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Tanya Mozias's avatar

Very inspiring!

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Elin Petronella's avatar

Thanks Tanya so glad you found it valuable ❣️

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Barbara Tien's avatar

Inspiring, once again. I'm very flattered to be mentioned.

Given the relatively constrained structure of Substack, this hero article is key. I love the idea of periodic updates. Thank you!

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Elin Petronella's avatar

Thanks so much Barbara for having a read and being here 🥂

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Claire Fitzsimmons's avatar

This is so helpful. Also never heard of this idea so will give it a go.

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Sarah Raad's avatar

So useful! I read this yesterday I think and forgot to come and tell you :)

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Elin Petronella's avatar

Oh amazing I’m so glad you came back to tell me 🥰 so much good stuff we read in a haste that it’s hard to keep track sometimes 🫣😅

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Sarah Raad's avatar

Absolutely! I’m using the save button a LOT!

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Jan's avatar

Interesting.. I pinned my first post since that was sort of an introduction.

Funny thing about the AI part though. Since I'm from a non-english speaking country, I actually kinda need AI to fix my mistakes. As well as the grammar/spelling as my non writing knowledge. My english isn't nearly as good as yours (yet). And I also like playing around with AI imagery 😂

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Elin Petronella's avatar

Haha whatever works! My husband has help with grammar from AI in English too, so I definitely recognise the benefits if needed! Maybe I’m just too stubborn 😅

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Russell Nohelty's avatar

Wooot!

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Elin Petronella's avatar

I’m too far away from the cultural implications of what this word means in English, so I’ll just go ahead and make my own interpretation of which I decide it’s a surprised encouraging compliment 😂 #perksofbeinganon-native

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Russell Nohelty's avatar

Exactly. :) Well spotted.

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Elin Petronella's avatar

Haha thanks 🥂 glad you liked it!

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Sri Juneja's avatar

Elin, I love everything you write. You approach writing with such honesty, transparency, and generosity. I’m in total admiration of your work. I had meant to comment on your hero post but I thought you letting people know who would NOT be a good fit for your work was such a genius move.

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Elin Petronella's avatar

Ah thank you so much Sri!! This means so much to me ❤️ I’m making great efforts so it’s amazing to know that it’s valuable ✨

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Janine Smith's avatar

Love this!

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Zan Tafakari's avatar

This is super inspiring, Elin, thank you. As I settle into finding my themes, I'm planning on writing a hero post in the coming weeks and I'll be sure to keep these tips bookmarked for when the time comes!!

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Elin Petronella's avatar

Yay amazing! Let me know when it’s all here I’m thrilled to learn more about your publication 👏

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Kate Harvey's avatar

Great post! I’m working on my hero post, such a good idea 💛✨

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Glenn Bryant's avatar

Wonderful Elin. That's it! I'm in. I'm sold. I'm going to see what my hero post, for 'The Rejection Deal' has to say! Thank you Elin, as ever, again. My day's better for having read something you've written and shared

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Elin Petronella's avatar

Yay I’m so excited! Be sure to tag me when you get it going, I’ll be thrilled to read it! 🙌

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Glenn Bryant's avatar

Okay Elin! That's super kind. Let's see where your inspiration takes me! Boom!

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Caroline's avatar

Finally able to sit and read this! Thank you for the insight. I think this will be my weekend projects.

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Elin Petronella's avatar

Yay exciting!! Can’t wait to read ❣️

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Carmen Luisa's avatar

Love this Elin and would love to experiment more with substack reflections given I’ve been on and off writing on here for 3.5 years. I know though that the majority of my readers wouldn’t care about these pieces, so I’ll need to figure out if I can just write for a selected group somehow (like those reading on the app).

I loved your hero post and can’t stop thinking about creating one too. Too many things I want to do all at once 😂 creative mind in overdrive

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Elin Petronella's avatar

Yay that would be valuable to get those long term reflections too!! How the platform has changed through the years and what to it experience is/has been through those years and maybe even a reflection on where it may continue to develop? Would be a fun one to see how much that turns out to be true in one year from now!

xx

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Paolo Peralta's avatar

Lovely 😊

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Blythe Edwards's avatar

Thank you for this well thought out post. There are many ways to address the hero post but I love your insights. ❤️

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