My newsletter hot take* is I'm putting a ton of money into relaunching mine. I also hope to freelance more frequently + work with more editors. I'd like my newsletter to support my published work + vice versa. If you get a cold pitch from me, open it?
*Maybe a room temp take
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Here's an edited and published in a publication piece I am really proud of, midwifed into the world by @GENmag @michellelegro @iamsakuma
2/ https://gen.medium.com/motherhood-in-america-is-a-multilevel-marketing-scheme-f4ec1f536b04

Here's a newsletter piece, edited by @HemingwayApp and delivered alone by me. Also pleased with this one.
3/ https://megconley.substack.com/p/a-crowded-table

I'd love to have a column on home culture with an editor that I meet for lunch sometimes. It'd be great to not cobble together a writing career from different platformed communities I build from scratch. And I wish I knew how to pitch as well as I know how to write.
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But a lot of us do not have deals or staff jobs. We're middle class creators. The generosity I've gotten from writers like @annehelen has given me hope for the future of creators like me. She's shared insights + my work. She didn't have to do either.
5/ https://hbr.org/2020/12/the-creator-economy-needs-a-middle-class

We can figure out something that has accountability and lacks gatekeeping. I imagine it'll be a mix of personal brands and publications. Any solution that swings too far to exclusively personal brand or to exclusively legacy publication is worrisome. 6/

But if you are a legacy publication that wants to hire me to write a column, I'm happy to revise my thoughts. First column, "Newsletters are bad for home culture, actually." x/

also for the love of god hire @iamsakuma and @michellelegro so I can pitch them again. I mean for many other reasons too. But also that reason.