Expect Anything Worthwhile to Take a Long Time

or Why I love to write and publish and read on @Substack and some advice - solicited - to writers just starting.

My Substack feed is swelling daily with essays and notes from new and newish writers who are making their way onto this platform, many with staggeringly good writing skills and wonderfully niche subjects to which they bring insights, humour, expertise and character. A culture of generous restacking by other writers and participants of the platform ensu…