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Alison Acheson's avatar

I'm enjoying these interviews, Walter! And am truly grateful for the mutual support and encouragement--thank you!

Happy Monday :)

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Walter Rhein's avatar

Thanks Alison! When you have a little more time I'd love to do an interview with you as well! It could be one of your first stops on your book release tour!

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David Perlmutter's avatar

Jason is a machine- he pumps out essays and people flock to him.

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JR Roessl's avatar

Thank you, Walter, for this interview with Jason. So helpful to writers, like me, who can see that it’s possible with tips and tweaks to produce successful newsletters.

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Walter Rhein's avatar

It turns out that there are some skills you develop from a lifetime of social media that actually turn out to be useful :) I shouldn't have wasted my time reading all those books and taking all those classes.

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Kristina God's avatar

PERFECT timing as I'm creating a video about the new ELECTIONS tab and I'll feature Jason it it!

I also wanted to show you.

Have you seen you've been tranding on this tab?

If you have any screenshots you can provide from your TRENDING topics please do so. Wonder what about POLITICS? I'm not following this category. Have you seen yourself there already? Because there's more competition..

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Walter Rhein's avatar

I haven't seen that I've been trending there. I don't think I've been tagging my stories with Elections, but I'll look for it in the future.

I'll be on the lookout for when I'm trending, getting the screenshots is a good idea :)

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Georgia Patrick's avatar

Thank you Walter for the introduction to your co-mentor Jason Provencio. With friends like you and Alison Acheson, he has the right vibe for me. Good writing with humor isn't easy. It's easier to do it in person when the other person can see your smile or wink and know it's not attacking you. Instead, it's a shared laugh at the universe or the unknown.

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Walter Rhein's avatar

Very true!

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Lilith Helstrom's avatar

Congratulations Jason on 10,000 subscribers!

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The Chaos Trials's avatar

This is bullshit and you both know it. I've been on both Medium and SS. Medium is a complete was of time. The editors pick the same writers acting as the arbiters of taste. If the Medium overlords don't like your work, it's relegated to some algorithm ghetto. Substack is basically the same--if you write about the mind-numbing stupidity of American politics you'll make the banner everyday. Otherwise, SS is the same writer wasteland as Medium.

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Walter Rhein's avatar

I don't agree with that comment at all.

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