#heymcconaughey

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10/04/2017: REALLY good news, guys! at long last--I have finally managed to get a response from somebody in Matthew’s inner circle. Mark, whose account I’ve long since verified, is somebody who works alongside Matthew and his team and has sent me an address associated with the McConaughey family business endeavors in California.

I wrapped the fanbook up today and it’s ready to get mailed out tomorrow! I asked Mark to send me a message when the book gets passed into Matthew’s hands, but I can’t promise we’ll get anything more than that. I don’t want to push my luck with this, you understand, since I consider this such a huge favor from Mark already. if we got a response at all we would be very lucky indeed--please be respectful of Mark and Matthew about this and understand that they’re busy dudes.

let’s pray for it’s safe arrival and that Matthew enjoys your submissions ❤️ thanks so much for being patient these past two years, I can’t thank you enough for participating and supporting this project!

[heymcconaughey]

HEYMcCONAUGHEY UPDATE: THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG!

Sorry for the perpetual frog in my throat, I might be getting a little bit ill so if I sound weird there’s a possible reason. I just wanted to briefly go through and show you guys the tentative mock-up arrangement for the fanbook’s layout. If anybody has questions or wants me to move something around on your behalf, please let me know!

[heymcconaughey]

here’s a brief update post on the HeyMcConaughey fanbook to prove that I’m actually still alive and the project hasn’t flat lined on the table 👍 

I definitely meant to say “sorry it’s been such a long time since I’ve updated” in the beginning, but.....words, etc.

if you have any questions, Allie and I will be happy to answer them :) I’ll be working on printing out the email submissions this weekend!

[heymcconaughey]

How many more submissions would you like to make it to your goal of being a really big fanbook? How many do you have now?

Well, from the start Allie and I both pretty much reconciled that this project wasn’t going to “HUGE” when it was finished–at least by other fandom fanbook standards, like the completely massive ones the Supernatural actors Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki have been inclined to receive in the past. The True Detective fandom is a smaller niche group and Matthew’s online fan base is still pretty new on its feet, so we didn’t necessarily expect a massive turnout despite advertising in a lot of different places. But some part of me was still hoping, y’know. I thought more people would want to help Matthew understand that Rust Cohle deserved more recognition than what he got, considering the amount of lives that character touched.Anyhow, around 200 people follow this blog and we were hoping to receive somewhere in the ballpark of about 30-35 unique submissions. As it stands right now (with the primary deadline coming up on Monday 6/15), we have received 16 individual submissions with 2 more currently en route to the P.O. box. So as far as I know, 18 is the final count not including the two letters from me and Allie and the small sketch of Rust I was going to include from myself. Thankfully, some of these kind submitters have included more than one letter or piece of art in their parcel, so we’ll be able to fill up more than just 18 pages, but I really hoped to get a little more content from a wider group of fans.Nonetheless, I’m not letting this stop me! With Allie’s help I’ll still be putting the fanbook together and trying to make it the best it can possibly be for when we finally send it off to Matthew. The submissions we’ve received, though kinda small in number, are so lovely and beautiful–and I really want him to see them. I’ve toyed with extending the deadline even further to accommodate more people, but we’re paying for the P.O. box out of our own pocket and sad to say, renting it out isn’t free. I’m going to have to close the rental at the end of this month.If I wanted to meet my initial goal? We’d need about 10 more submissions added onto what we’ve got right now. So I want people to know that I WILL be checking the P.O. box until the very end of this month when it has to be closed, and we’ll still be taking email submissions in the meantime. If anybody can’t physically mail something to Florida, feel free to email it to me (you can find out more info on the heymcconaughey guidelines page).But if we only wind up with 18 submissions, that’s A-okay! Allie and I are going to make this work anyhow, and hope Matthew still appreciates a smaller sentiment all the same. :)–Hannah

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for the  heymcconaughey project ;w;

[heymcconaughey]

The deadlines for the HeyMcConaughey Fanbook Project are coming up on June 1st and June 15th. Please swing by and check out our page if you'd like to help celebrate Matthew's performance as Rustin Cohle in True Detective.

[heymcconaughey]

Hey everybody! March is coming up fast around the bend and we wanted to drop in to remind you that the deadlines for submitting to the HeyMcConaughey Fanbook Project are still slated as APRIL 10TH (soft deadline) and APRIL 24TH (hard deadline). Nothing has showed up in the P.O. Box yet, so we hope you're working on your letters and fan art in preparation to get them in the mail next month sometime. 

For anybody who wants to contribute, feel free to check out the guidelines/FAQ page or send us a message with any questions you might have. Over the next couple days we're going to try and start doing more promotional stuffs with content from True Detective to hopefully draw in more interested contributors, and then begin the process of locating the scrapbook we want to use for the final project. Suggestions are always welcome! The address for mailing your submissions is:

Hey McConaughey P.O. Box 467 Valrico, Florida 33595-0467 USA

[heymcconaughey]

HeyMcConaughey: A Fanbook Project

HeyMcConaughey is online! This is the official page for the Matthew McConaughey fanbook project you've been hearing about, where we'll be answering your questions, keeping you updated on coming deadlines, and documenting this journey from start to finish.

For those of you who are newcomers (or haven't been following our preliminary posts elsewhere), the whole idea and inspiration for the fanbook started in light of this past award season. Matthew's performance as Rust Cohle in the HBO series True Detective was largely overlooked and didn't garner the level of attention it rightfully deserved, and even though the big leagues may not have been so apt to recognize the hard work and talent he put into that character, we thought it'd be nice for the fans to show him our appreciation instead. With that being said, this fanbook is going to be about Matthew overall, but specifically geared toward his work as Rust Cohle. A lot of people found a lot of beautiful things in the character--whether that be creative inspiration, solidarity, or even a ray of light in the dark--, and our primary goal is to drum up some of the recognition and praise Rust truly deserves, courtesy of the people to whom he means the most. Because the finished project is going to be in the form of a scrapbook, the type of contributions we're looking for are along the lines of handwritten notes and letters (typed if need be), post cards, fan art--anything flat and two-dimensional that can fit easily on the pages of a book. We have a set of guidelines for creating and formatting your submissions, in addition to where you can mail them when you're ready to ship out. We're very excited about this project and hope to have a good submission turnout in honor of Matthew and Rust! Feel free to let us know if you're interested in participating, and please share the HeyMcConaughey page with your fellow True Detective and Matthew fans who might like to show their appreciation as well.

Just to let you know in advance, there are going to be ((2)) deadlines for this project, a soft deadline we'd like to have most submissions received by, and a hard one two weeks later for those of you who live overseas and might need extra shipping time:

April 10, 2015 (soft deadline)

April 24, 2015 (hard final deadline)

Other than that, shoot us a line if you have any questions. This looks like it's gonna be a good time, and we can't wait to see what y'all come up with! All the best, Hannah & Allie, your HeyMcConaughey mods