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Wayne Robins's avatar

Congratulations, Summer. I appreciate the language in your reasons for readers to pay. I need to make my "optional" pay suggestion a little more forceful, although I am grateful that I don't depend on Substack to make ends meet: They (the "ends") just wouldn't.

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Sha Kepli's avatar

The essence of this is what made me so drawn to your writing. Thank you for not being the "elitist writer" that only writes soulless words so they can end up perching on some sort of popularity list. By not being one of the cool kids, you have become the coolest one of all.

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Summer Brennan's avatar

❤️❤️❤️

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tiny's avatar

Hi Summer, I saw you post a Monet essay on Twitter just now - I was a Patron and I didn't receive it via email via Substack. The Patreon announcement said we didn't have to do anything to switch over, but should I just go ahead and sign up for Substack?

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Summer Brennan's avatar

Hi there, check your spam folder and promotions tab. If you still don't see the emails from Substack, you can go ahead and sign up directly, or email me and I can check for you in the list.

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Cindy DiTiberio's avatar

Congrats! I just started with Substack but totally get wanting to protect what this has been for you. I too feel the pressure to have everything polished and buttoned up but I think sometimes looser is better, more connective, like people want to see your thoughts in progress rather than you’ve got everything figured out. But excited for you.

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Nicole de Lisle's avatar

I think I figured it out--didn't want to miss out. Thank you for sharing, your presence has been a great support to my creative journey. : )

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Summer Brennan's avatar

Your comments meant a lot to me, I'm really grateful you shared them. xo

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Mary Nelson's avatar

Thrilled that you have chosen to share your notebook with us. Over the month that you wrote almost daily, I looked forward to reading (and viewing your art and the art of others you chose to show and discuss). Grateful to be able to support your continuance with A Writer's Notebook on this platform, Summer.

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Summer Brennan's avatar

thank you so much Mary xo

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Maia Duerr's avatar

mazel tov, Summer! as someone who is also paying off a student loan to eternity, i very much celebrate this well-earned compensation coming your way. Looking forward to continued good reading!

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Marie A Bailey's avatar

This is wonderful news, Summer. Congratulations!

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Summer Brennan's avatar

Thank you Marie! xo

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Jay Borden's avatar

I am very happy to see the evolution, en douceur, to this form. Congratulations, ans I look forward to more reading.

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Summer Brennan's avatar

Thank you Jay!

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