A one-link, once-a-weekday email for writers who want to newsletter better.
Each issue of Read This links to an article, blog, video, or other resource that provides helpful insights into building a better readership using an email newsletter.
Protect your ice cube
And get for-real work done.
Make the work, share the work
Kening Zhu on the how to avoid overthinking your annual goals and intentions.
The case for making art when the world is on fire
A short video.
TikTok now tracks immigration status & gender identity
A public service announcement.
Is Substack worth it?
What one writer learned after using it
Author platform follows the work
... not the other way around.
12 books on slow, intentional, and/or analog living
... and that might help you.
Everyone knows
... that social media is bad.
Which kind of ‘enough’?
Seth Godin draws a useful line between what we need and what we want when defining “enough.” Applying this to your email newsletter list, I encourage you to ask yourself: Do I really need more subscribers? Or would it be better to simply show up more fully for the readers
Hide & seek
DW Winnicott on creativity.
Newsletter better
The art and craft of sharing your work with others.
Two rules for a better author newsletter
Interest is everything.
Don't be the best. Be their favorite.
Jay Acunzo on being getter than the best.
Beyond the machine
Creative agency in the AI landscape.
You think you’re the addict, but you’re really the dealer
The smoker and tobacco farmer (of social media).
14 books that shaped the way we think about newsletters
... and that might help you.
Is there really a choice for independent writers in selecting a platform?
One writer seems to think so.
The 100 connections challenge
How to change your life in 2026
The rules for newsletter growth have changed
Here’s what works right now.
A spoonful of poison metrics
Medicine for creatives who’ve been crushed by the algorithm.
Let people find your website
On posting into the void.
Beware the Substack gloom loop
Reminder: When creating, please create consciously.
Attention retention
... not attention attraction.
Interest is everything
Stuck? Trust your own interest.
The decline of deviance
Where has all the weirdness gone?
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