Archive - Tell Their Stories

Keeping in touch

An update from summer in Cornwall and the underwater world of maternity leave

Jul 14 •

September 2024

Tell Their Stories: Knowing when to stop

On hitting pause, winding down a community, or reconfiguring your sense of growth and scale. Plus, a subscriber announcement

Sep 16, 2024 •

July 2024

‘It’s like getting a raise every single day’

Veteran columnist Bob Dunning on his move to Substack

Published on On Substack • Jul 24, 2024

Shelf Life 🍣: In praise of a single, gleaming, read

A review of Lucy Jones’ Matrescence

Jul 4, 2024 •

June 2024

Dear book two, I’ll never get over you

On book grief, creative block, and the moments which can undo an infant writer... and how to move through it

Jun 19, 2024 •

February 2024

The most important question you could ask your community members

PLUS; why we love filling out forms, and a copy-and-paste example of a community member survey, just for you ;)

Feb 21, 2024 •

10 lessons on the creative practice I learnt from my artist husband

From work ethic to collaboration—here's what you need to know

Feb 15, 2024 •

December 2023

How to hire your next community role

Plus: an editable job description template, titles to avoid, the top industry backgrounds I’ve hired from, and why you might be under-selling your job…

Dec 20, 2023 •

November 2023

Is growth where community goes to die?

Where should community teams sit in a company org? Join today's discussion thread and share your view on community metrics, value, and more!

Nov 28, 2023

Story-writers’ scurry: Kick away your ladder

On one of the hardest lessons to learn about writing, and Orwell’s top tips for good writing

Nov 14, 2023 •

Shelf Life 🍣: The unlikely resurrection of the quote post

On the U-bend popularity of the quote post, the surprising rise of the shared screenshot, and the nostalgia of low-production value content

Nov 9, 2023 •

September 2023

Introducing: Story-writers’ scurry

Welcome to a new corner of Tell Their Stories for writers working on narrative prose. Story-writers’ scurry is a new “virtual mutinous crew,” designed…

Sep 14, 2023 •

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