ACCOUNTABILITY

Critical friend Substack swap - SEPT/OCT

“I hope you know how much you have guided and influenced my work and

how valuable that has been.”

Blooming Sundays

Hi, I’m Claire I write

Sparkle on Substack

where I explore ways to stay creative on the Substack platform! I’m an Engagement Consultant and Mentor and I live on the Northumberland coast under dark skies with my family. I also write

Creatively Conscious

and co-host

Company of Two

here. I’ll let you into a secret - I have LOVED Substack for a whole 19 months!

Hi Sparkle gang,

How’s your Monday for you?

A note for ‘free subscribers’ - I’ve sent this post to ALL today to invite you to come play with us anytime in the Sparkle membership. You’re SO welcome!!!

It’s a generous place of inquisitive learnings, listening to our soul whispers, publication problem solving and offers TONNES of creativity. My mantra since I had my pandemic baby is to celebrate “perfectly imperfect creativity” - ie to chase my dreams without falling out with myself about typos and grammar. So that’s what you’ll find here - a whole load of showing up for ourselves and getting clear on the gifts we have to share with the world…. come on in!

A QUICK NOTE - The new

Substack

app is a little funky so if you read posts in the app make sure to SAVE this post by clicking the 3 dots so you have it to refer back to.

Ok so I’m just dropping in your inbox with 4 things for you today. I wanted to check in and remind you, we are all at different stages with our Substack journeys and it’s important to connect with our true north here.

Please feel free to connect with what nourishes you. AKA - don’t feel you need to use this menu of new shiny things as a ‘to do’ list.

Use what gently speaks to where you are in your Substack journey.

There is time, we have so much time. Don’t let comparison or your inner critic give you a hard time - you have beautiful gifts to share and we all work in our own unique ways and have our path to walk here. 🤗. Substack is SUCH a creative platform and the invite is for you to use it in the way that best serves you, your creativity and your community here. ✨

We’d love to welcome you as a paid subscriber to the Sparkle community if you fancy jumping in this is a GREAT week to join us!