Sparkle on Substack

Claire Venus

Stay Creative on Substack with tutorials, teaching, posts, threads, thoughts and tools. Special guest episodes with those who I massively respect and I know will help you sparkle up your Substack and find your true north on the platform! ✨ sparkleon.substack.com

  1. 11月7日

    Sparkle on Substack Solo Episode - The Practise of Showing Up on Substack

    Download my FREE Audience Alchemy class and kindle your understanding of your audience and your relationship to them. ⚡️ Hi folks, I recorded this episode for you to bring you into my inner world when it comes to publishing here. You can listen or watch over on my YouTube channel. 🎙️ AI Episode Summary: Sparkle on Substack – Staying Creative Amid Change Claire Venus reflects on her evolving Substack journey since 2022, exploring how the platform and her own creative practice have transformed. She shares honest insights into: * Recent platform changes (like the news feed and algorithm updates) that have shifted how creators experience Substack — sometimes feeling overstimulating, requiring stronger boundaries and intentional use. * Creative sustainability, encouraging creators to focus less on metrics and more on intuition, depth of connection, and creative joy. * Community and support, highlighting the power of memberships, hot seat calls, and peer spaces for creative growth and shared learning. * Audience evolution, drawing on her background in audience development and reminding listeners to listen to and learn from their readers. Claire opens up about: * Experiencing slowed growth, subscriber churn, and algorithmic setbacks. * Taking a period of deep rest over summer to reset her energy and perspective. * Returning to her core values of depth, connection, and authentic creativity, rather than chasing fast growth. She reminds listeners that: * Paid newsletters and memberships still work — even in slower seasons. * Churn is normal and not personal. * Substack is still a place for long-term, meaningful audience building — not instant success. Don’t forget it’s FREE to download my 2026 Substack planner if you’d like. You can follow me on instagram - I love a chat! ✨ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sparkleon.substack.com/subscribe

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  2. 10月23日

    Remembering to touch grass, watch birds, stay seasonal and create OFFLINE with Emma Carpendale

    📔 If you’d like to do some gentle reflections and start to plan out your 2026 on Substack I’ve made my 123 page Substack Planner & Journal Companion free for a limited time. Use this coupon and you can download it for free and print it so you’re ready to reflect and plan. Hi Sparklers I’m super excited to bring this cosy chat with Emma Carpendale to you today. Emma is an award-winning artist and illustrator who works from home here in the UK. She generously shares more in her community The Creative Flock and on Substack live from time to time too. We chat about… * The subscription model * Showing up with a multimedia approach and our chosen equipment * The balance of free and membership content and the value * Thematic anchors for our work * Cultivating intimate spaces and deeper experiences * How to deal with overwhelm and pulling back on showing up so much * Balancing nervous system work, staying in your line with being online * Finding good fit collaboration, unique creative practise and being live. * Boundaries and balancing energy with long term goals * Transitions between mum life and work Through gentle imagery and storytelling, I aim to spark reflection, inspire care, and contribute to a more hopeful, compassionate world. We also mention… * Farrah @Substack and her wonderful publication Things Worth Knowing with Farrah Storr * Sarah Raad over at Gather & Grow * RAJ KAUR over at Art As Work * Beth Spencer and Catherine Rayner at Introvert Drawing Club and Catherine Rayner’s Studio. Here’s the interview I mentioned. * My post Thank you so much to Emma Carpendale for podcasting with me. You can subscribe to her Substack publication, join her membership, visit her website and online shop or follow her on Instagram here. Remember, you have an exclusive 14day free trial if you’d like to use it. We would LOVE for you to share this episode if it resonated with you. Remember you can also listen on spotify and apple podcasts. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sparkleon.substack.com/subscribe

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Stay Creative on Substack with tutorials, teaching, posts, threads, thoughts and tools. Special guest episodes with those who I massively respect and I know will help you sparkle up your Substack and find your true north on the platform! ✨ sparkleon.substack.com

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