How it works

Be a free subscriber on Beehiiv or Substack by 11:59pm Pacific on June 24, 2026. Either one counts. That is the whole entry. No purchase. No share quota. No referral codes.

On June 25, I draw winners at random from the combined subscriber list across both platforms. Winner is announced in the next issue of The Soup. The number of winners scales with the combined list size on that date:

  • 1 to 25 subscribers, 1 book ships
  • 26 to 50 subscribers, 2 books ship
  • 51 to 75 subscribers, 3 books ship
  • Every additional 25 subscribers, one more book

At least one signed copy of Spiritual Homesickness: The Addict's Misguided Search for the Divine ships when it publishes. The book is in progress now. The drawing is locked to June 24 regardless of where the manuscript is on that date. Winners get notified by email and shipped the signed paperback the week the book becomes available.

Subscribe

Free on both. Pick one or both. The Soup drops every other Thursday, Field Notes drop Wednesday and Sunday.

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The fine print

  • Drawing is random. I export confirmed subscriber lists from both Beehiiv and Substack as of June 24, 2026, 11:59pm Pacific, then combine them.
  • Open to anyone either platform can ship a confirmation email to. Shipping is on me, anywhere in the U.S. International, I cover the first $15 of postage and ask the winner to cover the rest if it goes higher.
  • Already subscribed on either platform? You are already entered. Nothing to do.
  • Subscribed on both? You still get one entry. The lists get deduped by email before the draw.
  • Unsubscribe from both before June 24 and you are out. Resubscribe by June 24 and you are back in.
  • One entry per email address.
  • Family is welcome to enter. Family does not win twice.
  • No purchase necessary. Ever. The book is the prize, not the bait.

About the book

Spiritual Homesickness is a book for people who feel like something is missing and cannot find the word for it. It names what most people only feel. The Hole. The Ache. The Hum. The Visitor. The Bodyguard. The Search. Each chapter takes one of those and walks around it slowly enough that you can recognize your own life inside it.

It is being written now. Seven of twelve chapters are drafted. If you want to read the work the book grows out of, the Soup archive and the Field Notes are where most of this thinking happens in real time.