#Substack creator support

[mehmetyildizmelbourne-blog]

The Audio Version of Substack Mastery Is Available for Subscribers!

You Can Listen Now from My Substack Newsletter This post includes links to educational audio recordings of the Substack Mastery book chapter by chapter for those who prefer listening to it and want to take their newsletter to the next level. Dear Subscribers, I hope this message finds you well and thriving! These past three months have been full of excitement and hard work as I wrote, edited,…

[ieppiq]

COPPER HOME RELEASED

Itch.io Exclusive. Minimum Price: $1.00 | Suggested: $2.00 *All sales will be reinvested both in my University Tax and into my Self-Publishing Fund. Huge thanks in advance for viewing or buying and downloading the Copper Home PDF file!

IF YOU RUN INTO ANY ISSUES, PLEASE NOTIFY ME, PLEASE.

And here's a Funfact on this project:

Only Text Version At My KO-FI Shop, Priced: $0.22

Also! If the price page gives you trouble changing the suggested price to the minimum: delete until it shows $0.00, write $0.001000 and backspace, then enter to move on to the next page /or/:

tagging a bunch of folks (no pressure to interact): @moremysteriesthantragedies , @pluttskutt , @druidx , @cheerfulmelancholies , @talesofsorrowandofruin , @ettawritesnstudies , @faelanvance , @dustylovelyrun ,

@deerwright , @aalinaaaaaa , @chauceryfairytales , @surroundedbypearls , @soupy8lowfish , @misswriteress

[sparklemaia]

It's true! I've got a substack newsletter!

I have two subscription tiers: free, and $5/month. Most posts will be available at the free level, but paid subscribers will also get exclusive bonus content 😮 The paid tier is a great way to support me as I head to cartooning school this fall to pursue my dream of writing & illustrating LGBTQ+ graphic novels. Whichever subscription tier you're at, thank you for being part of my team! Seriously, I'm so glad you're here 💜 I'm pumped to roll this out! [edited to explain the spoon thing: it's my biggest sensory nope! I know it's a weird one but my system came with it installed. touching wooden spoons makes my teeth sockets scream. I use silicone or metal spoons or like, my sleeve around the handle. What's your weirdest sensory nope? tell me in the tags!]

[inkandpaperqwerty]

This is a momentous occasion. Why? Because this is my first Sunday Update that I am posting to my Substack, Qwerty’s Quasar, as well as my tumblr and website! I also enabled the paid subscription option and the chat feature, so I’m trying to expand and become more active over there, which is really exciting!

What’s also exciting is that Rehearsing Tragedies is ready for Update Wednesday (03/12)! I’ll polish it again before actually posting it, as I always do, but it’s ready right now, and the next chapter is basically written, it’s just that a large chunk is in my notebook and needs cleaning up.

DID I MENTION MY INCREDIBLE BROTHER MADE FANART FOR ME?? FOR CHAPTER 6??? WITH SCRATCHED UP CAS ON THE COUCH????????????

Ahem. I’m hoping to update Want is a Wasting Disease on the next Update Wednesday (03/26), and then Rehearsing Tragedies again on the Update Wednesday after that, but that’s not set in stone.

Huge shoutout to @norite for leaving kudos on two of my works associated with my book Cataclysm and my upcoming book, Collision Course! Support for original works and characters is always appreciated, and you put a huge smile on my face!!

Speaking of Collision Course, the final edit is about halfway done according to the page count, but I think the majority of the cleaning up is needed toward the end, so… I’ll say I’m about a third of the way through. My awesome sister is working on the cover art, and it’s not even done yet, but it already looks so amazing!

Thanks so much for reading, and as always, your support is appreciated more than you will ever know!

[bysweetling]

"Or if I asked you to say, would you stray?

Because it was I who asked you,

To stay…"

Start from the beginning.... here:

[see-arcane]

I wrote a book!

