If you’ve been building your Substack and wishing you had a room full of brilliant, opinionated writers to think with —

This is that room.

Welcome to our monthly 🧪 Substack Lab — a live Zoom session exclusively for Founding Members of 💡 Sutoscience.

💡 become a founding member

Think open office hours meets writer’s workshop meets the best writerly conversation you had but didn’t want to end.

💡 Join Our Monthly Substack Lab and Get Feedback on Your Substack from Fellow Writers

📅 When: Thursday, September 24th at 5:30pm PT/8:30pm ET

💻 Where: Live on Zoom (link below the paywall, Founding Members!)

✍️ What to bring: Your Substack, your questions, your half-baked ideas, your “is this too niche?” spirals — all of it welcome.

Here’s how it works:

• 🔍 Bring a specific question or something you’re stuck on when it comes to your Substack

• 💬 Get live feedback from me and the group

• 🔁 Come back every month and keep the momentum going

Not a founding member yet? ✨ The Substack Lab is just one of the perks waiting for you on the other side of an upgrade.

🎁 Founding Members get exclusive access to monthly Labs, the 6 Week Substack Sprint, and everything I’m building out for the writers who are serious about making this work. You can unlock your Founding Member perks here on my perks page.

👇 Ready to join us? Upgrade to Founding Member here.

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If you’ve been building your Substack and wishing you had a room full of brilliant, opinionated writers to think with —

This is that room.

Welcome to our monthly 🧪 Substack Lab — a live Zoom session exclusively for Founding Members of 💡 Sutoscience.

💡 become a founding member

Think open office hours meets writer’s workshop meets the best writerly conversation you had but didn’t want to end.

💡 Join Our Monthly Substack Lab and Get Feedback on Your Substack from Fellow Writers

📅 When: TONIGHT, Thursday, August 6th at 5pm PT/8pm ET

💻 Where: Live on Zoom (link below the paywall, Founding Members!)

✍️ What to bring: Your Substack, your questions, your half-baked ideas, your “is this too niche?” spirals — all of it welcome.

Here’s how it works:

• 🔍 Bring a specific question or something you’re stuck on when it comes to your Substack

• 💬 Get live feedback from me and the group

• 🔁 Come back every month and keep the momentum going

Not a founding member yet? ✨ The Substack Lab is just one of the perks waiting for you on the other side of an upgrade.

🎁 Founding Members get exclusive access to monthly Labs, the 6 Week Substack Sprint, and everything I’m building out for the writers who are serious about making this work. You can unlock your Founding Member perks here on my perks page.

👇 Ready to join us? Upgrade to Founding Member here.

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If you’ve been building your Substack and wishing you had a room full of brilliant, opinionated writers to think with —

This is that room.

Welcome to our monthly 🧪 Substack Lab — a live Zoom session exclusively for Founding Members of 💡 Sutoscience.

💡 become a founding member

Think open office hours meets writer’s workshop meets the best writerly conversation you had but didn’t want to end.

💡 Join Our Monthly Substack Lab and Get Feedback on Your Substack from Fellow Writers

📅 When: THIS WEEK, Thursday, August 6th at 5pm PT/8pm ET

💻 Where: Live on Zoom (link below the paywall, Founding Members!)

✍️ What to bring: Your Substack, your questions, your half-baked ideas, your “is this too niche?” spirals — all of it welcome.

Here’s how it works:

• 🔍 Bring a specific question or something you’re stuck on when it comes to your Substack

• 💬 Get live feedback from me and the group

• 🔁 Come back every month and keep the momentum going

Not a founding member yet? ✨ The Substack Lab is just one of the perks waiting for you on the other side of an upgrade.

🎁 Founding Members get exclusive access to monthly Labs, the 6 Week Substack Sprint, and everything I’m building out for the writers who are serious about making this work. You can unlock your Founding Member perks here on my perks page.

👇 Ready to join us? Upgrade to Founding Member here.

