Order! Order!
And other news
Hi everyone, thanks for joining me!
This is a short post to share with you some tips that might seem obvious, but which I wasn’t entirely aware of myself.
My reasoning: I’ve published 27 articles so far (both stand-alone stories and chapters of longer narratives), which is great: if you’d told me four months ago, when I started writing on Substack, that I’d reach the number of subscribers I have today, I’d have said it was impossible, especially when people don’t seem to have/find time to read. I’m very grateful for this and all your great feedback.
And so, here we are: 27 articles, over 500 subscribers, and 1,099 (I’m waiting for the next one) followers.
The issue is that, the more my Substack grows, the more complicated it can become to navigate it, especially for new subscribers.
And here’s my solution, which, again, is probably already obvious to you.
Once you get to my homepage (by clicking on my name), you’ll find this:
At this point, if you click on my name again, as indicated by the red oval in the image, you’ll be redirected to my Substack website.
This “website thing” may be what you are less familiar with, yet it’s the beating heart of every writer/content creator’s Substack. Here, you’ll find, with a more personalized presentation, everything I’ve written so far. I chose a darker mood, because I find it more intimate and somehow more welcoming. It gives the feeling of entering a cocoon and, for a moment, of leaving everything else behind, or so I hope... I’d love to know what you think of this new “ambience”.
Now that you’re all more comfortable and cocooned, you can decide to peruse the website as is, dipping in and out of this or that post, or you can click on one of those sections, like the two I’ve highlighted with the red oval.
This will redirect you to specific storylines, where everything is in its right place.
So far, I’ve created sections for the short novel “Christmas in White Swallow,” one for “Whitey,” which is still in progress, one for “Blendar Manor”: my free offering, and one for “Happy Endings,” a collection of standalone short stories in one or two chapters.
Easy!
I hope you’ll find this short “how-to” post helpful, and once again, thank you for your trust in my writing.
Blake
Thanks for sharing this. My favorite way to get my favorite writers content.