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Ellemeno Is Charting A New Path

We have some exciting new things in the works for 2025, and we wanted to share them with you

David Todd McCarty
Ellemeno
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10 min readJan 3, 2025

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For better or worse, a new year is upon us, and now that the holidays are over, we’re ready to get down to brass tacks. There’s so little we can do about world affairs, climate change, our crazy families, and the overall demise of human culture; we may as well focus on the things we can do. As writers, that usually comes down to documenting the human condition and the world in which we live, as faithfully and honestly as possible. Sometimes, that’s the best we have to offer.

I’ll admit to having a love/hate relationship with Medium at times, and I have been close to shuttering this publication several times over the past year. They frustrate me mightily, but it’s still the best platform I’ve found to do the kinds of things we do here at Ellemeno, which is to share stories and maybe make a little coin along the way. I’m not a fan of half-assing it, so either do it well or don’t do it at all, I say.

Therefore, we’re doubling down here at Ellemeno with the goal of making this a first-class publication that everyone can be proud of. We want to raise the bar and do everything possible to stand above the rest. What follows are our ideas on how we think…

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Ellemeno
Ellemeno

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A literary journal dedicated to the exploration of life, memoir, culture, travel, and writing.

David Todd McCarty
David Todd McCarty

Written by David Todd McCarty

A cranky romantic searching for hope and humor. I tell stories. Most of them are true. I’m not at all interested in your outrage, but I do feel your pain.

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