Not to say Ira's not a Pro, but Substack was "approaching" a lot of writers without offering an advance or salary deal, mostly just DMing people, which is different than this list. I'll see what else I can find.
Consider me picky, but based on my wanderings around Substack, quality is not at the top of the list of why-Substack-is-better-than [fill in the blank]. I have found and documented several newsletters that would get a fifth grader a well-deserved grade of "F" for spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors. I found others, supposedly supported by subscribers, that have not been updated for several months. One is going on a year. I find it difficult to believe someone would pay sixty bucks a year and get nothing in return.
For now, for me, Substack an experiment to prove or negate an opinion.
Grace Lavery was offered and accepted an offer to join the writers in Substack pro.
Name names! Name names! For the good of your country!!!
Little too much free time, pal?
Meh, this took about two hours. I had two hours of free time.
I am pretty sure I read somewhere that Substack also approached Heather Cox Richardson, but I don't recall the details.
Ira Maddison also said substack approached him
https://iramadison.substack.com/p/frank?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNjUxMDk2LCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMTU2OTk3MywiXyI6Ik1OZVU5IiwiaWF0IjoxNjE2MDAxNDg0LCJleHAiOjE2MTYwMDUwODQsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yNjExNTciLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.D027rIIRMPI8c4S7c-rVq2vFTadFC3MRXscA_FHxfww
Not to say Ira's not a Pro, but Substack was "approaching" a lot of writers without offering an advance or salary deal, mostly just DMing people, which is different than this list. I'll see what else I can find.
Consider me picky, but based on my wanderings around Substack, quality is not at the top of the list of why-Substack-is-better-than [fill in the blank]. I have found and documented several newsletters that would get a fifth grader a well-deserved grade of "F" for spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors. I found others, supposedly supported by subscribers, that have not been updated for several months. One is going on a year. I find it difficult to believe someone would pay sixty bucks a year and get nothing in return.
For now, for me, Substack an experiment to prove or negate an opinion.
https://iamcolorado.substack.com/