Derek Sivers recommends doing the whole thing yourself and not relying on any platforms. I’ve just been too lazy to follow his advice, even while knowing on my heart it’s the best bet. Here is his article about it:
Humans are extremely bad at predicting the future, so I hope your reading of the crystal ball all wrong, although I appreciate your expertise and valuable insights.
I've only been reading Substack newsletters for two years, the amount of change by Substack in that time has been huge. It certainly does feel, at times, that something big could happen at any moment. Big good, or good bad, we wait to see.
That is sobering. As a reader (primarily), I have far less need to predict how substack will evolve, and at what time frame. I have the luxury of waiting to see what happens, because I have less invested. But that's a good explanation of why, as someone trying to make a living writing, you need to be able to see a crash coming before it happens, and know which way to jump.
I'm sticking around here for the time being but I've got my Ghost account set up if I need to move relatively quickly, like if this place really does start to crumble. Keeping my subscriber list backed up.
Derek Sivers recommends doing the whole thing yourself and not relying on any platforms. I’ve just been too lazy to follow his advice, even while knowing on my heart it’s the best bet. Here is his article about it:
https://sive.rs/ti
A depressing but worthy read.
Humans are extremely bad at predicting the future, so I hope your reading of the crystal ball all wrong, although I appreciate your expertise and valuable insights.
I've only been reading Substack newsletters for two years, the amount of change by Substack in that time has been huge. It certainly does feel, at times, that something big could happen at any moment. Big good, or good bad, we wait to see.
Well, this was depressing.
That is sobering. As a reader (primarily), I have far less need to predict how substack will evolve, and at what time frame. I have the luxury of waiting to see what happens, because I have less invested. But that's a good explanation of why, as someone trying to make a living writing, you need to be able to see a crash coming before it happens, and know which way to jump.
I read the entire piece and enjoyed, though it makes me sad for writers. 🙃 Substack’s alignment with Weiss is concerning.
This was a really good account of what it all looks like at ground level, S. Thanks for writing it.
(And: fellow Australian genre writer here, who winced pre-emptively the moment I read “Shawline”. What a wreck.)
What new sinking ship/frying pan/platform are you considering jumping to?
I'm sticking around here for the time being but I've got my Ghost account set up if I need to move relatively quickly, like if this place really does start to crumble. Keeping my subscriber list backed up.