Insight & Advice
A pretty good maxim for all artists
From the visionary composer Terry Riley.
The difference between making a living and making a life
One is for survival. The other is for your soul.
What I learned sending 1,000 weekly newsletters for 20 years
Plus: Dan Blank's reflections on Substack.
Five email newsletter must-haves in 2025
Understanding this key difference.
Build a labyrinth, not a funnel
Kening Zhu on prioritizing process, adventure, and pathways — over metrics and conversions.
Everything I know about self-publishing
Kevin Kelly shares his experience.
The defense against slop and brainrot
What one writer is doing prevent himself from stagnating and rotting.
3 hot tips for writing a newsletter
... that people actually read.
5 years of newsletter writing
Matt Rutherford offers lessons from five years and 250 attempts at newsletter-ing.