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💡 Introducing: The 6-Week Substack Sprint Companion Workbook

If you took the sprint live, you know the deal: six weeks, six classes, and homework every single week. This workbook pulls every framework, checklist, and assignment out of the replays and expands them into worksheets you can finish in one sitting — because you didn’t join this sprint to nod along to six classes.

Inside the 50+ pages of this workbook:

• Week-by-week pages for all six classes — Architecture, the Content Engine, the Growth Engine, Conversion & Monetization, Retention & the Leaky Bucket, and the Creator CEO 12-month roadmap

• The Toolkit — the Post-Publish Ritual, the Weekly Sprint Check-In, the Growth & Churn Tracker, a Headline Bank, and a Wins Log to read back on the hard days

• The Sprint Contract — sign it, mean it, and circle your Day One

💡 get the workbook

It’s designed for pen and paper: print it (US Letter, single- or double-sided), keep it next to your laptop like a co-pilot, and do the pages right after watching each class while the ideas are still warm.

The workbook — along with on-demand replays of all six sprint classes — is yours as a Founding Member of 💡 Sutoscience:

💡 become a founding member

Already a Founding Member? Go grab it, print it, and tell me in the comments which week’s homework you’re starting with.

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sending you good writing vibes,

-Amy

If you’ve been building your Substack and wishing you had a room full of brilliant, opinionated writers to think with —

This is that room.

Welcome to our monthly 🧪 Substack Lab — a live Zoom session exclusively for Founding Members of 💡 Sutoscience.

💡 become a founding member

Think open office hours meets writer’s workshop meets the best writerly conversation you had but didn’t want to end.

💡 Join Our Monthly Substack Lab and Get Feedback on Your Substack from Fellow Writers

📅 When: Thursday, August 6th at 5pm PT/8pm ET

💻 Where: Live on Zoom (link below the paywall, Founding Members!)

✍️ What to bring: Your Substack, your questions, your half-baked ideas, your “is this too niche?” spirals — all of it welcome.

Here’s how it works:

• 🔍 Bring a specific question or something you’re stuck on when it comes to your Substack

• 💬 Get live feedback from me and the group

• 🔁 Come back every month and keep the momentum going

Not a founding member yet? ✨ The Substack Lab is just one of the perks waiting for you on the other side of an upgrade.

Founding Members get exclusive access to monthly Labs, the 6 Week Substack Sprint, a 1:1 60 minute Substack Audit with me (this perk ends tomorrow!), and everything I’m building out for the writers who are serious about making this work.

You can unlock your Founding Member perks here on my perks page.

👇 Ready to join us? Upgrade to Founding Member here.

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Hi writers,

If you’re thinking about becoming a Founding Member, I’ve extended the 1-on-1 Substack Audit bonus for signing up.

You have until this Friday, July 17th to upgrade to a Founding Membership if you’d like an hour-long call with me to break down things like…

• your goals on Substack

• how to convert more subscribers from free to paid by writing things you actually are excited about

• how to use Substack as your creative business hub

• …and anything else you’d like my help strategizing with you on!

You also get all of the other bonuses of being a Founding Member (access to my 6 Week Substack Sprint video series and our monthly Substack Lab mastermind group on Zoom that’s like a writer’s group for your Substack!)

I’m ending this bonus soon because I’m trying to create more space on my calendar for future workshops, classes, and more how-to guides about publishing your fiction on Substack. Look forward to seeing more of these in your inbox soon!

If you’re a Founding Member haven’t already had a 60-minute 1:1 Substack Audit with me in the last year, you can book it below the paywall:

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Hi writers,

If you’re thinking about becoming a Founding Member, I’ve extended the 1-on-1 Substack Audit bonus for signing up.

You have until this Friday, July 17th to upgrade to a Founding Membership if you’d like an hour-long call with me to break down things like…

• your goals on Substack

• how to convert more subscribers from free to paid by writing things you actually are excited about

• how to use Substack as your creative business hub

• …and anything else you’d like my help strategizing with you on!