The Vampyres is the happy horrifying accident born of feverish scribbling in the wake of Dracula season* (*inhaling Dracula Daily and Re: Dracula at the same time May thru November). It features a number of familiar villainous faces from classic supernatural lit, though not everyone is wearing their original name anymore. The story takes place in the 21st century and you can only hold onto those sentimental titles so long in the mayfly mortal world before you start drawing attention.

Not that swapping out pseudonyms has done anything to thwart the new shadow looming over the revenant community…

Free Preview Chapters (If You Want a Sneak Peek)

All on my Substack here!

More info under the cut:

Description

Something is culling the undead.

Whether they imbibe blood, leech life, or traded mortality away to their devil of choice, the revenants of the world are disappearing. The Vampyre, a possessor of many names and collector of many lives, has been fretting over the phenomenon for some time.

A laughable fear, for he is one of those canny cadaverous few who made a deal for perpetual resurrection. The bitten may crumble, but the bargainer can rise from death after death. So he reminds himself. So he worries is no longer the case.

Not when the boyar in the Carpathians was one of the first to vanish. Still, the monster from the mountains may simply be in hiding, just as the rest of the bargainers must be. The Vampyre convinces himself of this for a single night…before the monster called Quinn Morse makes itself known.

Where to Buy

eBook: https://books2read.com/thevampyres

Paperback (Bookshop being a U.S. store search*): https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-vampyres-c-r-kane/21171669?ean=9798218374587

*Available internationally!

To Search by ISBN

eBook ISBN: 9798218374594

Paperback ISBN: 9798218374587

Art Pile

Announcement Post Flyer - Cover Conundrum - Preorder Announcement - Vampyre Valentine

Skull Scratch - Eye in the Sky - Food Chain of the Vampyre - A Long Night In - Red Smile - Prototype Book Cover

BONUS: Fanart Book Cover!

Ko-Fi

If you’d like to donate a buck or commission some art, I have a Ko-Fi here.

My ocular official site

Spotify

Tunes to run for your unlife to.

[furiousfinnstan]

Hello~ I'm Nina Andrej a wannabe digital artist/writer after a lot of health issues I've decided to give this whole online artist thing another go because I can't do regular work 🥹🔫.But this time on kofi instead of p*treon.So if you ever liked my silly art please consider becoming my monthly kofi supporter.I will try to update at least twice a month also I will be dumping my nsfw stuff there because tumblr is well tumblr.

notable work:

the haunting after a fire(my shitty free poetry collection)•I have a piece in the :) beloved zine issue 3•something's not right bookmark design•anakin pain.jpg

links:

commission info•society6•p4ypal•instagram•redbubble

my art tag/my writing tag/my comics tag

under construction:

a webcomic? finally??•substack•my website

[clonehighdoublehelix]

I'll SELL OUT OR DIE TRYING!

I've set up an official Ko-Fi page so you can easily fork over your money! Aren't you lucky!! If you dig the Clone High: Double Helix comic, you can show it by donating a dollar a month as a DOUBLE HELIX BOOSTER and receive a symbolic thumbs-up from me.

For just $5 a month get all Double Helix updates early; comics and art shared with members of this tier as soon as they're completed!

At the time I'm posting this, there are three updates you can read right now!

And for you big spenders; Be immortalised in the form of an original Clonesona to be displayed on the blog as a premium supporter, plus early access to all comics, WIP art and exclusive updates.

And if you need another monthly subscription like you need a full frontal lobotomy (which is to say; it's something to consider in the future maybe) you can always tip me the price of a cup of coffee, dealers choice! And finally, do you like those fun little icons I created for the membership tiers? Well, I made them available along with other designs I thought some of you die-hards may enjoy on stickers, shirts or other print-on-demand products via my official TeePublic page!

Baffle your friends by explaining that you're wearing merch of a fan-made comic based on a reboot of a cancelled show from the early '00s.

Boring Disclaimer Stuff after the break:

I wasn't planning to have any kind of money involved with this project but since I began this project my main extra-curricular focus, the animation studio I worked at for the past 6 years has downsized.

