A change is gonna come

I've been pretty quiet lately, dedicating almost all of my writing time to working on Pennhollow. That's been fruitful labor. Since January 20, I've written about 20,000 words – about half of what was left to complete the shitty first draft. I set the goal of June 5 to finish the SFD, and it's looking like I'm on target to make that deadline. This all makes me very happy, even if the book itself still has a lot of work coming in the editing and revision stage.

But hey, I suspect that's every book? (Please don't tell me about books that were brilliant and ready to publish without editing!)

Anyway, this is a short note to let you know I've decided to move the publishing side of my house from Ghost over to Substack. There are a few reasons for this.

While I prefer Ghost as a straight publishing platform, it is isolated. Substack has more social network effects and I am looking to grow my list as I gear up toward seeking an agent and a publisher. There's no getting around the fact that it's easier to get to market if you have even a small phalanx of people behind you.

The other thing is I plan on diversifying a bit on the topics I write about. Until now, I've stayed mostly in the arts/business/life lane. It's where I'm most comfortable. Against, perhaps, my better judgment am compelled to write some more political things given the state of the world – and Substack offers easier segmentation of lists. Meaning: if you don't want to hear my political thoughts but do want to continue to receive my more traditional writing, it will be easier for you to opt-in or opt-out, as the case may be.

So, if you see something from Substack appear in your inbox bearing my name or the names of any of OTR/Bitter Buffaloes/Sonder Union, please know it did indeed come from me.

As always, I will continue to make everything available for free. There will be an optional subscription for a small fee to get commenting privileges, but that's more to create a moat for spam and trolls.

Thank you for being on this journey with me so far. It may not mean anything to you, but it means very much to me.

I hope to see you all over at the new place when I get it up and running 🤍