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Daniel Piper's avatar

Sounds great. My only worry is that I am nowhere near as hilarious in real life as my writing suggests.

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Larry DeMarco's avatar

Hilarity is nice, but honest and informative expression trumps it. No pun intended. Best wishes, Larry.

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Daniel Piper's avatar

Thanks Larry. Best wishes, Daniel.

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Laura La Sottile's avatar

disagree

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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

Well… you never know what the others are like either!

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Portia's avatar

It doesn't matter, Daniel, we love you anyway.

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Devin LaSarre's avatar

This is awesome. Substack is building a truly vibrant ecosystem.

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Michael Mohr's avatar

Amen

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Anderson II's avatar

I'd love to show up for the next New York meet up! Yankees assemble 👁👁

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RAISINI's avatar

Hello Writers, who’s in London and fancies a pint? 🍻😁 If you are in London, join this Private Telegram group so we can plan a meet or message me. https://t.me/+iIVdR66o-1o0OTE0

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Rukaiya Siamwala's avatar

Would love to do that. Would be fun to meet writers in London

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RAISINI's avatar

Check the telegram link and lets plan one

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Hannah Ashe's avatar

Meeeeee!

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RAISINI's avatar

Check the telegram link and lets plan one

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Eden Avery's avatar

Same, same!

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Eden Avery's avatar

I just joined the Telegram link, but haven’t been able to message in the chat!

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RAISINI's avatar

Sorted :)

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eric's avatar

dear Raisini i live in nyc and on the e-mail of substack which is confusing for me, too technical for me. facebook by contrast is much easier i saw your name by accident on substack as you write you're an investor and like ideas of persons. i want to reach many people on the issue of many students who suffer in schools. do you know how i could reach people online? try to reply by e-mail as substack is too confusing for me in regards eric n kemer e-mail tortoise1234567@yahoo.com

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Marcel Borgstijn's avatar

I've already signed up for the Amsterdam meetup with Wesley a while ago. Really looking forward to it. And another great thing is, I'm having a photowalk with a subscriber in the afternoon. Sounds like a perfect day, right?

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Wesley Verhoeve's avatar

how wonderful!

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Terrell Johnson's avatar

I'm interested in being a host here in Atlanta -- really glad to see this!

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Michael Mohr's avatar

A group of us Substackers did one in San Fran a few months back. Went well!!

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Dean Earls's avatar

Sounds great. I can sense a lot of a murder mystery nights spawning from this 🤣

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Scoot's avatar

No ACTUAL murder mysteries, please and thank you.

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Robert C. Gilbert's avatar

Would love to attend another meetup of writers in Toronto. Glad to see Substack putting more energy behind writers connecting in-person.

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Samantha Kemp-Jackson's avatar

Hey, fellow Torontonian!

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Deepa Paul's avatar

Super excited about our Amsterdam meetup! Great little old school bar, good vibes, like minds, it’ll be great!

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Marcel Borgstijn's avatar

Me too, will be nice I guess. Must be!

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Katie Nissen's avatar

i’d love to chat with some local michigan and/or texas folks... substackian’s seem to eyeroll at blogging a lot less than the average joe (certainly bc we’re all similarly deranged)

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Rachel Knight's avatar

Where in TX?

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Katie Nissen's avatar

Houston area!

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Nicole Jones Herron's avatar

I’m in hill country! There HAS to be more ATX peeps out there??

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Alison Krupnick's avatar

This is great! I tried to organize a Seattle meetup this summer but travel and illness meant we couldn’t achieve critical mass. I’ve since met so many more writers in the area. I appreciate this support to finally make it happen.

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John Lovie's avatar

Please add me to the list. I'm on Whidbey. If you post a note, I can tag a few more.

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Sam Robinson's avatar

San Francisco Bay Area folks, let’s go!

(Seriously, I am going to apply to help host.)

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palmisanocj@yahoo.com's avatar

I considered applying for San Jose Bay Area but SF isn't that far so count me in!

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Sam Robinson's avatar

Awesome! I’m starting to work on an application. What would you like to get out of a meet-up? 🙂

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Sam Robinson's avatar

Hey there! A Substack meet up is happening in the East Bay next month!

https://lu.ma/l08hen0k

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palmisanocj@yahoo.com's avatar

Connecting with other writers, exchanging work

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sumanth jinagouda's avatar

Hi Sam - I am located in the bay area/SF. Would love to be a part of this! Just got into writing + a product guy in the bay area working on a startup idea, wanting to talk to fellow writers about it for feedback! Let me know if we can connect.

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Sam Robinson's avatar

You bet! I submitted a proposal for a meet up and will keep you in the loop, Sumanth! 🙂🤞

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sumanth jinagouda's avatar

Any chance I can borrow 10-15 minutes of your time to get feedback even before your proposal gets accepted :) Appreciate your response!

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Sam Robinson's avatar

Sure, Sumanth. We can find some time to connect.

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a. natasha joukovsky's avatar

I love this! Who’s in DC/Georgetown? Do we have a host here yet?

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Caroline's avatar

Me, me, me!

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a. natasha joukovsky's avatar

Hi Caroline!

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Caroline's avatar

Not a host (yet lol) but in the area!

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eric's avatar

dear Caroline i saw your brief message by accident on substack which is confusing for me, facebook is much easier. i would like to write you more in regards eric ps i live in nyc

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eric's avatar

Caroline i forgot to add e-mail me at tortoise1234567@yahoo.com in regards eric

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Asha Sanaker's avatar

I'd be happy to host a meet-up for Western New York. Depending on the number of folks who want to come and the time of year, I can host at my house, which is centrally located in downtown Ithaca, NY, or I can arrange a space at a local watering hole, or by the lake.

I write Let Your Life Speak and have been writing on Substack since January 2021. I've been to a meet-up in NYC, which was delightful fun, but now that I work full-time outside of the house getting down to the city, particularly in the middle of the week, is impossible. But Western New York is a pretty vast area, so I'm guessing I'm not alone in wishing there was an opportunity for writers out this way that is more accessible. I'm also close enough to PA that we could roll in some Northwestern PA folks as well. Us folks in the Northern Appalachians have to stick together.

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Mary Anne Shew's avatar

I'm also in western (Rochester) NY. and I've submitted an application to Substack to host a virtual writer meetup to start. Then we can work out in-person events. My Substack is currently called Creativity Nation but I'm evolving it to a new title and focus.

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Claire Venus ✨'s avatar

I’d love to host a half day retreat by the coast in Northumberland, UK. I’ve already got the perfect venue! Our nearest town is on the east coast mainline by rail it’s really easy to get here. ✨✍️

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Luiza B. Campos's avatar

Anyone in Brussels? I would go to Amsterdam, but on a Wednesday night it’s not so easy. I hope next one is on the weekend. :)

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