Moving again

A month ago I was persuaded to give Substack a try. To my surprise, I liked it. If anyone was wondering why I have gone quiet here, it’s because I’m posting poems and stories over there and can’t keep up with being in two places at once. If you’re interested, I am at https://substack.com/@janedougherty47

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Author: Jane Dougherty

I used to do lots of things I didn't much enjoy. Now I am officially a writer. It's what I always wanted to be.

33 thoughts on “Moving again”

    1. Great! One of the things that most annoys me about WP is the glitches. I get hardly any notifications from the people I’d like to read and I don’t have the time to scroll through the reader on the off-chance someone I follow has posted something.

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      1. No I don’t. Maybe I’ll consider it in the new year, after youngest son, D’Law, and 2 grandchildren return home after Christmas. Or maybe during a moment of insanity I’ll do it sooner.

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      2. I thought it would be a pain. Like starting a new blog, but it’s not. There’s minimal set-up, you define yourself in a particular group (fiction, literature, art for example) and that’s it. Post, look at other offerings, comment or follow and it mushroom.

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      5. Perfect! I have the app installed on my phone, so I’ll check it during the day for work that you post. Do I receive an email notification when you post!

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    1. I’ll keep coming here to get your notifications. Your blog is one of the few I get them for. Starting a substack is very painless. I wouldn’t have done it if it had been difficult. I like the contact there. It’s disinterested. I’m not cutting off contact, just not going to post much here.

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      1. A lot of people have already left for substack, and though at the beginning I tried to follow some of them, I just don’t have the attention or energy–I’m too scattered, I barely have the focus for WordPress. But like I said, I understand. I will be happy to see you if you do check in. Will you at least do the Oracle here?

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      2. Yes, I’ll do the Oracle. She lives here, wouldn’t like to insist she moves somewhere else.
        I enjoy the energy at Substack. There’s a lot of interaction and mutual discovery that I don’t find here. There’s an obligation with WP to trade likes and comments because it’s polite but it isn’t very constructive and it’s very time consuming. I’d rather read what I enjoy and comment if I feel moved to, not because it’s polite.

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    1. I’ll try to post, but apart from you and a handful of other lovely people, it feels empty here. This ‘new’ blog never took off. Very few people moved here from the old one. Maybe I should take the hint and admit that I’ve done blogging and move onto something different.

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