The truth about writing on Substack

(Spoiler: it's a good truth)

Every morning I wake up, pretend I’m not going to check my emails, forget I’m meant to be pretending not to do that, hit the blue-square-with-white-envelope icon and watch as the new emails rolls in.

There’s almost always one from Stripe that says: Your payment for £150 is on its way. Or it might be £25. Or £250. It varies, because my Substack subscriber…