Thankfully, I'm not in a position where I'm financially struggling to support myself, so any donations should be made only as a way of showing your support for the project.

And it should go without saying that you, dear reader, have zero obligation to contribute. Everyone is totally at liberty to continue enjoying the comic with or without a donation, it exists solely for those willing and able. And to the kind folks who do wish to contribute, don't give anything you can't afford. I cannot stress that enough! I donate to several creators through Patreon, Substack etc. and have had to pause or cancel donations when my finances were strained, so I expect any subscribers of mine will exercise the same financial prudence.

I've done my best to think of perks that don't create a ton of extra work on my end but still make a regular donation worthwhile. As for me, I'm going to keep working on the comic regardless and hope to be pleasantly surprised the day someone throws a few spare bucks my way. Okay, shameless self-promotion over. Back to our regularly scheduled clone-based entertainment.

[slavdollz4mangione]

so i know lu made it very clear that he dislikes tiktok a lot but hear me out! i think he’d be super supportive and his girlfriend’s biggest hype man if she posted content talking about her favorite things and touched on intellectualism on there? like talking about her favorite articles on substack, favorite books and movies and her takes on those, about philosophy, recommending different authors, talking about why she loved coffee or tea better etc. he’d watch her filming those with hearts in his eyes because he would love how passionate and articulate she is

and omg if you were to mention him or something he taught you he’d be soooo smiley about it :,)

(this stems from me binging one of my favorite content creators on there, i highly recommend checking her out she’s incredible to me <3)

[endeavorance]

FINALLY was able to get back in to my old Substack account and delete it. Woof. Reminder that the creator of Substack is vehemently in support of hosting Nazis on his platform.

[mehmetyildizmelbourne-blog]

Substack Dropped a Beautiful Bombshell for Freelance Writers Today

Substack-Funded Gifts No other platform cares so much for writers who pour their hearts and souls to their craft, entirely funding creators for a month got gift subscriptions While some platforms clamp down on creators with censorship, suspensions, and silencing of authentic voices, Substack blazes a different trail — championing freedom of expression and tirelessly empowering creators.  In a…

[ofmdrecaps]

02/01-04/2025 Daily OFMD REcap

TLDR; Happy Belated Birthday Samba! Rhys Darby; Vico Ortiz; Ruibo Qian; Anapela Polata'ivao; OFMD Craft Fair; TellTale TV Voting; Fan Spotlight: Gay Pirate News Hours; Love Notes;

= Samba Schutte's Birthday! =

Happy belated birthday to our beloved Roach (2/1)!

Source: Samba's IG

= Rhys Darby =

Rhys was out with Rosie and Buttons at the Love Hurts World Premiere!

Source: Rosie's Instagram

Source: Getty Images via Moosh

Rhys was back on Substack with a silly video he did with Buttons with a Banksy art piece!

Source: Rhys' Paid Substack

Episode #103: The Oarfish Issue is up on Spotify!

Source: Rhys' Instagram Stories

If you're in Brisbane, Australia there's an extra show that's been added to Rhys' lineup! Check it out here!

Source: Rhys' Instagram Stories

= Vico Ortiz =

Full interview with That Part With Mo Heart featuring Vico is up on youtube!

Source: Vico's Bsky

Also a new episode of the Today In Gay Podcast!

Source: Today In Gay's Substack

= Ruibo Qian =

Our dear Pirate Queen shared some pictures from her childhood and other wonderful memories!

Source: Ruibo's IG / 2

= Anapela Polata'ivao =

A quick preview of the Tinā film!

