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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
Jun 2025
9:
Good Internet
Jun 2025
6:
The non-scientific, non-scammy way to grow your newsletter
Jun 2025
5:
5 rules for creative authenticity
Jun 2025
4:
10 things I wish every writer knew about marketing
Jun 2025
3:
Blogging as a gift
Jun 2025
2:
What the heck is a personal brand in 2025?
May 2025
30:
1,000 fans (which sort?)
May 2025
29:
A strategy of attention economy
May 2025
28:
How to long game
May 2025
27:
Activation vs. persuasion
May 2025
23:
How to find your creative spark
May 2025
22:
How to build a 200+ member writing community
May 2025
21:
Why you're struggling with your marketing
May 2025
20:
Newsletter writing shouldn’t leave you sore
May 2025
19:
How to title your blog post or whatever
May 2025
16:
Totally insane & truly helpful
May 2025
15:
Warm growth
May 2025
14:
Working through the fear of being seen
May 2025
13:
Stop writing new content
May 2025
12:
Should your newsletter be a podcast?
May 2025
9:
And ... we're back
Mar 2025
20:
A short hiatus
Mar 2025
18:
The problem with most newsletters
Mar 2025
14:
The world's largest search engine doesn't want you to search
Mar 2025
13:
The secret to word of mouth
Mar 2025
12:
How to hype yourself
Mar 2025
11:
The Law of Shitty Click-Throughs
Mar 2025
7:
How to professionally say
Mar 2025
6:
How to find interesting people on Substack
Mar 2025
5:
Talk about your writing in a way that attracts readers
Mar 2025
4:
A creative person’s guide to thoughtful promotion
Mar 2025
3:
100 ways to share your work + life
Feb 2025
21:
Start an email list, send to an email list.
Feb 2025
20:
The eight types of emails
Feb 2025
19:
On being a creative in the age of content
Feb 2025
18:
'Rules' for running a membership program
Feb 2025
14:
Doing Nothing With Your Favorite People Is Really, Really Good for You
Feb 2025
13:
Social media is a trap
Feb 2025
11:
Does the superfan exist?
Feb 2025
10:
Everyone's lonely but no one can hang out
Feb 2025
7:
Persuasion is plural
Feb 2025
6:
How, when, and where to engage with your newsletter community
Feb 2025
5:
How to migrate your tweets to Bluesky
Feb 2025
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25 reasons to write online
Feb 2025
3:
The Analog Web
Jan 2025
31:
No one buys books
Jan 2025
30:
Maybe your content isn't the problem
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