How I Converted my Free Substack to PAID and Signed my First Subscriber

Publishing at 77

How I Converted my Free Substack to PAID and Signed my First Subscriber

*With a ($50) yearly subscription, I’m offering a free developmental edit (up to 5 pgs, double-spaced of a manuscript, essay, poem, or even a write-your-own obituary, hey I’m almost 80 and I think about these things!)

Here are the words of my first PAID subscriber:

 Thanks to Trish McDonald’s editing and advice, my nostalgic 600-word essay of my childhood in Brooklyn, NY, was published in Newsday (circulation 87K) in a short 10-day turnaround. She is truly a great resource for me as a writer just trying to get recognition for my work. Maria Cutignola

My Info:

*Studied with Jeannine Ouellette’s Writing in the Dark Series through the Elephant Rock consortium and learned to pay attention to concrete details.

*Enrolled in the Developmental Editing Class with the author of Seven Drafts, Allison K Williams and in the process edited ten manuscripts (ten pages each, double-spaced.)

*Published my debut novel, Paper Bags, with Woodhall Press at 77 yrs. old.

My Substack, Get Gutsy, focuses on health & longevity. A retired nutritionist, I write about a different kind of hunger, the need to belong, and the loneliness that can accompany aging.

My Mission: Everyone has a story and a legacy. I’d like to help make them come alive.

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I hope you will join me here. Thank you for subscribing.

There’s No Expiration on Dreams,

Trish

My novel, Paper Bags, the story of a woman’s obsession when she learns nothing in this world is certain.  https://woodhallpress.com/paper-bags