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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.
Community as creative practice
Kening Zhu on bridging the gap between making art in the void and connecting with others.
The monkey and the monument
Or why many creative projects fail.
Consistency is simpler than you think
CJ Chilvers on how he cracked the consistency code.
“As inefficient as possible”
An interview with Christoph Niemann.
Blogging is lower stakes writing
Post a blog or publish a newsletter?
The work isn't finished until we share it
Duane Toops on participants.
Why personal websites are replacing social media
The 30-year pattern & why web 1.0 is coming back.
100 ways to market your creative work without social media
A list of 100+ analog creative promotion ideas.
How to discover your own taste
20 lessons for digital media’s present and future.
A website to destroy all websites
How to win the war for the soul of the internet and build the Web We Want.
The biggest newsletter advice you need to hear
... from 40 successful creators.
The joy of doing things badly
Why imperfection is a superpower.
Your next newsletter is already written
Especially if you're actively posting to social media.
25 things I wish every writer knew about marketing
How to share your writing and reach readers in 2026.
No more boring drawings!
What's interesting to you, is interesting to others.
Phantom obligation
A visual essay by Terry Godier.
Choosing friction
Against the cult of convenience.
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.
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