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The Writer: Rosamund Dean, journalist and author

A ceremony for letting go

This matters more than a book deal

The Writer: Anna Whitwham, author and lecturer

Writers need to be entrepreneurs.

Why haven't I told you this already?

The Writer: Ellen C Scott, author, journalist, editor

If I can succeed on Substack, so can you

Will I lose friends if I stop drinking?

The Writer: Poorna Bell, author and journalist

How it feels to be 40

Tricking the Substack system is not a solid strategy

A sensual start to the week

AI: go all in, or boycott?

The dreaded plateau on Substack

I used to be successful.

The problem with Substack

Slow ambition: the antidote to burnout

I'm having an unusual midlife crisis

I want to know about you.

Three lessons from our trip to Paris

What do you want, right now?

I'm interested in men again.

Why I didn't get a fourth book deal

The day I realised I was mad

The art of surrendering.

There's something you don’t know about me.

That woman you're jealous of?

0 people signed up to my course

I want to take a sabbatical.

What if a launch felt exciting?

Why people will pay for your Substack

I need cancel my course. It isn't good enough

I'm bored of Substack.

40 things before I turn 40

An Easter trip to Dingle in Ireland

I'm speaking a new love language

Some homes matter more than others.

Instagram is NOT over.

Have I taken on too much?

I keep getting trolled.

The Creativity Scale

How to age like an artist

How I earned over £7000 in January

Find micro, meso and macro pleasures

This isn’t work. Or is it?

I was offered $5000 to train AI on my writing

Money talk. Because creatives need it too

The art of domesticity

Let's talk about Instagram.

It's not procrastination, it's LIFE

Will a tidy home tidy my mind?

The Creative Way manifesto

Sorry, that is just not creative.

The seven deadly sins are a must.

A major publisher wanted my poetry collection

The Creative Way to be a freelance writer

I lost 31 paid subscribers ($2130) in December