Quarter Warp Up - Season 1

A big thank you

CHEESE

I’m proud of myself. 

For the last 3 months, I stuck to my plan and published an article a week on Substack. While navigating work, friends, and my own hobbies, I was able to create time to, well, create. The goal was to give myself a writing project that kept me consistent and invested. I have done that. I know myself and had to be accountable for this to work. Create a plan. Announce the plan. Invest $$ into the plan. Onward. At the end of all of this, I was able to write 20k+ words combined on topics I love. 

I want to thank all of you who have subscribed. Even if you read only a few posts or just wanted to support me because of who I am, I am honored. I have nothing to offer other than running commentary of topics I care about and you all not only gave me room to do so but wanted to see me succeed. 

When I started this Substack, I got a few of you to subscribe before I even published anything. Before my first official post went out on July 1st, I had 25 subscribers who I had sold on a Road Map post about a month and a half earlier. As of writing this, I now have 63 subscribers. I more than doubled from my starting point and while 63 may not seem like a ton to some, it’s a ton to me. You know why? Because I am not an established writer and I focus on niche topics that are nerdy as fuck. That’s growth, baby. 

Throughout the months, I’ve used my Substack to promote my vision and talent to authors who I am excited to talk to in the coming months. I now have a catalog to offer up of not only how invested I am in what I do but also how diligent. Opportunities are showing up that I only imagined could happen for me.

So once again, thank you.

I would like to take the time to thank the Substack Ahch-To Baby who is a wonderful writer and who has recommended me within his network. Thank you, Matt!

A few other Substacks I would like to recommend are:

• Questis

• Space Wizards Book Club

• Retro XP

• Now This is Lit

Here are the Top 3 posts of the last 3 Months (according to site analytics). I excluded my Road Map and Giveaway post(s) from this line up. 

• To Serve a Greater Good: My Thoughts on Ahsoka Thus Far

• 20 Hours With Starfield: My Thoughts

• Book Review: Inquisitor - Rise of the Red Blade by Delilah S. Dawson

I think the posts I had fun with were the video game retrospective posts. They allowed me to go back in time and play a game I haven’t touched in years and just explode with thoughts about all that has passed since then. 

• The Force Unleashed: 15 Years Later

• Knights of the Old Republic: 20 Years Later

But the real winner in my mind is the review of the Twisted Metal-show. I was so surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Yes, it’s garbage but it’s entertaining garbage. 

• Twisted Metal: Thong Song, Anthony Mackie’s Ass, and Blank Man

I will post in the next couple of days my outline for Oct-Dec and I am thrilled to announce it is geared, ahem, towards Gears of War and in particular, Karen Traviss’ contributions to the series. 

Thank you all for a wonderful 3 months and I can’t wait to light up your inboxes every week!