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Are Popular Substackers Using AI?
58% of us are concerned about the use of AI, but most of us can't tell what's AI and what's human. Maybe it's time we learned?
Jul 4
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Linda Caroll
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Sylvia Plath & the hardest part of writing
Let me live, love, and say it well in good sentences― Sylvia Plath
Jun 27
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Linda Caroll
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If there's one thing we can agree on, I didn't expect it to be angels
Sixty-nine percent of Americans believe angels exist
Jun 24
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Linda Caroll
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What Makes Writing Good?
When it comes to what makes writing good, I think I agree with Vonnegut
Jun 20
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Linda Caroll
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the weight of wanting
John Donne said no man is an island, every man is a part of the continent and I love that poem but most days I feel less part of a continent and more…
Jun 17
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Linda Caroll
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If You're Just Starting On Substack, Don't Make The Same Dumb Mistake I Did
Jan 27, 2023
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Linda Caroll
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My 5 Little Rules For Growing Substack To The Moon Without Being Pitchy
Apr 18
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Linda Caroll
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Please Fix Your Substack Welcome Letter
Jun 13
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Linda Caroll
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The Best Writing Tip I've Ever Read
Mar 7
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Linda Caroll
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Substack Tips
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Tips For Your Substack Home Page
A few tips that will help you get more people to stick around to check out your writing instead of looking and leaving
Mar 14
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Linda Caroll
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The Best Way To Use Substack Tags
If you want to get more views and find more readers, tags can really help but you need to know how they work and it might not be the way you think!
Feb 26
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Linda Caroll
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Coming To Substack From Medium? Here's What You Need To Know.
“You attract what you need like a lover” ~Gertrude Stein
Jan 24
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Linda Caroll
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45% Of Substacks Fail, And The Letter Fitzgerald Sent His Daughter
"Nobody ever became a writer just by wanting to" ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
Jan 10
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Linda Caroll
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Want To Try A Substack Experiment, Maybe Make A Splash Together?
We are almost 5000 strong, maybe we can make a tiny splash in a big ocean.
Dec 6, 2024
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Linda Caroll
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This Bitter Earth, Can Be So Cold
Now you’re young. Too soon you’re old.
Mar 11
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Linda Caroll
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If You Dream of Being a Writer, Maybe Read This First, Okay?
A few words to hang on to when you feel like you’re drowning
Mar 4
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Linda Caroll
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Song Of The Introvert
Maybe you have felt this way?
Feb 24
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Linda Caroll
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Can't Write This
I’m lost in the woods. Don’t know which way is out
Feb 18
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Linda Caroll
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Dear Writer, Please Stop
How not to write online, Emily Dickinson and a share thread.
Jan 31
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Linda Caroll
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Kerouac, Genius And A Writer's Dreams
Sometimes, we are our own greatest hurdle to overcome
Jan 3
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Linda Caroll
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A Strange Thing I Noticed About Writers
An odd little post to end the year but maybe we get somewhere interesting
Dec 27, 2024
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Linda Caroll
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Bad Writing, Good Writing And The Truth About Why Writers Struggle
Might not be what you think, but might make sense.
Nov 8, 2024
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Linda Caroll
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Jerks Ruining Writing Sites and Why To Challenge Yourself As A Writer Anyway
Sometimes jerks make you wonder why you bother. Here's why you should.
Oct 25, 2024
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Linda Caroll
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If You're Just Starting On Substack, Don't Make The Same Dumb Mistake I Did
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My 5 Little Rules For Growing Substack To The Moon Without Being Pitchy
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Please Fix Your Substack Welcome Letter
Jun 13
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The Best Writing Tip I've Ever Read
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The Best Way To Use Substack Tags
Feb 26
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Please Fix Your Substack Welcome Letter
Here's what you're doing wrong
Jun 13
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The Rainbow Bridge, Humanity, And Why Stories Matter
"After nourishment, shelter, and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world." ~Philip Pullman
Jun 10
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Linda Caroll
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Writing Is Scattering Stars In The Dark
What Gary Vee said about growing an audience, and a little experiment
Jun 6
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Linda Caroll
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When Words Call You
I am breaking the Charles Finch rule of good writing again, but it's intentional
Jun 3
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Linda Caroll
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