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A little catchphrase I came up with: When you hit send, it’s not the end. Maybe I invented it, maybe someone else did—but it’s true either way.

Right now, it’s summertime—open rates are down, comments are down, “likes” are down.

But when you hit send, that doesn’t mean you’re done, especially if you’re on Substack! You have the direct URL for every post you send. Yes, those posts land in inboxes, but that’s just the beginning.

Take that link and bring it somewhere else. And I don’t just mean posting it on Twitter or Facebook and hoping the algorithm does you a favor—because honestly, it probably won’t.

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Love this from Cassidy Frost, from their interview on this Everybody Else podcast episode:

“I feel like working in a group is so much better — people can learn from each other and gain support from each other. It becomes something bigger: someone can watch another artist’s struggle and gain so much from it, realizing that the blocks in your head are universal, not just special to you. If someone else can overcome that, you can overcome it too. It’s like seeing to believe.”

I feel this in my bones, which is why I added Mini Escape Pod Q&A sessions to my weekly stable of calls with paid members. These smaller gatherings (limited to just me and three members) helps you realize that not every challenge is totally unique.

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That’s a little catchphrase I came up with: When you hit send, it’s not the end. Maybe I invented it, maybe someone else did—but it’s true either way.

Right now, it’s summertime—open rates are down, comments are down, “likes” are down. But when you hit send, that doesn’t mean you’re done. Especially if you’re on Substack, you have the direct URL for every post you send. Sure, it lands in inboxes, but that’s just the beginning.

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I moved my VOICE NOTES podcast off of Substack, changed the name to SMEC: CURRENTS and moved it to Transistor.

Today I talk about the many moves I’ve been making, and how I’m trying to make things easy and calm, and not feel like “homework” or something you need to catch up on.

This podcast is not listed on Apple or Spotify, so listen above, or use your favorite podcast player to subscribe directly using this link: https://feeds.transistor.fm/smec-currents

Camilla Wickman has a new album ‘Red Rock, Seal Skin‘ coming out August 22, 2025.

In this interview you’ll hear how Camilla started making frequent social media posts to promote their upcoming album, which felt out of alignment.

“There’s been a long period over the winter and early spring where I was just like, what now? You know, what does it look like to kind of try and play the long game, or just be authentic? And I think there was a minute there where I was like, maybe I just quit music.”

Thankfully there was enough goodness around to keep moving forward.

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