I am posting back here now. Substack wasn’t working out, which I explained here. But it wasn’t a total loss as I now have a “patreon” type setup through my substack account which you can read about here.
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I think if you published some selected materials it would be a good way of giving a little more permanency to your efforts. Once they have been put into print on paper, they can find a spot in a few libraries, public and personal.
Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering and come before him! Worship the LORD in the splendor of his own holy attire… his holiness; tremble before him, all the earth; yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved. Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice, and let them say among the nations, βThe LORD reigns!β (1 Chronicles 16:29-31)
I’m sure Substack has its place, especially for very high status writers who can make a lot of money on it, but I think most would be better off sticking to the traditional blogging platforms at least until they become highly established. I actually subscribe to a number of Substacks (free plans only) but have to make an effort to read any of them. Bloggers have the edge with convenience and familiarity.
Trevor, yeah, I think I’ll probably start working on that.
Amen, Richard!
Chuck, thanks . . . I think LOL. My blog here is well established and has been read all over the world for many years. But my audience is niche, and thus will never be high profile, per se. High profile writers typically have to write at a “popular” level where the masses can consume it quite easily; even high profiles who are academics. I’ve never really had the time to break what I’m writing down into popular consumable chunks, and so that has a consequence. I’d say this is, in many instances, is illustrative of the broader evangelical subculture though, and why so many BIG evangelical churches cater to peoples’ felt needs rather than giving them meat (typically that’s because leaders of said churches don’t have the meat themselves, they barely have some milk it appears).
I definitely did not mean it as a slight. π By “high profile” I meant the kinds of people you might expect — people in the news for one reason or another or who have a long-standing presence in mainstream media. Substack has come to be seen as the go-to place for everyone but it’s not necessarily a platform many (most?) people are going to learn to navigate for their regular blog reading. Regular blogs have been around for over twenty years. They have a standard format and people know how to use them. I’m not even sure Substacks have RSS feeds. So, if it ain’t broke…
Chuck,
Thank you for the clarification. I pretty much understood what you were saying, thus the LOL. But yeah, I ultimately agree; I’m not sure what the longevity of substack will be. I’ve been blogging consistently since 2005 (many different urls before this one), and you’re right about blogs I think. Yeah, I’m also not sure if they have RSS feeds; that’s a good point. I thought I would give substack a try, and for “funding” opportunities it is better suited that way. So, I’ll just use it that way, and post here π . I tried Medium out years ago too. But it was really just like Substack, I don’t see any difference; and now Medium has become almost a nothing, it seems.
Anyway, thanks brother.