An ongoing series of reviews of some of the wonderful articles, poems, and stories I’ve discovered on Substack and more importantly the beautiful souls behind the works.
Catching up on your other recommendations. The "hate substack" piece is interesting. I've done published and magazine stuff before but mostly technical non-fiction. I've had editors work with me but I don't know, it was a utopia.
Then there's the feedback. Someone would have to write a letter to the editor or such, than that will have to filter back to the author.
I feel like substack is more like a newspaper. Well it even started as a platform for newsletters! Tomorrow, there will be another post. Ooops there is a mistake, we can just edit the post after the fact.
It's very ephemeral. So I'd argue that the mediums that are more permanent (books, vinyl records) probably deserve a higher degree of editorial review.
That's a good point... I think that creative writing is in a similar place to the music industry. The more transient, disposable forms of physical media are being replaced by digital formats - the CD with streaming, the magazine with online articles.
However the luxury physical formats are enjoining a surge. The special edition vinyl, the illuminated hardback manuscrip ...
Very kind, thank you. Thanks for listening too -- I realize substack is visual heavy so I appreciate it when readers also engage with the audio.
Also, this is a very nice thing you are doing here. I looking forward to reading the other work here but thank you for helping to elevate this community.
Catching up on your other recommendations. The "hate substack" piece is interesting. I've done published and magazine stuff before but mostly technical non-fiction. I've had editors work with me but I don't know, it was a utopia.
Then there's the feedback. Someone would have to write a letter to the editor or such, than that will have to filter back to the author.
I feel like substack is more like a newspaper. Well it even started as a platform for newsletters! Tomorrow, there will be another post. Ooops there is a mistake, we can just edit the post after the fact.
It's very ephemeral. So I'd argue that the mediums that are more permanent (books, vinyl records) probably deserve a higher degree of editorial review.
That's a good point... I think that creative writing is in a similar place to the music industry. The more transient, disposable forms of physical media are being replaced by digital formats - the CD with streaming, the magazine with online articles.
However the luxury physical formats are enjoining a surge. The special edition vinyl, the illuminated hardback manuscrip ...
Very kind, thank you. Thanks for listening too -- I realize substack is visual heavy so I appreciate it when readers also engage with the audio.
Also, this is a very nice thing you are doing here. I looking forward to reading the other work here but thank you for helping to elevate this community.
Thank you for your excellent work