instagram and/or Twitter
  • Comment on any or all of those posts, saying that you are entering the drawing
  • Share/retweet the post, tagging three or more friends
  • The more shares and RTs, the more entries you get in the drawing. I will also give you extra entries if I can tell a new subscriber came through you.

Right now, I'm still trying to get a book deal for Follower: How Getting Close to Jesus Brought Simon Peter to Himself. The number one reason it hasn't yet gotten one is that I don't have a large enough newsletter platform. I just sent it, with permission, to a fairly well-known Christian publishing house where a friend of mine works, and I'm hopeful, but also realistic; no amount of friendship or even great writing is going to help if the company as a whole can't be sure enough people will buy the book.

Sometimes authors legitimately request funding help to get their books out into the world. If I'm going to ask for money, I'd rather it go to the work we do together on Pilgrimage. But you can help me get my book out there--the book that an endorser called "life changing" and a beta reader said I need to "fight for." You can promote these giveaways and find other ways for your friends to subscribe to these letters. Your help costs nothing but time (and not even that if you scroll social media as much as I do!), and you might even get something out of the deal. I'm so grateful you're here. I take literally none of you for granted. Thanks for being on this team.

Here's a sneak peek at the book as we head into Holy Week:

A Couple of Other Notes

The Build a Better Us panel discussion on identity is coming up the Thursday after Easter. There's still time and space for you to sign up! Don't miss it!

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The Walk Course starts the week after that! If you're already enrolled, initial course content (like the syllabus) should have released today. If you didn't see it, please let me know. If you haven't enrolled yet and you'd love to talk about the changing dynamics of personal faith with a group of other curious people, don't miss this opportunity! This course may not come around again until 2025. (If you genuinely want to take it but the timing this spring is just not for you, let me know, because if there's enough interest to make it viable next year, I might change my mind about that.) Also, sign up soon, because you'll want to get the lay of the land in good time to set out on April 20th or 21st.

Hope to see you "on the road." Keep an eye out for the giveaway! And as always, travel well.

Jenn 🐪