A year or so ago, I made the decision to upload into Substack my 15 years of Blogger blogging. I was once again tired of Blogger’s ways, and my posts there have rarely generated many comments (not even spam, weirdly), presumably because I’ve refused to monetize the blog through allowing ads.
But it quickly became apparent that Substack’s also a place where you’ve got to hustle, and as much as I’m enjoying other people’s hustling, that’s not what I want to be doing, myself.
In consequence, I’m gradually deleting my Substack posts, starting with the ones imported from Blogger. I may at some point start posting or re-posting longer pieces here, to separate them from my normal book-blogging over at Book Addiction HQ, but for now, I’m leaving my Substack dormant.
If you’ve had good experiences here, that’s great for you, and I’d be happy to read about those in the comments, but I’ve got too many things already using up my limited energy!