Well yes the above image is substacked – one layer stacked on top of a sublayer but I digress. Has anyone been thinking of joining/has joined the Substack newsletter publishing platform? Just in case anyone is interested but does not quite know how and where to begin or even if its worth a try then here is a link on ‘how to get started with Substack which might be helpful for any of us sitting on the fence.
The class runs for seven-days from Monday 3 – Sunday 9 February 2025, and you will have access to all the content until July 31, 2025. You can access the classroom as follows:
- Go to https://dowhatyouloveforlife.com/my-account and log in. If you forget your password you can reset it on that page.
- Look for ‘Write for Love. Write for Money.’ in your course dashboard and navigate to Lesson 1.1, which will be available from Monday 3 February.
The daily lessons will be released into the classroom at 5.00am UK time each day but you do not need to be online at that time. You can log in whenever suits you.
Twosome for Tuesday: an almost seamless duologue of consensual interaction
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I tried Medium and I tried Substack. I ended up getting rid of them and sticking with WordPress. Medium has an abundance of AI generated articles, and the platform’s payment model seemed bias to me. Substack was fun, but the “notes” feature felt to me like doomscrolling on Facebook. I know that with WordPress, I will find quality writing I enjoy. And I don’t have to pay for it.😉
thanks for the feedback Melissa- I do however (have to) pay WordPress for both domain name signpost and removal of those incredibly repulsive adverts
Ah yes, I pay for those, too. I meant paying to subscribe to the newsletters of others. I see a lot on there that paywall their content.
yes writers who want to earn
I took the plunge, but I doubt it will become my primary aim
any views on what you use/like it for
I like to write lyric style essays, braided essays too and substack seems to enable that it is easy to use. Not sure I’d put my poetry on there. I am concerned about its drive to paid content, this can exclude those of us not wanting to go that route. I’m finding bluesky a much better option (much more positive than twitter/X).
sounds interesting Paul – if I join I’ll look you up
Likewise, I think developing communities actually helps when navigating social media. 🙂
A lot of people I know have gone to Substack, and I miss them, but I find it hard to get around to reading them. WordPress is easy for me; all in the Reader and easily accessed. I do use Substack to read about politics, as many writers I admire have left or been fired from their mainstream news sources. But for creative writing, it’s just too much effort. (K)
I find it hard to read Substack as I’m not part of the community though I dislike the WP Reader as it reduces our efforts at layout etc to a scrawl so I invariably visit the blog and so have cut back on those I follow. It does seem to be mainly for writers not scribblers (and YT is where I go for news since our MSM no longer does journalism)
I agree about layouts in the reader, but it lets me know when someone has posted. I would never be able too keep up going to each individual blog all the time. Nothing is perfect, and we each have to compromise and figure out what works best for us.
“and nothing is ever as you want it to be” to quote Brian Patten
I use Feedly to read blogs. And have added Rebecca Solnit’s newsletter on Substack to my Feedly list – hers is free or you can subscribe if you wish to support her.
thanks Diana – I’ve concluded that Substack is a step in the wrong direction for me and I’m opting to read and follow less and less given how time consuming it all is – your blog is of course still on my follow list after all these years