Hello!
Thank you so much for signing up to my newsletter.
I have created this Substack because I am trying three things:
to have my writing reach those who want to read it
to share the writing process (research, inspiration)
to keep myself accountable for the work that I do
As a writer you can get fixated on the end result — did I get the thing published? — and all the work that goes into creating a piece of writing can get obscured.
What you will receive in these weekly newsletters is a summary of my writing process: links to interesting articles, links to art and music, basically anything that informs a piece of writing or anything that doesn’t fit but I think is super cool. ‘An Odd Geography’ has been my social media handle for a decade and it sums up my specific bent — sparking curiosity in the weird and wonderful geopolitics, linguistics, art and culture of the world that can go overlooked.
If you enjoy getting these newsletters, please share the subscription link. I want to build my readership further but promoting writing on Twitter and Instagram is a bit fruitless unless a publication is doing it for you.
Here are three recent published pieces to read while I put together the first proper newsletter:
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Thanks again,
Sam.