Helping Fellow Writers Show Their Work
We all need a hand sometimes.
It struck me this week just how many of us are trying to carve out a small place in the writing community whilst working full-time and raising a family. In my opinion, you are the unsung heroes of Substack. You write in whatever spare moments you can find, yet you still produce content that rivals that of any full-time writer.
This is my life. I write in the odd five minutes I have, sometimes in a notebook and sometimes on my phone. We make it work because we are passionate about what we offer our readers.
We have read all the market strategies and we have followed their advice, but for us, growth is slow and steady; that is all we can afford at the moment. Many of us dream of the day we can ditch the full-time hustle and be a writer. However, there are bills to pay and mouths to feed, so we make do.
How Can I Help
These meanderings led me to ask the question: how can I help? Even in a small way, how can I help you succeed? The answer is that I can help advertise your articles.
I am opening my chat on this newsletter for people to share links to their work, regardless of topic or genre. Once a week, I will pick my favourite and feature it in this newsletter. The bonus? It does not have to be hosted on this site. This week, you will see the article comes from my dear friend Marla and is hosted on Medium.
What have you got to lose? It takes just one minute to paste a link. Come back when you have time and read some of the work of others, as support can be as simple as a share or a like.
Until next Sunday: Find the time, find the words, find the way.
Sam 😊
Nobody, but nobody / Can make it out here alone. - Maya Angelou
Reading Round-Up
This week has been a great reading week; I finished Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb, which was every bit as good as the Farseer Trilogy. Actually, if you pushed me, I might even say it is better. The characters were certainly more diverse and entertaining in places. However, I would say if you want to dive into the Realm of the Elderlings series, you should read them in order. I am now going on to read the very popular, The Will of the Many, which I read a sample of many months ago and it hooked me then.
I also finished my audiobook, Brigades and Breadknives. I did enjoy it, but as I mentioned last week, I missed spending time with Viv. Whether I will listen to the next in the series, I am not sure; it is a decision for if and when another is announced. My next listen, I think, is going to be a Blake Crouch’s novel, Recursion. He is a new author for me, so I am looking forward to seeing how he writes.
I am still making my way through Day of Infamy, which is a hard read, but gradually I will get there.
Articles
Guest Article
The lovely Marla talks about whether smacking should be illegal in the U.K and the considerations that need to be taken into account.