New: Chats! š¬
Today Iām announcing a brand new addition to my newsletter: The Commonplace Chat.
A common place, as Iāve said here, has multiple meaningsāone of which is simply and straightforwardly a shared space to have meaningful conversations. And while the ideal situation is a literal pub where we can sip drinks as we swap stories
, on this side of heaven we might need to āsettleā for chatting wherever Godās planted us.This is a new chat space within the Substack app thatās specifically for subscribers ā kind of like a group chat or live hangout. (Most of the time Iāll share only with paying subscribers, but for this first one, Iām testing it out for everyone
.)Iāll post short updates that come my way, workshopping my thoughts as I go (especially as I do research for my fiction!), and if youāre a paying sub, Iād love to get to know you better this way.
To join Chat, youāll need to download the Substack app (messages are sent via the app, not email
). Iāve personally turned off push notifications because I have zero push notifications in general, but you do you. Iāll check here and there on the app when Iām able.How to Start
Download the app by clicking this link or the button below. As I said, Chat is only on iOS for now, but chat is coming to the Android app soon.
Open the app and tap the Chat icon. It looks like two bubbles in the bottom bar, and youāll see a row for my chat inside.
Thatās it! Jump into my first Roll Call thread to say howdy. Specifically, Iām curious about where youāre based and what you last read.
If you have any issues, check out Substackās FAQ
.
Ora et Labora,
Tsh
p.s. And paying subs: I hope to have your Volume Three of the Common Place printable periodical ready for you in the next day or two! Be on the lookout.
You can do that with me in Ireland, though. Hint, hint.
Iām currently on a live Zoom meeting with the Substack higher-ups (literally), and theyāve said they hope to launch the Android app soon and very soon, and to launch a web-based chat feature as soon as they can. Iām especially interested in the latter, since Iām not a big fan of all of us glued to our phones.
Basically, donāt worryāyou wonāt be inundated with emails.
Donāt ask me, in other words; you now know as much as I do.
Since I can't respond to your chat because I have an Android...
I am in Centerville, Utah, about 15 minutes north of Salt Lake City. And the last book I finished was Drew Barrymore's memoir of several years back, Wildflower.
Hi, Iām Elizabeth, currently based in Moldova. The last book I finished was The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North. I read it for book club and itās not my usual genre, but I couldnāt put it down.