Substack: A Sequel

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I usually don't include short notes like this on the blog, but I did want to share something related to a review of the writing site Substack I shared here a few weeks back.

One of the things that I mentioned in that review was while I found the frequently asked questions pages quite helpful (the company terms them the "Writer's Resource" pages) to be quite helpful, of course they were never going to have every single answer I was looking for. Also, it's always tricky to try and use the right keywords to get the exact advice you want. Substack has regular office hours, but those are during the midday and especially with the school year coming up, it's difficult to me to make those hours.

However, I did manage to make it to one of those "writer's hours" chat about a week ago, and I got a great response from a writer by the name of Jackie Dana, who runs a page on Substack called Unseen St. Louis and also contributes to another couple of Substack pages as we…