The Publishing Schedule
Hello and welcome back to my modest little Substack here on the interwebs but produced in southeast Iowa.
This is when and what I typically post.
I publish my official newsletter, The Writing Life, on the first weekend of the month, usually (but not always) on Saturday. This is where I talk about my upcoming writing projects, promotional events, some occasional personal news, and some odds and ends.
Second weekend of the month is Prose Night. This is where I post an original piece of prose writing. It could be an excerpt of a larger work in progress, an original essay, such as my A Writer’s Biography posts looking back at my life and path as a writer, or the occasional short story.
Third weekend of the month will be The Writing Lab. This will cover advice about writing to readers, as well as glances at issues I’ve faced myself as a writer. Hopefully, it can be useful to those who want to improve their own work.
Fourth weekend of the month is Poetry Night. You get a couple of fresh new poems from me, and likely some random exposition as to why I might have written them. It’s been a good challenge for me to be more productive with my poems, and I’m surprised at how much I’ve grown as a poetry writer in the process.
If there is a fifth weekend in the month, I either take the weekend off or we do a Hodgepodge Night. It could be anything - fiction, non-fiction, poetry, advice - shoot, maybe even a video or podcast if I get crazy.