17 of 40 letters left this week
A rough preview in a font, so you can see the length. The real page is in my handwriting.
1,400 characters is about two sides of a sheet. That's where my hand starts to show it, so that's where the limit is.
Anyone can generate a thousand tender words in four seconds now, for free. What's left to prove you cared is the part that can't be faked: a hand that moved for eleven minutes, paper that crossed the country in a truck, and five days of waiting.
| A robot letter service | Me | |
|---|---|---|
| What holds the pen | A plotter arm, holding a ballpoint | My hand, holding a blue Pilot G-2 0.7 |
| The handwriting | A font, programmed to wobble | Mine. It wobbles on its own |
| Letters a week | As many as you pay for | Forty |
| A mistake | Never happens, which is the giveaway | I start the sheet again |
| Proof | A sample image on the homepage | A photo of your page, on my desk, before it's sealed — with every letter |
| Mailed from | A fulfillment center | The blue collection box on the corner, in Florida |
Real photo of a real page goes here.Before I seal your letter, I photograph the page on my desk and email it to you. The pen, the desk and the page are all in the frame.
This used to be a $3 add-on. It shouldn't have been. It's the single piece of evidence that separates this from every other handwritten-letter company on the internet, and hiding it behind three dollars meant most people never saw it.
Here's the whole trip, from your screen to their mailbox. First-Class letters don't come with tracking, so this is as much as anyone can tell you.
Your letter takes one of this week's forty places.
About eleven minutes for a full letter, on 24lb writing stock.
Emailed to you before the envelope is sealed. Every letter, no charge.
Folded, stamped, and walked to the pickup.
USPS First-Class, across the country, with everything else.
In their mailbox, signed by you.
Priced by length, because length is time. The site picks the rate as you type, so you never have to choose.
| Length | Characters | In the US | Worldwide |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Note | Up to 240 | $9 | $14 |
| The Letter | 241 to 700 | $16 | $21 |
| The Long One | 701 to 1,400 | $26 | $31 |
Your actual page, on my desk, emailed before sealing. With every letter.
Written next, out at the next 5 PM pickup.
1,400 characters is roughly two sides of a sheet. The cap is there because a hand gets tired, and a tired hand shows on the page.
Forty letters a week. That's the entire capacity, because that's how many one hand can do.
23 taken, 17 open. When they're gone, the next week opens on Monday.
If your letter hasn't been delivered in 30 days, I write it again, free, once. The mail loses things occasionally. I'd rather write it twice than argue about it.
Nothing threatening, nothing harassing, and nothing to someone who has asked not to be contacted. If I won't write it, you get a full refund.
My return address is on every envelope, so this isn't a formality.
Anything else, write to cmillstein1@me.com and you'll get a person.
The ones people actually ask.
Yes. One person, in Florida, with a pen. You don't have to take my word for it either — every letter comes with a photo of your own page on my desk, before it goes in the envelope.
Because $1.69 of it is postage, paper, ink, the envelope and card processing, and the other $14.31 is about eleven minutes of writing. There's no discount code, because there's no second writer to hand the work to.
Start with one specific thing — a day, a place, something they said — rather than a summary of how you feel. The detail is what the other person will actually remember. You don't need to sound like a card.
It's signed however you tell me to sign it. The return address on the envelope is mine, because I'm the one who mailed it, so it's worth saying who you are in the first line if they wouldn't expect a letter.
No. It goes USPS First-Class, which has no tracking. Most letters arrive in about five days. If one doesn't turn up in 30, I write it again.
Front of the queue is $12. Your letter gets written next and goes out at the next 5 PM pickup. After that it's up to the postal service.
Yes. Worldwide rates are $14, $21 and $31, and the only difference is the stamp.