You also get all of the other bonuses of being a Founding Member (access to my 6 Week Substack Sprint video series and our monthly Substack Lab mastermind group on Zoom that’s like a writer’s group for your Substack!)

I’m ending this bonus soon because I’m trying to create more space on my calendar for future workshops, classes, and more how-to guides about publishing your fiction on Substack. Look forward to seeing more of these in your inbox soon!

If you’re a Founding Member haven’t already had a 60-minute 1:1 Substack Audit with me in the last year, you can book it below the paywall:

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If you’ve been building your Substack and wishing you had a room full of brilliant, opinionated writers to think with —

This is that room.

Welcome to our monthly 🧪 Substack Lab — a live Zoom session exclusively for Founding Members of 💡 Sutoscience.

💡 become a founding member

Think open office hours meets writer’s workshop meets the best writerly conversation you had but didn’t want to end.

💡 Join Our Monthly Substack Lab and Get Feedback on Your Substack from Fellow Writers

📅 When: TODAY, Sunday, July 12th from 2pm PT/5pm ET - 3:30pm PT/6:30pm ET

💻 Where: Live on Zoom (link below the paywall, Founding Members!)

✍️ What to bring: Your Substack, your questions, your half-baked ideas, your “is this too niche?” spirals — all of it welcome.

Here’s how it works:

🔍 Bring a specific question or something you’re stuck on

💬 Get live feedback from me and the group

🔁 Come back every month and keep the momentum going

Not a founding member yet? ✨ The Substack Lab is just one of the perks waiting for you on the other side of an upgrade. Founding Members get exclusive access to monthly Labs, the 6 Week Substack Sprint, a 1:1 60 minute Substack Audit with me, and everything I’m building out for the writers who are serious about making this work.

👇 Ready to join us? Upgrade to Founding Member here.

Read more

If you’ve been building your Substack and wishing you had a room full of brilliant, opinionated writers to think with —

This is that room.

Welcome to our monthly 🧪 Substack Lab — a live Zoom session exclusively for Founding Members of 💡 Sutoscience.

💡 become a founding member

Think open office hours meets writer’s workshop meets the best writerly conversation you had but didn’t want to end.

💡 Join Our Monthly Substack Lab and Get Feedback on Your Substack from Fellow Writers

📅 When: Sunday, July 12th from 2pm PT/5pm ET - 3:30pm PT/6:30pm ET

💻 Where: Live on Zoom (link below the paywall, Founding Members!)

✍️ What to bring: Your Substack, your questions, your half-baked ideas, your “is this too niche?” spirals — all of it welcome.

Here’s how it works:

🔍 Bring a specific question or something you’re stuck on

💬 Get live feedback from me and the group

🔁 Come back every month and keep the momentum going

Not a founding member yet? ✨ The Substack Lab is just one of the perks waiting for you on the other side of an upgrade. Founding Members get exclusive access to monthly Labs, the 6 Week Substack Sprint, a 1:1 60 minute Substack Audit with me, and everything I’m building out for the writers who are serious about making this work.

👇 Ready to join us? Upgrade to Founding Member here.

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Week two of serializing Let Me Be Your Ghost is in the books (pun intended), and this week looked really different from week one.

If week one was all about the launch — the announcement, the first chapter, the flurry of “okay, I’m actually doing this” vibes — week two was a heads-down writing week.

I spent most of my time deep in the outline and making sure the chapters coming down the pipeline are actually good, because all the marketing in the world doesn’t matter if the book itself doesn’t deliver.

By the way, if you’re curious what a day in the life of writing a serialized novel looks like while also running two Substacks and everything else, I occasionally film and share them:

But here’s the thing: even in a week where I barely marketed at all, the numbers kept moving.

Total subscribers have noticeably accelerated since I started serializing this novel, and I have real data now on what’s converting readers into subscribers — and what’s getting views but doing absolutely nothing.

I’m going to break down my exact stats below the paywall when it comes to:

• my revenue

• paid subscriber growth

• which posts converted

• and the one marketing effort I’m officially throwing out after two weeks of testing it.

