🖋️The M.I.D. Newsletter | Issue #4

 

The M.I.D. Newsletter | Issue #4

From the desk of Makitia Thompson | Minds In Design

Editor’s Note ✍🏽

Welcome back, or welcome for the very first time. This is Issue #4 of The M.I.D Newsletter, landing in your inbox as we step into September. If you’re new here, prepare yourself. This isn’t your average polished-to-perfection newsletter. It’s raw, it’s layered, and yes, sometimes it bites back. I’ll let you decide which part you prefer. 😏

This issue is packed. I’m talking updates that matter, writing wisdom you won’t want to ignore, characters who will haunt you (literally), and more behind-the-scenes looks into the ever-expanding M.I.D universe. Stick with me until the end, I promise it’s worth the scroll. 👀

Who We Are: Minds In Design 🌌

For those just tuning in, Minds In Design is my creative home and now, officially, yours too. I, Makitia Thompson, built this space because I believe imagination should never be a passing thought; it should be a universe you can step into. This is where stories, poetry, screenplays, novels, short story collections and strange little experiments come to breathe. Expect the unexpected. M.I.D is where imagination lives, sometimes softly, sometimes with claws.

What’s New in the M.I.D Universe 🚀

The biggest announcement? The Store is Open.
👉 mindsindesign.com

This is where everything now lives, exclusively. The Where Time Can’t Exist short stories, my poetry collections, short story collections, screenplays, and the behind-the-scenes content you didn’t know you needed.

Currently available:

  • It Ended By Beginning (short story collection)

  • It Hurt Beautifully (poetry collection)

  • The Withering Orchard (short story)

  • The Withering Orchard (screenplay)

  • The Mind’s Keepsake (Vol. 1 & 2)

  • Paper Ghosts (Vol. 1 & 2)

  • The Killer Across the Street

All available in digital (ebook) format. No middlemen. No waiting. Just me → you.

Podcast Update 🎙️

Okay, cards on the table: I jumped the gun when I announced the podcast. My excitement got the best of me. Consider this my official apology for dangling it too soon. The good news? It’s still happening, I’ve just delayed the first episode until December 2025.

Why? Because I’d rather give you real content now; books, stories, BTS insights. Instead of rushing something half-baked. The podcast will drop no later than October, and trust me, the wait will be worth it. Stay tuned.

Promotion Tip for Writers 🖋️

Want your work to be remembered? Here’s the tip: quotes.

Dig through every story, novel, novella, and poem you’ve written. Find the lines that sting, that ache, that make your chest tighten or your lips curl into a smirk. Then, post them. Everywhere. Pinterest, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook. Quotes are emotional doorways. When you share them, you’re inviting people to step into your story without spoiling the whole house.

The right quote doesn’t just get likes. It compels. It whispers: there’s more where that came from.

Makitia’s Book of the Month 📚

This month, the spotlight shines on my own collection: It Ended By Beginning.

In this unforgettable and raw collection, It Ended By Beginning unearths the buried emotions we try to forget and confronts the truths we often run from. Across 32 hauntingly honest stories, readers are invited into intimate, visceral worlds shaped by grief, betrayal, envy, pride, justice, and silence.

📖 Read It Here

Makitia’s Writing Corner ✨

Here’s your reminder: Don’t discard the story you think is bad.

Rewrite it. Polish it. Keep the skeleton, rework the skin. Use what you’ve already created as scaffolding. Mistakes aren’t proof of failure, they’re ladders. Climb them.

Character of the Month 🩸

Meet: Gregg Thorton.

For 44 years, Thorton hid in plain sight - murdering over 20 people, including three of his own wives and seven of his sixteen children. When new evidence surfaced, he didn’t break from guilt. He confessed to deepen wounds, to twist the knife into those who survived him.

He’s the character you won’t stop thinking about. And in late September to early October, his final book arrives. Don’t miss it.

From the Blog 🖤

August highlight: Am I Desperate?
Read it here

This post pulls apart the stigma of self-publishing, the whispers that it’s the “last resort” for writers who “couldn’t get a deal.” Spoiler: that narrative is lazy. Self-publishing has its challenges, but it also offers freedom, control, and direct connection with readers. It’s not desperation. It’s strategy.

Minds In Design Sales – September 💸

Here’s what’s waiting at mindsindesign.com:

  • 25% off The Mind’s Keepsake: Makitia’s Quotation Book

  • 50% off It Ended By Beginning

  • 25% off all orders over $10

  • Buy The Killer Across the Street → get Serial Family Man: The First Interview with Gregg Thorton for half off

Upcoming Projects 🔥

Coming soon: a documentary-style story about Gregg Thorton. This won’t be the recycled true crime formula. Instead, you’ll get voices of survivors, fragments of media, testimonies from neighbors and family members of his victims. A portrait built from the people who lived his terror. Expect distortion, hidden truths, and a haunting you won’t easily shake.

Connect With Me 🌐

Let’s stay connected. Follow me across the universe:

Parting Words 🕯️

Minds In Design is more than a brand. It’s a promise. I’m dedicated to publishing stories that linger, that echo, that leave fingerprints on your mind long after you’ve closed the page. Stories that don’t let you forget them, no matter how hard you try.

Thank you for being here. Until next time.

- Makitia Thompson

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