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Claire, thank you for including my essay and listing my publication amongst such an amazing crowd! I spent a chunk of my Sunday reading through them; they are great work. Also, BIG thank you for keeping me accountable, even on the weeks full of doubts 💚

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Wow, so much to dig into here, I love this project. 🧡

My favourite for essay club and most liked post this month was:

When Life is Unstable, You Don’t Have To Be: https://lettersfromtherapy.substack.com/p/when-life-is-unstable-you-dont-have

And one from April which I really enjoyed writing and all the beautiful comments was:

Gratitude That Lights The Dark: https://lettersfromtherapy.substack.com/p/gratitude-as-a-light-in-the-dark

🧡

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Thank you so much for sharing all of this and including one of my essays. I really appreciate it and look forward to reading more. Essay 3 coming up soon. Hooray.

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Jun 9Liked by Claire Venus

Thank you for including me here in your round up Claire! So grateful for you and us coming together in this space 🤗 Looking forward to reading the other posts mentioned here! Sunday reading now sorted 🤓🩷

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This is my reading list for the week sorted. Thank you so much Claire. Feel chuffed to bits to be included in here. Can’t wait to explore some new writers ✨

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Ohhhh I love this round up. Thank you Claire. I think I will subscribe to several Substack 😅

My essay is here 👇🏻

https://open.substack.com/pub/claudiawool/p/buy-1-get-1-free?r=256ty3&utm_medium=ios

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Thank you Claire, I’m so grateful to be included in this post. Can’t wait to read everyone’s work 🥰

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Lots of saves here and you’re welcome! ✨✨😍

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Jun 9Liked by Claire Venus

This club is such a great idea! Thanks again for organizing this club.

Here’s one of my recent essays:

https://serenacamacho.substack.com/p/into-the-waters-of-my-essence?r=1fqvbj

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Thank you so much Claire for including me in the wrap up, it made my morning! Can’t wait to read everyone’s posts!! & Yes Please, I’d like to be added as a co author like in the international women’s day post!

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I’m enjoying the challenge. Here’s my latest:

https://open.substack.com/pub/bobkirchman/p/a-queen-and-her-corgis/

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Jun 14Liked by Claire Venus

Well - now my saved reads is bigger than ever 😍 I’m so desperate to really get focused on my Substack but I struggle so much with knowing what to write or really sitting down and learning from your great content how to really do Substack - hopefully some of these beautiful reads will get me motivated!

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Yes definitely Rach and on Sunday if you fancy I have a class called 'Turn your Instagram into a beautiful digital magazine on Substack' where we'll explore 'content buckets' and get all the decisions of what and when to post down! Feel free to come or upgrade to membership to get a replay. Happy writing lovely. xx

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Jun 14Liked by Claire Venus

I was pondering that one actually as really falling out of love with Instagram for sharing my art! Think replay will be my best option, thank you xx

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Great! I’ve had a boost over there by sharing those “add yours” templates to my stories - it’s not always a fun game to play is it? The workshops really about digging into owning the content we’ve already produced and navigating how to re mount it here

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Jun 14Liked by Claire Venus

No, I’ve not been consistent which I know the algorithm hates anyway and I only have a few followers but it feels so much worse when I do post now. I’ve seen an increase of the “add yours” so thanks for the tip!

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Yes it boosted my story views by over 100 each time… so good for reach I suppose but not sure what else 😆

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Jun 14Liked by Claire Venus

Well yea that’s the blooming point isn’t it!

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What a round up! Working my way through the posts, and those here in the comments this week ☺️

Here's two essays I've written as part of this lovely little club! ✨

https://laurenkatepowell.substack.com/p/methods-for-making-the-time

https://laurenkatepowell.substack.com/p/musings-on-turning-30

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Hi Claire, that's a lovely round-up. Will have an awesome read throughout the week.

I enjoy Sparkle on Substack essay and it feels part of the community when I tag you on my weekly essays. Thank you for putting effort towards it.

I have done 7 so far and can be read through the following link

https://andbykiran.substack.com/

My favourite and the first one was

https://andbykiran.substack.com/p/the-case-of-chasing-the-sparkle

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Ooh, such a great roundup. Thanks so much for the mention and the trip down memory lane too

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Love this :)

This is my recent essay for the essay club 🥰

https://open.substack.com/pub/annalisacaminarecci/p/monthly-series-reminiscences-of-an?r=1nbl78&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

And it’s be cool to try the co author on thread, so yes please I am in 😚

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Thanks, Claire, for including my essay in your roundup! Much appreciated!

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You're super welcome.

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