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Shell Norman's avatar

I am just now working on my "Introduction." Wondering--does it go on my About page or my Home page? 🤔 The short of it is--I have written a narrative nonfiction and I am seeking publication for that. Signed up on Substack to become a part of the community, and that's sure what it feels like it is. My posts on the stack give the flavor of my writing while not revealing the book's whole topic. 📖

Nice to meet you.

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Jen Baxter ✒️'s avatar

Hey Shell. Nice to e-meet you too:) I would out your "introduction on your About page. Here's a good breakdown of some really strong About pages. It'll give you some ideas. It's SO HARD writing about yourself: https://jenbaxter.substack.com/p/whos-your-about-page-really-about

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Sandy Evenson's avatar

Oh wow, I didn't know you were a photographer. That's so cool. I'm going to use this space to give you a Shoutout . . . Special thanks to @Jen Baxter, The Skillful Scribbler, for her brilliant tutoring. She walked me through setting up my Substack page step by step, sharing her knowledge, expertise, and experience. I recommend Jen for you or someone you invited to join who may need some help getting started.

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Jen Baxter ✒️'s avatar

Thank you so much, and you're so welcome, Sandy. I'm so glad you're sharing your wisdom here. I know Beauty from the Inside Out is going to help women see themselves differently.

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Maggie Hoffman's avatar

Caught a bit of your chat with Hillary Dixler Canavan and excited to subscribe here! I am a two-time cocktail book author and the host of a home-cooking podcast called The Dinner Plan, which also has a newsletter here on Substack.

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Jen Baxter ✒️'s avatar

Hey Maggie! So good to see you here. Love your newsletters. (Excuse the slow response -Hillary and I did our live on my birthday, so last week was a bit of a birthday shuffle.) The interview goes out Monday. I'll DM you; I'd love to talk about hopping on a live together!

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Maggie Hoffman's avatar

That would be so fun!!

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Jen Baxter ✒️'s avatar

Great! I think so too!

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Cindy Ojczyk's avatar

I was never a photographer but spent a quarter century (yikes) in photo studios as a food stylist. I appreciate photography of all sorts. During the time I was raising teens, my family began fostering dogs. The added work sometimes made life very complicated and chaotic. Caring for the dogs, however, became the surprising tether that kept our family together as our kids spiraled out of control. I write about people and pets and how we enhance each other's lives in my Substack, Like People, Like Pets. If all goes as planned, I will have a memoir released this summer about my parenting teens experience.

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Jen Baxter ✒️'s avatar

Cindy! That all sounds so amazing. Caring for dogs is such a bonding experience. Have you checked out the Substack Dog Snobs? So good. Kristi Keller is great.

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Cindy Ojczyk's avatar

I do know Kristi. I just took a class from her! She has a lot of knowledge to pass along!

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Jen Baxter ✒️'s avatar

YES! Now it's coming back to me. We were both in that class. Her home page make over:)

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Cindy Ojczyk's avatar

Yes. That’s right!

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Christie Sausa, MS's avatar

Happy to follow! I'm a full time writer, wrote my first book at 21 (I was found by the publishers and signed based on my journalism work) and now I'm making a go of Medium/Substack after 15 years as a professional writer/jouranlist. I followed you because I saw you were on Kristina God's list of substacks! Such an interesting history you have - I can't imagine just going to Bali but I admire you for doing so. I'm a homebody, my life changed dramatically with COVID when my family business closed, my freelance writing clients dried up, and I started experimenting with writing online. Now my life looks a lot different but I'm enjoying meeting interesting folks online. Nice to 'meet' you and I look forward to following you!

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Jen Baxter ✒️'s avatar

Hey Christie! I must have missed this in the shuffle, I can't believe I'm just seeing it now. Thanks so much for reaching out. So now that it's been a few months, how's your Substack going? I'm checking it out! Are you enjoying writing here?

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Olivia Barry's avatar

As a fellow world traveler and writer, I'm very excited to read more of your work.🩷

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Jen Baxter ✒️'s avatar

Hey Olivia! Thank you! I'm excited to connect here and read more of yours too. Just subscribed. I'm going to start sharing more photos here...

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Olivia Barry's avatar

Thank you so much for subscribing. Can't wait to see your photos and would love to hear more about all your travels.

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Reid Cox's avatar

So excited to keep reading your Substack Jen!

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Jen Baxter ✒️'s avatar

Thanks Reid! Also, we have an Austin Substack MeetUp. We're planning the March date so I'll tag you when we've picked the date. Hope you can come!

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Reid Cox's avatar

Yes please do! I would love to join!

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Jen Baxter ✒️'s avatar

Will do, we're figuring it out now. Looking forward to meeting IRL.

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