👇 If you’re serializing fiction (or thinking about it), this is the stuff I wish someone had shown me before I started.

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If you’ve been building your Substack and wishing you had a room full of brilliant, opinionated writers to think with —

This is that room.

Welcome to our monthly 🧪 Substack Lab — a live Zoom session exclusively for Founding Members of 💡 Sutoscience.

💡 become a founding member

Think open office hours meets writer’s workshop meets the best writerly conversation you had but didn’t want to end.

💡 Join Our Monthly Substack Lab and Get Feedback on Your Substack from Fellow Writers

📅 When: Sunday, July 12th from 2pm PT/5pm ET - 3:30pm PT/6:30pm ET

💻 Where: Live on Zoom (link below the paywall, Founding Members!)

✍️ What to bring: Your Substack, your questions, your half-baked ideas, your “is this too niche?” spirals — all of it welcome.

Here’s how it works:

🔍 Bring a specific question or something you’re stuck on

💬 Get live feedback from me and the group

🔁 Come back every month and keep the momentum going

Not a founding member yet? ✨ The Substack Lab is just one of the perks waiting for you on the other side of an upgrade. Founding Members get exclusive access to monthly Labs, the 6 Week Substack Sprint, a 1:1 60 minute Substack Audit with me, and everything I’m building out for the writers who are serious about making this work.

👇 Ready to join us? Upgrade to Founding Member here.

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This tutorial/video walkthrough is for…

• Anyone starting a brand-new Substack

• People unfamiliar with the Substack platform — or if you want a deeper understand of the different settings and features

• Those who are looking to understand how to set up different features such as articles, podcasts, videos, etc.

I also have video tutorials for…

Also mentioned in this video:

If you found this tutorial helpful, please share :)

Wishing you a week ahead of creative momentum,

-Amy

If you’ve been building your Substack and wishing you had a room full of brilliant, opinionated writers to think with —

This is that room.

Welcome to our monthly 🧪 Substack Lab — a live Zoom session exclusively for Founding Members of 💡 Sutoscience.

💡 become a founding member

Think open office hours meets writer’s workshop meets the best writerly conversation you had but didn’t want to end.

💡 Join Our Monthly Substack Lab and Get Feedback on Your Substack from Fellow Writers

📅 When: TODAY, Saturday, June 6th from 10am PT / 1pm ET - 11:30am PT / 2:30pm ET

💻 Where: Live on Zoom (link below the paywall, Founding Members!)

✍️ What to bring: Your Substack, your questions, your half-baked ideas, your “is this too niche?” spirals — all of it welcome.

Here’s how it works:

🔍 Bring a specific question or something you’re stuck on

💬 Get live feedback from me and the group

🔁 Come back every month and keep the momentum going

Not a founding member yet? ✨ The Substack Lab is just one of the perks waiting for you on the other side of an upgrade. Founding Members get exclusive access to monthly Labs, the 6 Week Substack Sprint, a 1:1 60 minute Substack Audit with me, and everything I’m building out for the writers who are serious about making this work.

👇 Ready to join us? Upgrade to Founding Member here.

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Here’s my week one, chapter one update on how the stats are looking, the challenges I’m facing, and my progress so far on Let Me Be Your Ghost.

Missed previous posts in this series? Check them out below:

Also mentioned in this video:

Are you working on serializing your fiction (or another type of work?) on Substack? If so would love to hear from you in the comments:

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Happy writing!

-Amy

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So — thank you! I’m glad you’re here. In this video I’m sharing the 6 tips that actually worked when growing on Substack.

Links below of the things I mentioned:

• Order your e-book copy of Write for Money and Power for $0.99

• Subscribe my main Substack ✍️ Make Writing Your Job

• Check out my 6 Week Substack Sprint workshop series here on 💡 Sutoscience

• Watch my tutorial on How to Go Live on Substack Live

Questions? Let me know below!

