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Why I write memoir
Also: I have my own 'Phoenix rising from the ashes' narrative—I just don't like telling those kinds of stories
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Russell Max Simon
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July 2022
How to name your Substack
Introducing Post-Nomad: my process on how and why I rebranded after three years
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Russell Max Simon
December 2021
Things left unwritten
I'm turning 40 and wondering what is still do vs. what remains to give up
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Russell Max Simon
Haunted by Hemingway's "One True Sentence"
I've been working on a memoir and I want to give up.
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Russell Max Simon
January 2021
I've agonized for years about "What I'm doing with my writing" — and now I have an answer
Also, it's 2021: Expect a lot more from me on topics you're not used to
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Russell Max Simon
November 2020
Being on Substack is turning in to an identity marker
Let's make sure it happens right.
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Russell Max Simon
September 2020
The tension of writing for an audience
"Give the people what they want to hear" is never a mantra I’ve been particularly interested in following, perhaps to my detriment.
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Russell Max Simon
August 2020
The Russell Max Simon Production Function
And the importance of finding your own model for achievement (not the one society hands you).
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Russell Max Simon
September 2019
August 2019
Why I'm not doing video and photography
If there are millions to be made off of building a massive Instagram following, where my chiseled (not really) and topless (I wear a rash guard) form…
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Russell Max Simon
What your monetization strategy says about your values
Advertising vs. Subscriptions vs. Donations vs. Affiliate Marketing vs. Cross-promotion
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Russell Max Simon
July 2019
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