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by @tinathefilm

Source: Tina The Film IG

= Hugo Pierre Martin =

New episode of The Diaries of Netovicius the Vampire! https://www.netovampire.com/

Source: Hugo's Bsky

== OFMD Craft Fair ==

Are you crafty and wanna donate to the #OFMDCraftFair? Our friend @veeagainsttheday has posted some helpful info (sorry for the lateness of this) 02/10 is the last day for creators to sign up! Learn more on the craft fair's carrd or post here:

Source: Veeagainsttheday's Tumblr

== Tell Tale TV Voting ==

It does require an email sign up, but you can submit the couples you love the most! Let's get Ed and Stede some love!

https://telltaletv.com/2025/02/nominate-your-favorite-tv-couples-from-the-past-25-years/

Source: Adopt Our Crew Bsky

== Fan Spotlight ==

= Gay Pirate News Hour =

New episode of Gay Pirate News Hour aired on Feb 1!

Source: Our Flag Means Fanfiction Youtube

== Love Notes ==

Hey there lovelies. We're coming up on a new week here soon. I know the past few have been doozies. Something I wanted to remind you of tonight... is just how fucking powerful you are.

You continue to get through every goddamn day like a fucking champ. Whether you are crying or sleeping or busting ass, you are still here and I am so damn proud of you.

You mean something. You matter, and you would be surprised how much you can survive when you have to.

So no matter what, you keep going, okay? If you need to take some time off, if you need to rest, or reach out for help-- do it, do what you need to do. If you feel unsafe, reach out, there are a lot of groups out there who can help.

We love you, we want you to be happy, and be yourself, and most of all we want you to be safe.

You are made of love, and kindness, and that is so much stronger than any hate thrown your way.

You are beautiful. Don't forget that.

Source: The Latest Kate's bsky

Source: Illustory Bsky

[drdemonprince]

This is prompted by your most recent substack about fame, because my point is extremely tangential, I'm putting it here.

It's interesting to have seen the internet go through many stages. From the newsgroups/BBS era, to internet forums, to blogs, to social media, and how the respective environments shaped things.

In the early days, it's very much a group thing, some people became Big Name posters, pseudonymous, but still a group thing. The blog era was more personal, but still something made by someone who's just a person, even if not literally pseudonymous. Also, still text based, a lot of it even often. Social media changed that, with it's focus on follower counts on one hand and to snippets of text (twitter) or images (insta), and even though it's social media-ness is debatable, video (insta, youtube). The semi-anonymous nature however, was completely lost by now.

The doing it because you enjoyed it, or whatever, also recedes into the background because this is where monetization really takes off. The deleterious effects of the interaction between monetization and follower counts (notability) need no introduction, but painting with broad strokes, make something appeal as broad as possible deepens the flattening effect a medium like video already has, the visual aspects often being more important than the messages. It also has a much higher barrier to entry. Spinning up your own blog is cheap, text takes only a tiny amount data. Video is not. It's expensive to make (especially if you want slick videos), expensive to serve, so it's predisposed to big, single platforms that can leverage economies of scale.

The natural result is that you have a few people with big audiences, instead of many people with small audiences. If audiences is even the right word for that. If I'm talking about say, some TV show on my blog, and someone responds, it's a fairly equal conversation. More between peers, of sorts, just two people talking about something they share. As opposed to a Youtuber who makes a video about it with 100,000s of viewers. Because there are so many fewer voices, you lose the breadth of conversation too, narrowing to a small range of popular topics, and the distinction between You, and You as Your Brand gets eroded.

It's kinda notable in the autism sphere. Blogs where people talk about their experiences, how they dealt or didn't deal with things, have fallen off. Twitter came and went, and now there's Youtube and insta, where everything gets simplified down to a few slides or a 10 minute video about only the most basic aspects. Which is just... sad. I wouldn't have known that autistic burnout is a Thing many people struggle with if not for a blog post a friend came across and shared one day.

There was a comment from someone, a while ago, about how they used to have ASMR videos on, until they were able to get out into nature, and their desire for those videos completely disappeared. We're all very deprived. Of social contact, foremost. The pandemic poured gasoline on an already smoldering fire I feel. Latching onto someone 'famous' in a surrogate of social contact & context, like that person with their ASMR videos, feels like an understandable (though not good) outcome of that, which brings with it very regrettable excesses.

