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Feb 2026
20:
A website to destroy all websites
Feb 2026
19:
The biggest newsletter advice you need to hear
Feb 2026
18:
The joy of doing things badly
Feb 2026
17:
Your next newsletter is already written
Feb 2026
16:
25 things I wish every writer knew about marketing
Feb 2026
6:
No more boring drawings!
Feb 2026
5:
Phantom obligation
Feb 2026
4:
Choosing friction
Feb 2026
3:
Protect your ice cube
Feb 2026
2:
Make the work, share the work
Jan 2026
30:
The case for making art when the world is on fire
Jan 2026
29:
TikTok now tracks immigration status & gender identity
Jan 2026
28:
Is Substack worth it?
Jan 2026
27:
Author platform follows the work
Jan 2026
23:
12 books on slow, intentional, and/or analog living
Jan 2026
22:
Everyone knows
Jan 2026
21:
Which kind of ‘enough’?
Jan 2026
20:
Hide & seek
Jan 2026
19:
Newsletter better
Jan 2026
16:
Two rules for a better author newsletter
Jan 2026
15:
Don't be the best. Be their favorite.
Jan 2026
9:
Beyond the machine
Jan 2026
8:
You think you’re the addict, but you’re really the dealer
Jan 2026
7:
14 books that shaped the way we think about newsletters
Jan 2026
6:
Is there really a choice for independent writers in selecting a platform?
Jan 2026
5:
The 100 connections challenge
Dec 2025
19:
The rules for newsletter growth have changed
Dec 2025
17:
A spoonful of poison metrics
Dec 2025
16:
Let people find your website
Dec 2025
12:
Beware the Substack gloom loop
Dec 2025
11:
Attention retention
Dec 2025
10:
Interest is everything
Dec 2025
9:
The decline of deviance
Dec 2025
8:
The silent slump
Nov 2025
6:
What if it works out?
Nov 2025
5:
How “Know, Like, and Trust” became ensh*tified
Nov 2025
4:
What's the difference between an artist and a creator?
Oct 2025
27:
The art of the newsletter
Oct 2025
24:
The audience effect
Oct 2025
23:
To be creative, practice
Oct 2025
22:
41 tools that might make your newsletter better
Oct 2025
21:
The compound interest of small ideas
Oct 2025
20:
The kind of content marketing that actually works in 2025
Oct 2025
17:
A video for every creative person ever
Oct 2025
16:
Value creation
Oct 2025
15:
What if you gave up social media?
Oct 2025
14:
There is only one hack
Oct 2025
13:
Start right now
Oct 2025
10:
A cartoonist's review of AI art
Oct 2025
9:
A pretty good maxim for all artists
Oct 2025
8:
The #1 newsletter metric to focus on
Oct 2025
1:
The difference between making a living and making a life
Sep 2025
30:
How to build a cult
Sep 2025
29:
Start the next one tomorrow
Sep 2025
26:
A short history of the business card
Sep 2025
25:
Progress is a magnitude of consistency
Sep 2025
24:
Resonance over reach
Sep 2025
23:
Social media interactions in decline
Sep 2025
22:
What I learned sending 1,000 weekly newsletters for 20 years
Sep 2025
19:
Abnormal hobbies (that don’t scale)
Sep 2025
17:
The two types of value
Sep 2025
16:
The audience shortcut
Sep 2025
15:
Five email newsletter must-haves in 2025
Sep 2025
11:
Algorithmic vs. non-algorithmic marketing
Sep 2025
10:
What if you couldn't reach anyone new?
Sep 2025
9:
Acceptable artistic compromises?
Sep 2025
8:
Make something heavy
Sep 2025
5:
Build a labyrinth, not a funnel
Sep 2025
4:
Everything I know about self-publishing
Aug 2025
26:
The defense against slop and brainrot
Aug 2025
25:
Things worth measuring
Aug 2025
22:
3 hot tips for writing a newsletter
Aug 2025
21:
A thousand new email sign ups in a week?
Aug 2025
20:
5 years of newsletter writing
Aug 2025
19:
The newsletter now
Aug 2025
18:
Why you should still build your raft of art in the sea of slop
Aug 2025
8:
Ad-Free Search
Aug 2025
7:
Staying curious is the most dangerous thing you can do
Aug 2025
6:
The 10 laws of great newsletters
Aug 2025
5:
What should I use to make a website?
Aug 2025
4:
Should I publish my newsletter to my blog?
Jul 2025
31:
How to return from a newsletter hiatus in style
Jul 2025
29:
11 design ideas you should steal for your newsletter
Jul 2025
28:
The social media mirage
Jul 2025
17:
My blog is a digital garden, not a blog
Jul 2025
16:
Creative courage in the digital void
Jul 2025
15:
How to find real friendships online via the algorithm
Jul 2025
9:
How To Build Your Audience When Your Topic Is You
Jul 2025
3:
Ye Olde Blogroll
Jul 2025
2:
Taste is the new intelligence
Jul 2025
1:
300 days of showing up
Jun 2025
30:
Entertaining strangers is exhausting
Jun 2025
27:
The joy of missing out on platforms
Jun 2025
26:
7 questions to help you find direction
Jun 2025
25:
Platform reality
Jun 2025
24:
Open-source design resources
Jun 2025
23:
No one cares ... for now.
Jun 2025
12:
Abandoned blogs
Jun 2025
11:
Do the human work
Jun 2025
10:
10 (more!) things I wish every writer knew about marketing
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