-Amy

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If you’ve been building your Substack and wishing you had a room full of brilliant, opinionated writers to think with —

This is that room.

Welcome to our monthly 🧪 Substack Lab — a live Zoom session exclusively for Founding Members of 💡 Sutoscience.

💡 become a founding member

Think open office hours meets writer’s workshop meets the best writerly conversation you had but didn’t want to end.

💡 Join Our Monthly Substack Lab and Get Feedback on Your Substack from Fellow Writers

📅 When: This Saturday, June 6th from 10am PT / 1pm ET - 11:30am PT / 2:30pm ET

💻 Where: Live on Zoom (link below the paywall, Founding Members!)

✍️ What to bring: Your Substack, your questions, your half-baked ideas, your “is this too niche?” spirals — all of it welcome.

Here’s how it works:

🔍 Bring a specific question or something you’re stuck on

💬 Get live feedback from me and the group

🔁 Come back every month and keep the momentum going

Not a founding member yet? ✨ The Substack Lab is just one of the perks waiting for you on the other side of an upgrade. Founding Members get exclusive access to monthly Labs, the 6 Week Substack Sprint, a 1:1 60 minute Substack Audit with me, and everything I’m building out for the writers who are serious about making this work.

👇 Ready to join us? Upgrade to Founding Member here.

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I did a live reading of the first chapter here on Substack live and also shared a bit about what it means to post your fiction on Substack chapter-by-chapter.

You can get all of my tips here:

Want more strategies on building your career as a writer? Check out my book Write for Money and Power:

Sending you warm creative vibes for your week,

-Amy

In this video I share my rules for this challenge, what you can expect in the behind-the-scenes, and my audacious goals: to take 💡 Sutoscience, my secondary Substack account that you’re currently reading now, from 100 to 1,000 paid subscribers with the momentum of the serialized fiction.

I’ve already done a version of this challenge (successfully!) with my main Substack ✍️ Make Writing Your Job, and you can watch the YouTube video series chronicling the 2-year journey here.

See you for the first installment of let me be your ghost, dropping soon! And be sure to subscribe so you receive both the new fiction chapters as well as the behind-the-scenes updates.

-Amy

Nobody told Charles Dickens he needed a book deal.

He got paid by the cliffhanger. Serialized novels, sold chapter by chapter through periodicals, turned him into a celebrity — one who sold out reading tours across America and bought the kind of real estate English nobles envy. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alexandre Dumas did the same thing: collect checks every week, build an audience in real time, monetize as they wrote.

As I wrote in my most recent nonfiction book Write for Money and Power: “Serialization was the 19th-century version of a paid newsletter.”

We’re just living it again — except now you don’t need a printing press.

Andy Weir released The Martian chapter by chapter on his blog.

Hugh Howey started Wool as a self-published novella, kept serializing, and hit $150,000 per month in ebook sales before Hollywood came calling.

Elle Griffin serialized her gothic novel Obscurity one chapter a week for 42 weeks — first four chapters free, rest behind a paywall. In a recent interview on The Indy Author podcast, she said she earned $120,000 from roughly 150 paid subscribers over the course of the serial. The math works when people subscribe for the full run instead of buying a $10 book once — and it's a case study in what a small, deeply committed audience is actually worth.

John Pistelli serialized his literary novel Major Arcana on Substack throughout 2023 and 2024 and got picked up by a traditional publisher in 2025. Even Salman Rushdie and Chuck Palahniuk have come to the platform to serialize their work.

The format isn’t new. The opportunity is.

I’m putting my money where my mouth is: I’m about to start publishing my own serialized erotic thriller here on my 💡 Sutoscience Substack called Let Me Be Your Ghost — and I’ll be doing weekly breakdowns of how it’s performing as I go. It’s a build-in-public experiment for anyone who wants to watch serialized fiction get made in real time. (More on that below.)

But first — if you’ve been sitting on a novel, a story world, or even a collection of interconnected short fiction — here’s how to actually do this:

1. Treat Every Chapter Like a TV Episode

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