I think this is all pretty much a correct analysis, thank you! Though I would qualify that we have shifted away from the period of the Youtube mega content creator a social media ecosystem of intimate-seeming connections with smaller influencers, these days. Think of your Twitch streamers with a dedicated base of like 50-200 viewers per stream (and a Discord and a Patreon that supports them), the fitness Instagrams that sell meal plans online, the tarot witches and activist influencers offering one on one sessions, etc. Those communities can be more niche, but they still offer the illusion of a connection -- and if anything, that illusion is more strong because the creator is a "micro" famous person, and can take time to interact closely with fans here and there. We might already be heading out of that period of social media, though, especially with the disintegration of Twitter and the slow death of Meta's apps, too. I don't know what comes next but I hope we are due for a reappraisal of all of this, and the norms surrounding it.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Jessica Valenti at Abortion, Every Day:

Hi all— I’ve got the flu, so the daily report will return tomorrow. But I figured I’d use my sick day to talk to you about something else that’s been on my mind: online censorship, the growing effort to control how and where we talk about abortion, and what it all means for Abortion, Every Day. Please read until the end, where there’s a poll for you to weigh in on!

We’re already seeing abortion rights disappear across social media: Instagram is blurring out posts with information about abortion pills and hiding telehealth providers like Aid Access from search results. TikTok is flagging or removing videos about abortion rights under the auspices of “community guideline” violations. And just yesterday, I shared how ‘community notes’ on X are being weaponized by conservatives to label abortion rights posts as misinformation. That’s to say nothing of how abortion content is buried by algorithms, or how pro-choice creators are shadowbanned. (I’ve experienced this myself lately—my TikTok views have suddenly and dramatically dropped off a cliff.) Abortion speech suppression is already here. It’s happening. But I’m even more worried about the attacks still to come, and what they mean for the newsletter.

In Texas—where anti-abortion activists often test their most extreme tactics first—lawmakers are pushing a bill that could impact the whole country. If SB 2880 passes, Texans could sue online companies that supposedly ‘aid and abet’ abortion: Instagram for allowing posts about where to get abortion pills, Venmo for facilitating payments from patients—or even Substack, for publishing a newsletter like this one. Republicans hope that by allowing any private citizen to sue, tech companies will decide it’s too costly and legally onerous to allow abortion-related content at all. Given how willing platforms already are to censor us, imagine how much faster they’ll fold under legal pressure. This is just one bill—but there are others, and they’re all telling us the same story: the future of online abortion speech is under threat. I don’t want to wait until it’s too late to act. I’m starting to think seriously, right now, about how Abortion, Every Day can navigate a country where online speech is regularly suppressed—or where sharing information about abortion puts Americans at risk of civil suits and criminal charges.

Abortion, Every Day, the pro-abortion rights Substack by Jessica Valenti, is preparing for the day that freedom of speech in support of abortion rights could be criminalized.

[shriekingpyre]

support “CRYING LIKE CASSANDRA” by buying me a coffee and i'll write you a surprise poem!

“this shrieking pyre is rooted in fear, familial wounds, fever dreams, and fits of wild rage. it is a place for those aching to find jurisdiction. everything connects until it doesn’t. our bodies are nothing more than fuel for ichor and flame, move accordingly.”

i've been pretty stagnant with my writing lately so i thought this would be a great way to push myself and to connect with those who like my work.

send me a message/ask either on here or substack with proof that you sent me a donation and i'll write your surprise poem! i will only be taking the first 13 donations!

[ adding tags to help spread @hangsawoman @geryone @hangsawoman ]

[professorfoglio]

Substack Update

Yesterday I asked creators for their opinions on Substack, and I heard opinions, indeed I did. It appears that while the A.I. thing is a concern, it is waaaayyy overshadowed by the fact that they enable, support, and help fund natzis. Fuck those guys, and fuck Substack.