I think (hope?) that there's something to be said for being in the early wave of a platform, which it certainly feels like is happening with Substack at the moment (especially fiction, which I'm on the record as thinking is going to be big 😜: https://twitter.com/thelinkssoap/status/1402609812190515203?s=21). It's definitely hard to see big names come in and instantly have a huge following but hopefully a high tide rises all boats (is that the saying?)
You should start saving notes for that book. Substack is a strange something-verse, but the possibilities are that portion of the iceberg you can see. You need little things, like being able to continue text and place a photo in the margin. But it certainly beats waiting around for a rejection. Appreciate your takes. Good luck, subbing is always a gas. —Professor Mikey, Retrofit.Substack.com …
I’ll admit, I’ve heard of various versions of the 80/20 rule, but hadn’t heard it associated with the Pareto principle until I read this! Having been an economics and accounting major, I always think of Pareto efficiency/Pareto optimality, but ya learn something new every day 😁
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I like Substack. It's kind of an idea trough. I write about whatever hits me; sometimes I post old work. It's not really a platform for my novels, more for me to work through all kinds of things. It's an exercise. It helps me to keep in touch with the fact that I do write and want to continue to write even if life intervenes and makes it difficult. It takes a lot of time and effort to commit to a whole novel. The publishing industry is pretty brutal, a deaf monolith. My goal was to become a moderately successful indie writer. That has proved much harder than I had imagined. I've broken off from that goal, though I still do the same things I did to pursue it for whatever it will be.
I think (hope?) that there's something to be said for being in the early wave of a platform, which it certainly feels like is happening with Substack at the moment (especially fiction, which I'm on the record as thinking is going to be big 😜: https://twitter.com/thelinkssoap/status/1402609812190515203?s=21). It's definitely hard to see big names come in and instantly have a huge following but hopefully a high tide rises all boats (is that the saying?)
You should start saving notes for that book. Substack is a strange something-verse, but the possibilities are that portion of the iceberg you can see. You need little things, like being able to continue text and place a photo in the margin. But it certainly beats waiting around for a rejection. Appreciate your takes. Good luck, subbing is always a gas. —Professor Mikey, Retrofit.Substack.com …
I’ll admit, I’ve heard of various versions of the 80/20 rule, but hadn’t heard it associated with the Pareto principle until I read this! Having been an economics and accounting major, I always think of Pareto efficiency/Pareto optimality, but ya learn something new every day 😁
Thanks for adding me to the Newsletter List you’re compiling!
I like Substack. It's kind of an idea trough. I write about whatever hits me; sometimes I post old work. It's not really a platform for my novels, more for me to work through all kinds of things. It's an exercise. It helps me to keep in touch with the fact that I do write and want to continue to write even if life intervenes and makes it difficult. It takes a lot of time and effort to commit to a whole novel. The publishing industry is pretty brutal, a deaf monolith. My goal was to become a moderately successful indie writer. That has proved much harder than I had imagined. I've broken off from that goal, though I still do the same things I did to pursue it for whatever it will be.