Month One: Growing My Substack to $8,000/Month
Embarking on a Journey to Grow My Substack Newster to $8,000/month
Over the past seven years, I’ve built a successful freelance writing career, which I wrote about my book Six-Figure Freelance Writer (now $2.99 on Amazon!).
But, I know that not every writer wants to be a freelance writer. So how do authors and non-freelancing writers make money from their craft?
Enter: Substack. The platform that Stephen King and many other notable writers, journalists, and academics use to share newsletters and publications — and also monetize their work directly from their community instead of relying on a middleman.
I switched from ConvertKit to Substack in part because I loved the mission behind Substack as a company, and their clean interface that made reading newsletters fun again.
I also rebranded my newsletter as ✍️ From the Desk of Amy Suto ✍️ — a publication and community that shares my experiments with how to be a Modern Author and working writer in the digital age.
In my Substack, I write about…
Writers vs. AI: The existential and very real struggle of writers vs. AI, and how the future of writing, freelancing, and authorship will be shaped by AI.
Reviews of writing-centric AI tools, and posts about how AI-powered tools can help you blog better.
Personal essays about how I went from a broke writer to a successful working one — and what changed in my mindset and habits along the way.
For $8/month, readers can view all of my posts, including the archives. Free subscribers receive my Sunday round-ups, which includes a Sunday story and other inspiring tidbits and morsels about writing, as well as journaling prompts.
Below, you can find my month one update, sharing everything I learned in my first month on my platform and in my journey to get to 1,000 paid subscribers!
