Dear 518 generous supporters of Bloody Hell!

Thanks to you, we are halfway through raising the funds we need to get started on Bloody Hell! And Other Stories. Thank you thank you and more thank yous!

I am very excited about this anthology. Primarily becasue menopause has been kicking my fucking ass! Wow, it has been harder than I imagined. And I would have loved an anthology like this when I was younger. That's why I agreed to edit Bloody Hell! 

It's been thrilling to hear more about menopause in magazines and newspapers, on TV programmes and films, and to see it feature in more obvious ways (sometimes well, other times not so well) in popular culture than when I was younger. 

And if there's one thing I am learning as I make my way through perimenopause, it's that it is much more than to go on Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) or not and "How to lose menopause belly," which are the ways menopause is so often framed in those popular culture representations.

And that's exactly why I'm excited about Bloody Hell! Because the essays in this book will be as different and truly diverse as the authors who've agreed to contribute are. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MENOPAUSE IS LIKE! 

I've been told that the second half of raising funds for projects is much easier than the first half, which is why I'm writing. You've been so generous already through your pledges but I have a request:

PLEASE SHARE THIS PROJECT WITH JUST ONE PERSON EACH. 

If each one of you generous people can help me get just one more person to pledge their support, we can get started on Bloody Hell! 

THANK YOU!

Love and solidarity

Mona