Magic - Chapter 58
The stench of charred flesh filled my nostrils as we made our way down the dirt roads of Hell.
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Beyond Bestsellers: Yes, People Still Buy Books
Why I Still Believe in Publishing Despite its Flaws
Year 2 on Substack: Creating Sustainable Growth (part 1)
Months ago, a writer friend of mine asked me if it was worth it to start a Substack. Like me, she was working on a memoir. I told her yes, but it's a bit more complicated than all that.
How to build a sustainable and profitable subscription into your business
Having consistent income every month helps create safety, but how can we build that recurring revenue when it feels impossible to get anyone interested in peeking behind the paywall.
Magic - Chapter 57
Dis was nothing like I had imagined. I wouldn’t go so far as to say it was a happy place, but the monsters living there certainly didn’t seem any more miserable than they did on Earth.
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[DIGEST] If all else fails, you are not a failure...
Your weekly stackable roundup
Writing doesn't follow a path
Life happens and learning to accept that can sometimes turn a disaster into something even better. This is true of our writing as well.
Selling one million books with international bestselling author Jodi Taylor
Jodi Taylor is the author of the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary’s series, the story of a bunch of disaster-prone historians who investigate major historical events in contemporary time.
Planned serendipity
I always thought that the more successful you got in business, the more rational, logical, and measured you would be. Instead, I've had a journey into chaos.
Magic - Chapter 56
We arrived in Hell inside a sewer pipe filled with bile and sludge. It wasn’t unlike a sewer pipe on Earth, except that it was made of clay instead of concrete.
Notes on Cal Newport's Slow Productivity
I don't take the best notes, but I do have them.
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Creating Accessible Content: Don’t Miss Out on Connecting with Your Audience
Seven Tips to Get You Started
DAMSEL: Movie vs. Book
Why the novel and Netflix film are so similar, yet so very different
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[DIGEST] Do Substack economics work for most writers?
Your weekly stackable roundup
How I Accidentally Published an Activity Book For Kids
(Or, How I Learned I Am More Capable of This Writing Thing Than I Gave Myself Credit For)
Hold tight to your golden thread
How to stay oriented in the Substack wilderness
Are you finding arbitrage or building arbitrage?
When I first started building my career in earnest, Gary Vee was using the term “attention arbitrage” to explain what people needed to be concerned with in the then-nascent creator economy.
Magic - Chapter 54
The tunnel had collapsed behind us and the track beneath us disappeared, leaving Lily to crash two feet onto the ground.
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Find your writing peers
How to overcome our imposter syndrome and fears to find other writers who support us without collapsing into a ball of anxiety.