Tools & software

Being a copywriter in the AI era

Navigating the weirdest decade in which to be a writer

Nov 10, 2025 • Simon K Jones and Tom Albrighton

37:21

A quick and easy way to format your ebook and paperback files

Taking a tour of the Reedsy Editor

Jun 23, 2025 • Simon K Jones

Cultivating a healthy reader community

Or: What to do when Emma Horsedick comes a-riding

Apr 21, 2025 • Simon K Jones

Taking another look at genAI for 2025

Updated thoughts on the most tedious of all the tech bubbles

Mar 17, 2025 • Simon K Jones

Algorithms, audiences and sub-cultures

Smaller rooms, better windows and doors

Jan 27, 2025 • Simon K Jones, John Ward, and Ben Cohen

40:29

How to create a simple podcast

...without spending much money

Jan 6, 2025 • Simon K Jones

Substack is changing writing like YouTube changed indie filmmaking

Entirely new ways of being a writer are emerging

Sep 30, 2024 • Simon K Jones

Email platforms for writers in 2024

Writers have never had it so good

Feb 19, 2024 • Simon K Jones

Own your writing this year

Can writers be truly independent?

Jan 22, 2024 • Simon K Jones

How to figure out your Substack's settings

Explaining over 50 million individual settings in one video

Dec 4, 2023 • Simon K Jones

20:19

Using the Substack post editor: part 2

Explaining Substack's editor settings

Nov 20, 2023 • Simon K Jones

8:50

How to write a Substack post

A guided tour of the Substack post editor

Oct 9, 2023 • Simon K Jones

16:31

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