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picosgemeos

Substack and Creativity

Dec 22, 2023 07:07

It's been now 6 weeks since olamina came to visit Brazil. We had many interesting conversations during those days we spent together, mostly about our families and lives. Two of them have stayed with me ( Read more... )

nazis, nanowrimo, substack, social media, george saunders, horror, snakes, twitter, hattie crisell

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amw December 22 2023, 16:42:14 UTC

I think if you are hoping to monetize your writing, then Substack or a platform like it is much better than LiveJournal. On the other hand, when you are on a platform that specifically is designed for people to monetize their writing, it changes your audience a bit too ( ... )

picosgemeos December 23 2023, 15:12:55 UTC

Thanks for you thoughtful comment. You've touched on a few points I've been reflecting on since I posted here on LJ ( ... )

olamina December 24 2023, 11:26:36 UTC

I didn't know about Buttondown, when I suggested Substack..and of course my suggestion was pre-Nazi Nonsense (and always ever with an asterisk!). My hope with Substack is that you could share stories from your fascinating life. I was telling a friend about you the other day and he said your life sounded like a great/charming TV series. That friend would never join LJ but if I sent him a link to a blogpost or forwarded a newsletter, he'd be keen.

That said, you should do what moves you and "fills your cup". Everything isn't for everybody, and life is too short to feel like you have to constantly put ona show for others!

picosgemeos December 24 2023, 12:05:42 UTC

Thank you! I appreciate that - i'm grateful you believe in me. :)

I think what I'll do is put Substack on the back burner for now and wait a little longer, to see how things develop. Although the owners took the view now to allow monetization of dubious content, they seem like smart and thoughtful guys in many respects (at least they sound open to discussing things) and maybe it will all change.

In the meantime, I'm going to work on being more prolific here - so that when I feel more ready for Substack or Buttondown, I can switch over. I think part of my hesitation was feeling like I wasn't posting that much anyway, and having a newsletter was maybe going to backfire by forcing me to publish content I didn't feel was that great.

naturalbornkaos December 27 2023, 20:02:55 UTC

My God, I'm so very sorry to hear about what happened. I would be devastated. I think I would probably also blame myself and consider that I'd somehow invoked something, as crazy as that might sound to others ( ... )

picosgemeos December 29 2023, 14:49:50 UTC

Thanks my friend. It's interesting you mention The Trending as I've been thinking of this story lately! Basically, how this story would look if rewritten with A.I. in mind. I'm going to give it a re-read this afternoon.

I would probably also blame myself and consider that I'd somehow invoked something, as crazy as that might sound to others.

I felt very crazy, even looking out for other signs. And when I re-read the text I'd written, it almost sounded like it was channeling Paçoca's voice! Nutty.

the atmosphere, everything, was identical and it felt really strange - like I'd somehow made it happenI've read an article recently on intuition and how aligned we are with "the powers that be", or the universe, when we are fully immersed in our creativity. Which is why I tried to find something good out of Paçoca's passing, for my own sake, and so I wouldn't lose my love for writing. If I ever manage to complete a readable draft of "Redbox" and share it with you and Sarah, I think you'll know exactly what passage I felt was an "invocation ( ... )