Substack Live Podcast

Subscribe to Substack Writers at Work : www.writersatwork.net . I’m so pleased to bring you my interview with Laurie Stone. She writes the literary Substack  Everything Is Personal. In this conversation, we talk about how she grew her Substack so quickly —plus her writing process, her approach to “marketing,” Notes, publishing, the nature of narrative, and how she seduces the reader. She also shar...

To upgrade to listen on Apple, go to www.writersatwork.net/subscribe . Hello, Substack Writers at Work! Every once in a while we start to feel like we’re either in a holding pattern on Substack or it’s just not working. Your subscriber numbers are stagnant. They go up and go down—or they just go down. No one likes or restacks your posts. Every morning, you wake up and tell your cats, “It’s not wor...

To upgrade to listen on Apple, go to www.writersatwork.net/subscribe . I’ve worked one-to-one with over 250 people—helping them succeed on Substack. That means I’ve been behind a lot of dashboards and mentored a lot of different people—with different interests and goals—to * double and triple and quadruple and septuple their subscribers, * substantially increase their revenue, * build a readership...

To upgrade to listen on Apple, go to www.writersatwork.net/subscribe . Happy Tuesday! Please read the intro as I forgot to record one! This interview is a concise rundown of the realities of being an author in a publicity-driven world. Courtney Maum is quite possibly the only person who could bring it to us. You might think of there being two eras: BCM (before ) and ACM (after Courtney Maum). Befo...

To upgrade to listen on Apple, go to www.writersatwork.net/subscribe . On the go? Listen to this on the Substack Writers at Work podcast here! This is the best fifty-two minutes you can spend. This Q&A with the amazing Sophia Efthimiatou, Substack’s Head of Writer Relations, will fill you with inspiration, optimism, and a true appreciation for Substack and how much it’s doing for us. Sometimes it...

To upgrade to listen on Apple, go to www.writersatwork.net/subscribe . I will save you from spending years flailing around on Substack, trying to figure out the platform, and not getting any traction. Book a single meeting: Or a discounted 3-meeting package to get $25 off: Substack is the best platform for writers—financially, professionally, and artistically—and the hardest to succeed on. Don’t d...

To upgrade to listen on Apple, go to www.writersatwork.net/subscribe . On the go? Listen to the audio. If you aren’t a subscriber, become one (!) to master the art and business of being on Substack. On to the reason why so many writers feel bad about promoting their work and why they shouldn’t… For many creative writers, publicity is something to be avoided lest someone accuse them of “self-promot...

To upgrade to listen on Apple, go to www.writersatwork.net/subscribe . A bonus for you for the weekend! If you’re serializing or thinking about serializing your book (or possible book), I go through the entire process and what to consider on the Become a Writer Today podcast with Bryan Collins. Bryan is great. We talk about all things serialization and “becoming an author,” including my trajectory...