This came at a key time for me -- I'm getting my own newsletter off the ground, and I simultaneously want to make it good and do *not* want to follow a typical Substack model (narrow focus + paid subscriptions + clear branding). I think Substack is thinking of content producers in a wider sense -- I've heard them describing this as the home of our media empire -- but some of us don't want media empires, but a space for expression, connection, and play.
Congrats on 3 years! Time flies when you are having fun. Thanks for recommending Lonely Victories newsletter. I'm always on the lookout for other writing and reading newsletters since I write a reading adjacent newsletter about books and reading.
Also thanks to Hurley for pointing out the article about Margaret Wise Brown - how awesome! I think I saw this pop up somewhere and was in too much of a hurry so glad to be able to read it now.
Congratulations on 3 years! And you know, I think with art what I've had to learn is people will see/hear what they need and it often won't be what you meant. Sometimes that scares me (being badly misinterpreted) but mostly I think it's wonderful the way we can all see something different in the clouds or ice formations or a feather floating down in front of us. I love finding women who area already established writers saying it's ok to do something because you deeply enjoy doing it and let it be what it decides to be.
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This came at a key time for me -- I'm getting my own newsletter off the ground, and I simultaneously want to make it good and do *not* want to follow a typical Substack model (narrow focus + paid subscriptions + clear branding). I think Substack is thinking of content producers in a wider sense -- I've heard them describing this as the home of our media empire -- but some of us don't want media empires, but a space for expression, connection, and play.
Congrats on 3 years! Time flies when you are having fun. Thanks for recommending Lonely Victories newsletter. I'm always on the lookout for other writing and reading newsletters since I write a reading adjacent newsletter about books and reading.
Congrats! And wow, what a great article about Margaret Wise Brown. I’m so glad I read that.
Also thanks to Hurley for pointing out the article about Margaret Wise Brown - how awesome! I think I saw this pop up somewhere and was in too much of a hurry so glad to be able to read it now.
Congratulations on 3 years! And you know, I think with art what I've had to learn is people will see/hear what they need and it often won't be what you meant. Sometimes that scares me (being badly misinterpreted) but mostly I think it's wonderful the way we can all see something different in the clouds or ice formations or a feather floating down in front of us. I love finding women who area already established writers saying it's ok to do something because you deeply enjoy doing it and let it be what it decides to be.
Thanks for sticking to it.