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Hello, all.
Just a quick note to say that I’ve realised that the way my monthly activity here on Substack has been working since last Sept - with my Highly Irregular newsletter being sent to all subscribers but the two Unbox posts with writing prompts and something to read only available to paid subscribers - isn’t something I’m particularly comfortable with. I say often in my posts that I don’t want the fee to ever put someone off joining in, and that seems to be working well with my Zoom workshops, where all you have to do is tick the “half price ticket” or “free place” box on the booking page. But to ask you to contact me if you’d like to upgrade your subscription but the monthly £3.50 paid subscription isn’t possible for you, well that’s putting all the burden on you, and that’s not what I call accessible.
So, to make it just as easy here on Substack as on the workshop booking page, I’ve set up a special page here https://taniahershman.substack.com/freesub where, if you’d like, you can upgrade from the basic subscription to a full subscription for free, getting the two extra Unbox posts every month and the archive so far. (Why not just make all the posts available to all subscribers? Well, many of you might not want three posts a month from me, so I decided to give you the option instead!) I wanted to offer this before the 5-Day Hybrid Writing challenge kicks off next week, so you can join in if you’d like to, but the link will also be available after that, and I will mention it at the top of all my posts from now on.
Note: If you click on that special “freesub” link it may look like it’s taking payment, but it will apply the 100% discount at the end - message me if you have any problems!
If you are currently a paid subscriber and you’d like to do this too - please feel totally free to revert your subscription back to the free option and then use this same link https://taniahershman.substack.com/freesub to get the full subscription without paying. I really mean this, I won’t take it personally, so please do. There are other ways to show me you appreciate what I’m doing here, parting with your cash isn’t the only way. Click “like”, leave a comment etc..
I’ll go into a bit more detail about my thinking in my March Highly Irregular Newsletter, and I’d love to hear your thoughts. This is in no way a judgement on anyone who uses the paid subscriber model here on Substack or elsewhere, everyone needs to do what works for them, what they are comfortable with. After trying it for 6 months, it just doesn’t fit with what’s important to me, what and how I want to offer out to the community.
Have a lovely weekend,
Tania x
This is a really appreciated and thoughtful approach - your substack is one of the very few I’ve subscribed to, because it all gets a bit overwhelming in the inbox, and it’s also so hard to know how long to be a paid subscriber somewhere without it feeling awkward to change when income fluctuates etc! I will probs take up the free subscription and also will keep paying as often as I can for workshops etc. The ability to be fluid is really great. Hope you still get the resource you need flowing through by making this generous change.
Thank you, Tania. This is thoughtful and most generous and is very much appreciated.