Darius I read all your posts and I’m pretty new, a few months, on Substack. I’ve said it before: shorter posts and maybe less doomsday or violence/angst/uphill struggles. I think many readers here want to skim a quick post and on to next. Like headlines. They don’t want novellas. And your brilliant writings here maybe should be in a book or newsletter where people seek out the content, not have it pop up on a feed. As far as appreciation, many of us are not famous til we are gone. Almost like Churchill; so I can not agree with this: "Talent means nothing if no one will follow you." Your talent speaks for itself, now when those readers receive and reply is a matter of time itself , way out of our hands. And look on YouTube where really high quality videos are getting a decent amount of views but god forbid a half naked farm girl thumbnail working on a tractor gets a million or more. Hmm. Why is that? Keep up the good work, as The Essential Craftsman says at and of his videos!
Doubt is a good thing, to doubt something. But we have to keep it on a short leash. Doubt, diversion, disorder, distraction, discouragement, all the 'D's get in the way. I could go on, ... disbelief, denial, bla bla bla, etc. etc. etc.
Darius I read all your posts and I’m pretty new, a few months, on Substack. I’ve said it before: shorter posts and maybe less doomsday or violence/angst/uphill struggles. I think many readers here want to skim a quick post and on to next. Like headlines. They don’t want novellas. And your brilliant writings here maybe should be in a book or newsletter where people seek out the content, not have it pop up on a feed. As far as appreciation, many of us are not famous til we are gone. Almost like Churchill; so I can not agree with this: "Talent means nothing if no one will follow you." Your talent speaks for itself, now when those readers receive and reply is a matter of time itself , way out of our hands. And look on YouTube where really high quality videos are getting a decent amount of views but god forbid a half naked farm girl thumbnail working on a tractor gets a million or more. Hmm. Why is that? Keep up the good work, as The Essential Craftsman says at and of his videos!
Thank you for your advice, Charles.
You have given me something to think about.
I appreciate it, man.
Doubt is a good thing, to doubt something. But we have to keep it on a short leash. Doubt, diversion, disorder, distraction, discouragement, all the 'D's get in the way. I could go on, ... disbelief, denial, bla bla bla, etc. etc. etc.
I agree.