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jodi {diaryofaladytraveler}'s avatar

Hi Victoria! I took the survey, but I'm not sure if I was very helpful. I liked this piece a lot, but I have to say I enjoy everything you write since you're such a talented writer. I especially like the posts where you step back and analyze what you've written - it's a perspective I've not seen very often on Substack, and I think it's not only really interesting, but helpful. Happy 1st Anniversary to you!

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Rona Maynard's avatar

Hi, Victoria. Don’t I know that “twang of pleasure” that used to come (rarely now) from acquiring something. I didn’t take the survey because I am convinced that art, including Substack posts, should begin with the artist’s need to connect with readers, viewers or listeners. I want to read what you feel compelled to write, in search of the twang of pleasure. I come from the former world of mass-market magazines, where reader surveys mattered as we sought to entice hundreds of thousands of readers. I don’t see what surveys have to offer you or me on Substack. I am looking for the twang here, however it may come. Onward!

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