Thank you for this smart post. This is so beautiful: it creates a relationship between the maker and the person on the other end. It says, I made this, and I made it for you, and somewhere in it you can find me.
THANK YOU! I'm obsessed with these questions. I wrote a piece on money for Gloria recently and on my own Substack interviewed a UK based writer (Keris Fox) who has a whole Substack devoted to it. And I love this quote of yours: "In the end, an honest living is not about sacrifice. It’s not a rejection of money or a refusal to engage with the realities of the industry. It is simply the choice to make work that is yours. Work that is driven by your specific way of seeing the world. By your voice. That choice is harder right now than it has been in a while. But it is still a choice." Restacking now.
Great article. I really am fed up with the get rich slop that infests all feeds including on here. I’m sure a lot of us just want to do what we love and have enough to get by and earn a living
I get a dozen of these How to Become a Bestseller on Substack offers a day. And they’re always from the same half dozen bestselling Substack “experts,” which is how they became a bestseller in the first place.
Thanks for this piece Rebecca. As a career editor who assumed twenty years ago that I'd be comfortable by now (but isn't), this really resonates with me. Please keep up the good work!
Perfectly encapsulates this moment. No one seems to know if they should be chasing art or money, including myself. You managed to put into words things I didn't realize I was feeling. Much needed read, thank you for this.
Thank you for this smart post. This is so beautiful: it creates a relationship between the maker and the person on the other end. It says, I made this, and I made it for you, and somewhere in it you can find me.
THANK YOU! I'm obsessed with these questions. I wrote a piece on money for Gloria recently and on my own Substack interviewed a UK based writer (Keris Fox) who has a whole Substack devoted to it. And I love this quote of yours: "In the end, an honest living is not about sacrifice. It’s not a rejection of money or a refusal to engage with the realities of the industry. It is simply the choice to make work that is yours. Work that is driven by your specific way of seeing the world. By your voice. That choice is harder right now than it has been in a while. But it is still a choice." Restacking now.
Thank you! Every now and then we need to hear this. So much truth in your blog posts. Thank you!
Great article. I really am fed up with the get rich slop that infests all feeds including on here. I’m sure a lot of us just want to do what we love and have enough to get by and earn a living
I get a dozen of these How to Become a Bestseller on Substack offers a day. And they’re always from the same half dozen bestselling Substack “experts,” which is how they became a bestseller in the first place.
Thanks for this piece Rebecca. As a career editor who assumed twenty years ago that I'd be comfortable by now (but isn't), this really resonates with me. Please keep up the good work!
Perfectly encapsulates this moment. No one seems to know if they should be chasing art or money, including myself. You managed to put into words things I didn't realize I was feeling. Much needed read, thank you for this.