[butterfly.meme] Is this marketing?

by | Aug 18, 2023 | Life and all That

Some updates on what’s going on in the House of York

Hey y’all, it’s KimBoo! I’m an author who is also librarian, text technology historian, and former I.T. project manager. I write a whole lot of fiction and also about a lot of interesting things (I hope you agree!). Please consider supporting me (and my dog!) so I can keep throwing errata & etcetera into the Scriptorium!


Recently my friend Gina asked me, “Who are you telling about your Ream platform?”

I squirmed in my chair a little before finally admitting: no one.

To back up a bit: until the start of this very year, having subscription platforms for my writing was not on my radar at all. I had considered it in the past, but both did not like the platforms available for it (Patreon, or DIY) and was heavily committed to a (thus far) unsuccessful productivity coaching business.

Then I stumbled over Ream and the Subscriptions for Authors facebook group, and THEN THE FIRE NATION ATTACKED.

…which is not as hyperbolic as it looks. I really felt like I had been hit with a lightning bolt of possibility and potential from out of right field, which laid me out flat.

In that moment, everything changed.

But, having only found out about Ream in January, I did not launch my own Ream account until late March. Similarly, I did not get back on Substack until mid-April. It has taken me months to figure out what I’m doing and how I’m going to do it.

But the fact remains that I am doing things, and I should, you know, let people know. Okay then!

As always, check the Bibliotheca to find the updates on the non-fiction topics I write about here on Substack!