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Someone sent me this question recently, and man did it get me fired up.Whenever I hear any so-called advice (from anyone) saying you need XYZ specific thing in order to get published, my first response is:Well, how does saying that benefit THEM?Here’s the thing: do you need 100,000 followers to get published? NO. Absolutely not. Would it be helpful? Of course.But (and this is a big BUT), there is a lot of nuance to this question, which I unpack in this episode.Listen in for:- thinking through using Substack, making work sustainable, whether or not to turn on paid subscriptions for this podcast, and doing work that’s easy and that I want to do- why someone would say something like, “you need 100,000 followers to get published”- what we mean when we say “get published” & the importance of distribution- how to determine whether going after hundreds of thousands of followers makes sense for YOU- why your own personal vision + goals are the most important thing to inform your book publishing decisionsLinks men