About

WHO ARE YOU?

Nat Topping is a writer, screenwriter, film development guy and human being trying his best to stay sane in these interesting times. He lives in "war-torn" Los Angeles, by way of "war-torn" Chicago and, originally, metro Detroit - which strangely no longer qualifies as "war-torn" anymore despite being told from an early age that it was a "bombed-out hellhole." He loves his family, Michigan football and split pea soup. He hates writing about himself in the third person.

WHAT IS THIS PLACE?

This site started because I... err, Nat... wrote something he loved and wanted a little piece of the internet of his own to post it. But as long as I was doing that, I figured... or rather, Nat figured... ah hell. Let's ditch the tiresome "he" nonsense.

Look: I made this so I could have a place to put The Gospel of Travis where people can actually see it. Then I decided that, as long as I'm putting in all the work, I may as well do some light blogging and newslettering while I'm at it. To that end, you can expect the occasional piece of satire, light fiction, personal essays and anything else my poor excuse for a brain thinks might be amusing.

Think of this as basically light toilet reading for the post-apocalypse.

HOW CAN I BE NOTIFIED WHEN YOU POST?

...you know, when you do the whole 'all caps and bold' thing, it feels like you're shouting?

The best thing to do would be to subscribe! It's free, but with a catch: if you want to be able to comment, you have to pay $1 a month. No offense, but if I'm gonna have to read someone tearing into me for putting work out on the internet then I should at least get a buck for my trouble. Also, fair warning: I reserve the right to remove comments that I deem to be offensive or mean or that generally suck.

If you do like what you read here, or if you're a saint who wants to help me pay for this site and/or childcare, then you are welcome to become a supporting subscriber for $5 a month. You will be entitled to a thank you from me anytime you see me in person.

Or, if you don't want to pay for a subscription but are nonetheless a saint and want to shoot me a couple of bucks for a coffee or something, you can donate to me at this link.

But again, no pressure to pay. Whatever I put on this site I'm perfectly happy to share for free. The free subscription just ensures that you get an email from me whenever I post something new.

Here's the nifty subscribe button:

ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SAY?

I love you?

Stop shouting at me?