2/29/2024 0 Comments Substack writersThat writers can earn the kind of money the article talks about is a positive sign. This doesn’t seem scalable to me.īack in April 2021, the New York Times had an article, “ Why We’re Freaking Out About Substack” by Ben Smith which detailed how writers are taking advantage of this model to make money in their professions–in some cases, a lot of money. In total we’re talking about $170/year for 3 newsletters/blogs. Each of these newsletters/blogs is worth the money to subscribe to them, at least to me. Molly Knight is another baseball writer who wrote for The Athletic and who know has started a newletter on Substack, “ The Long Game,” which I subscribed to, in this case for $50/year. If their play doesn’t affect the Yankees, I root for them. But I lived in Los Angeles for nearly 20 years from the time I was 11 until I was 30 and over the years, the Dodgers have grown on me for nostalgic reasons. Anyone who knows me knows that I am a lifelong New York Yankees fan. Then there is Molly Knight, who writes on baseball and the Dodgers. I enjoy James’ writing enough that I subscribed to his newsletter/blog as well, again for $60/year. That post was published on his blog on Substack, “ Breaking the News“. He recently wrote a post, “ Four Facts on the Filibuster” which is a good example. I also think he write sensibly on political subjects. In addition to being a journalist, Fallows is also a pilot, and since I was once a pilot, I appreciate what he has to say about flying in his writing. Technically, they are newsletters.) In this case it is the journalist James Fallows who, along with his wife, Deborah, wrote my favorite book of 2020, Our Towns: A 100,000 Mile Journey Into the Heart of America. It has been well worth the money.Īlong the way, I discovered that another writer whose writing I enjoy also has a blog on Substack. An annual subscription cost $60/year and I was happy to pay that to be able to read more of Joe’s writing. I wanted more and his blog on Substack was one way to get that. I love Joe’s voice, his style, and the subjects he writes about. I even managed to get my Dad a signed copy of the book for the holidays. His book, The Baseball 100, was my favorite book of 2021 out of more than 80 books that I read last year. It was Joe Posnanski’s blog, “ Joe’s Blog” on Substack. A few months back, for the first time ever, I paid to read a blog.
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