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E. Jean Carroll's avatar

Good heavens! You mentioned my little Substack! I feel I've just won the Belmont!

Thank you for recommending Ask E. Jean!!

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Abigail Mena's avatar

I really like your Newsletter, I think you have an interesting view on the topics you write about!

A.M. Productions,

Produce, Before Dawn

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E. Jean Carroll's avatar

Thank you, A. M.!!!

Write back at ya!

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MAGA's avatar

Yeah I just realized who you are. I was scrolling through deciding whether or not to join substance. Came across your name and decided the latter. NO THANKS SUBSTACK.

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DiasporaOfLove.com's avatar

Congratulations!! How exciting! I’ll go check it out!! I just started my Su stack I called Diaspora of Love! I’m moving all my articles over from my Wordpress blog and writing new articles every week. I looov this new platform! Agains congratulations on your mention in this awesome group. I’m going to go check out your page now! Cheers, Saralina

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E. Jean Carroll's avatar

Hail, Saralina! Just signed up for DIASPORA OF LOVE!

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DiasporaOfLove.com's avatar

Oh i wrote a reply but it didn't post it for some reason. So honored you subscribed! I have one article so far called Welcome to Diaspora of Love and then also one on my "about" page! I have lots to upload so I've got to get tobwirk uploading more. I looking forward to reading yours and hearing yiur comments. Feel free to tell me what you're enjoying in reading them and what youd like me to write about and ill write a new article insoired by you and share your channel on my oost with it! Doesnt that sound fun?! If you like either way! Thank you! Have a glorious day!

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DiasporaOfLove.com's avatar

Wow, yay!!! I'm so honored!! Whoop whoop! Here's my first article. I'd love to hear what you think of it in the comments! Love to hear what parts you enjoy in it also what topics you'd like to here about and I'll wrote about it for you!! Yay

https://diasporaoflove.substack.com/p/welcome-to-diaspora-of-love

And also here's a little article about my page

https://diasporaoflove.substack.com/about

I look forward to reading yours too!

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Grizelda O'Connor's avatar

Here about?

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Trevor Hoyle's avatar

As an absolute beginner on Substack I need to know the basics. If I decide to publish some sort stories, is there a standard format, ie typeface, text size, layout etc. Could I submit the stories in Apple Pages? If I wish to use a pseudonym, does my Substack page have to be under that name? I see from Salman Rushdie's fiction he has a graphic at the head. Is this included in the text file he submits?

These are all very basic I know, but I need to feel solid ground before I can step into the Ss universe.

Thank you.

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Pamela Beaver's avatar

I am new to to Substack too. I am unsure on how to proceed. I will keep searching. Where do I write my first story, or did I already?

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thebadcoder's avatar

Typically Substack creates a first post that you can edit or just delete it and create a new post.

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Leon Conrad's avatar

Thanks for the tips - it would be great to get a discussion going about writing ... in a community of writers. I run a monthly writing course and competition here - I'll try out the discussion thread this month and see how that goes.

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Katie @ Substack's avatar

We'd love for you to come by Office Hours or Shoutout Thread https://substack.com/events

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Leon Conrad's avatar

Thank you!

Could you translate the timings for someone like myself who is in London, UK, please?

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Patience Merriman's avatar

Hi E. Jean,

Although I was over 60 (and beyond caring about strappy heels and smokey eyes) I still subscribed to Elle magazine just for the pleasure of reading your witty, heartfelt and funny advice column. Glad to know it's alive and well!

May I just say how devastated I was to hear that you were raped by that creepy sleazy bully. It was like it happened to my own sister. Be strong, be well, fight on.

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ric leczel's avatar

About 6 months ago, I added a shorter lighter post on Mondays to the regular Friday deep dive post

My readers like it, as measured by my metrics

I'm experimenting with narrating prior posts into podcasts on demand type of approach

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Katie @ Substack's avatar

That's great!

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Dito Ferrer's avatar

Bueno, estoy recién empezando aquí en Substack (aunque mi primera publicación tiene ya meses jaja) Me interesa mucho mirar las publicaciones de mis colegas y aprender de sus variados estilos. Gracias por compartir.

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Abigail Mena's avatar

I ask you all to come check out my humble Newsletter, “A.M.’s Newsletter”, because I have an amazing series I call, Horizon Star Walk. On the Planet Oria, Aurora Borealis, Orion Pulsar, Ares Aldrin, and Gemini Taurus are on the run for their illegal activity, the stakes are HIGH for them all. A young Guardian of Oria, Sinsen Orbit, is hunting them down with his Officers backing him up. Will he catch them to be executed before the Queen and King of Oria, or will they successfully escape to Earth? Subscribe to find out!

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Chevanne Scordinsky's avatar

I will do discussion threads, perhaps on a more regular basis because I love the engagement with my readers, but I’d also like to do readings of my work since I have a decent speaking voice. I just jotted down ideas for threads and plan to space them out over the next few months. With audio, I need to dust off my equipment and do some testing.

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Dave Conrey's avatar

Am I the only one who noticed that Mia hasn't posted in nearly 4 months?

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Health Care's avatar

This was very helpful

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Steve Jones's avatar

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I will make regular post. Wednesday will be the regular posting. So, please check back and share this site with your friends.

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Undaunted Fucks Show's avatar

This was very helpful as it helped me revamp my tags so that my newsletters can be discovered.

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Bernard Hickey's avatar

Hi. Just checking. There seems to have been a change in the default promo image in the magazine layout. Seems now to just be the overall substack image, rather than the main image in a particular article or podcast. That right?

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Katie @ Substack's avatar

Hmm, so for the most prominent post (the one that's most recent or pinned) you are seeing your publication logo instead of the post preview photo?

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Thomas @ Substack's avatar

Hi Bernard, there was a change in the logic of which image gets shown for podcast posts about a week ago, but that got updated back yesterday. Hope that helps!

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Pat J. Sikora's avatar

I know that some people use Substack to publish long-form writings. How long is too long? Is it better to break up a long article into smaller bits?

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Margot Trevelyan's avatar

How do I serialize a novel on Substack? Is there support somewhere on the site that tells you how to do this?

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H White III's avatar

For Whom the Bell Tolls

The contents of this document are much too important to portray in sound bites.

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