Breaking News from the Jagged Shores!

Come one, Come all!

Yes, come and looky-looky right here at all our news and changes. It is I, Dolly’s Misfit, speaking to you from my home here behind the jagged shores.

A New Rhythm for the Realm

First of all, because of Dolly’s limitations, we’re going to transition to bi-weekly posts here on the blog. This will help keep Dolly at her best while navigating her complex world.

But wait, dear friends, don’t be sad! There’s more—there will be even more of us to feast your eyes upon.

You might ask yourself, “How can that possibly be?”

Through the Looking Glass

Dolly and I are officially opening the gates to our new playground: Dolly & Her Misfit Toy on Substack where we can better slice and dice our stories.

Here’s the Link

First, let me tell you something about our Dolly. In so many ways, she really came out of her comfort zone by starting this blog. To her credit, her belief is that our prison romance and our unique tale should be told. This belief seems justified by the thousands of visitors we get each month. What is even more telling are the returning visitors. So those of you returning, thank you for your loyalty.

Here’s the truth:
We know you’re reading. Those stats make it clear.

So this is where Substack comes in. It’s better built for interactive back-and-forthness, for readers who read and show up in different ways. Substack will also reach a broader audience, including established writers and authors, so how perfect a place for us and our fledgling book The Terror of Tasty Town.

Unlocking the Trunks

Over there, within reach, is a very special key to our Attic—the unpolished Everlasting Gobstopper of Our Goodness! For you, our super fans, we have stashed a near-endless array of unique trunks and boxes tucked away. Once up there, you are free to explore and investigate to your heart’s content. Open each trunk. Who knows what new discoverable yummies will pop up? But don’t fret about becoming an Oompa-Loompa’s new ditty unless you purposely try to hurt Dolly’s feelings . . .

Clarity in the Enchanted Woods

You may not know that Dolly is navigating life with a neurodivergent brain on top of psychiatric disorders. In the Attic, she will be bringing fuller clarity to the alphabet soup of her diagnoses and her struggles in living, loving, and writing from inside that complex machinery of hers. Her brain is a sparkler in a thunderstorm.

Together, we will also be sharing stories from my life of living with all ten ACEs and how that shaped me to be the man I am today. We’ll also show how a marriage like ours is actually possible. On paper it shouldn’t be . . .  

The Attic is where Dolly & her MFT’s uncuffed inner world best reveals itself. It’s the raw side. The uncurated side. The messy drafts with the fingerprints still on them. The beautiful mistakes. The ugly chapters. It’s the B-Side of our lives.

A Purpose Beyond the Page

We are working hard to get Dolly her own Psychiatric Service Dog. It won’t be something cute that fits in her purse. It’s not an Emotional Support Animal. It’s medical. A legal medical device.

Her soon-to-be guardian Labrador will be trained to ground her during emotional
episodes, search her home for a Big Bad Wolf before she enters, and apply deep-pressure therapy when the world turns up too LOUD! Among other supporting tasks.

By subscribing, you are directly helping Dolly buy and train her Psychiatric Service Dog. The deposit is already paid. The commitment is real. She tells me the minimum cost will be $8000 (look for her posts on this new journey).

By subscribing, you aren’t just funding writing. You are building a support system that keeps our Dolly out of her dark box and in the world creating her special brand of Dolly Poppins sunshine that we all love.

Welcome to the New Playground

Some other things to look forward to as a paid subscriber—you will see us in our personal photos and videos that were never intended to be shared[1], you will hear us in our unfiltered prison call recordings, and Dolly reading her own posts to me followed by our unscripted extended banter.

The Free Seat is Still Front Row!

Free subscribers—let there be no mistake—you are just as valued to us. And there on Substack, you will still get all our regular Misfit-Toy stories: the prison insights, the “He Said, She Saids,” the ongoing saga. But more visuals, more goodies, more yummies, more floob-boober-babb-boober-bubs.

Delivered right to your mailbox. No hunting. No, “I’ll check later” and forgetting.

So if you’re curious what more looks like, climb up and see . . .

The Attic is a click away.

Here’s the Link

[1] Some more private than others.