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May 2026
14:
11 Pieces of Creative Life Advice from My 78-Year-Old Mom
May 2026
13:
Less homework! More fun!
May 2026
12:
The most radical act in an age of outrage is to play
May 2026
11:
How to find joy and purpose in social media again
May 2026
7:
Good taste the only real moat left
May 2026
6:
Thrive in obscurity
May 2026
5:
I do multiple things, how do I bring them all together on my website?
May 2026
4:
You need a (gentle) deadline
May 2026
1:
To Substack or not to Substack
Apr 2026
30:
Why Bother?
Apr 2026
29:
Where we do and don’t want automation
Apr 2026
28:
Rebelling against efficiency
Apr 2026
27:
Are newsletters still worth it?
Apr 2026
24:
Why we need shared private internets
Apr 2026
23:
Your newsletter's archives are more valuable than your list
Apr 2026
22:
Our horizon of possibilities
Apr 2026
21:
The three-or-four-hours rule for getting creative work done
Apr 2026
20:
The second circle
Apr 2026
17:
Do shit that doesn't scale
Apr 2026
16:
Bye bye Substack, sort of
Apr 2026
15:
Honor your older work
Apr 2026
14:
Craft is untouchable
Apr 2026
13:
Nothing goes viral by accident
Apr 2026
10:
Why you should have a newsletter
Apr 2026
9:
Why most paid newsletters fail
Apr 2026
6:
Substack just told you where it's heading
Apr 2026
3:
What if we lean into our weirdo artist era?
Apr 2026
2:
How to be remarkable
Apr 2026
1:
“Some jokes are just for me.”
Mar 2026
31:
How to promote yourself as an emerging creative
Mar 2026
30:
No, you don't need 10,000 followers to get a book deal
Mar 2026
27:
The creative isolation trap
Mar 2026
26:
Sprout your spud in different directions
Mar 2026
25:
When sharing becomes the creative work
Mar 2026
24:
10 things I'd tell you about Substack if I wasn't afraid to hurt your feelings
Mar 2026
23:
Velocity is the new authority
Mar 2026
20:
Two things to know before launching your newsletter
Mar 2026
19:
Google has a secret reference desk
Mar 2026
18:
Indie toolkit
Mar 2026
17:
Why we ask “how” before “why”
Mar 2026
16:
The web is bearable with RSS
Mar 2026
13:
The answer to "social media is dead"
Mar 2026
12:
400 days of sharing links
Mar 2026
11:
Community as creative practice
Mar 2026
10:
The monkey and the monument
Mar 2026
9:
Consistency is simpler than you think
Mar 2026
6:
“As inefficient as possible”
Mar 2026
5:
Blogging is lower stakes writing
Mar 2026
4:
The work isn't finished until we share it
Mar 2026
3:
Why personal websites are replacing social media
Mar 2026
2:
100 ways to market your creative work without social media
Feb 2026
25:
How to discover your own taste
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
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