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Substack and Other Support by Donald Jeffries!
(2022-03-04 at 22:44:36 )
Substack and Other Support by Donald Jeffries!
As you may have noticed, I have not been writing here quite as much, since I started writing on Substack. I have put some of what I have written on Substack here as well, and I apologize for the lack of new material. It hss been a rough year so far, and I have been focusing much of my attention on speaking out about what happened to my brother.
I am living out my dream right now; from the time I was a child, I wanted to be a writer. It is wonderful to be doing this for a living. However, that living is not paying much. I basically make what your average fast food worker earns. I have held my digital hat out and asked for help before. A few of you responded, and I am very grateful for that.
Substack has a pay option. I am pretty sure Glenn Greenwald and other high profile writers at Substack are getting paid for what they write. I have been trying to figure out how to go paid on Substack, or more specifically add a pay option {I would still offer some free stuff, but premium content as well), but it seems beyond my powers to figure it out. I just want to send out a message to all my subscribers there, and see how many would pay $7 a month (I think that is the Substack minimum) to read my work. I know there is a lot of crossover between subscribers there, and those who follow this blog.
So...how many of you would pay $7 a month to read what I write? I would definitely go to two articles per week if the response was enthusiastic. Then I would still have to figure out how to do it there. Maybe it is just me, but the process does not seem easy. I think I have to create a separate new Substack account for the pay material, while still putting out maybe an article a week for free. Of course, then it becomes a question of how to choose what is paid and what is free. Maybe the paid would be more hard-hitting analysis, and the free material would be more personal. I do not know. Any input is appreciated.
I hear from people every day, all over the world, who have enjoyed my work. It is amazing how many listen to me on Jeff Rense, or The Donald Jeffries Show, and now the weekly live streaming "I Protest," which you can view on Rokfin, Facebook, Twitter, and You Tube. The feedback and supportive comments really spur me on. I hate to ask anyone to contribute financially, but I do put a lot of time into researching, writing, and talk show appearances. I need to have more income if I am going to do this full-time.
Those who do not subscribe to me on Substack can contribute directly to my Pay Pal at authorjeffries(at)gmail.com. Some of you have already done that, including those I have no contact info for and thus can not thank individually. Rest assured that everything sent, no matter the amount, is very much appreciated. I will continue writing on this blog, regardless. Especially if I get any appreciable number of paid subscribers on Substack, I may focus mostly on personal things here. Most of you seem to have enjoyed that kind of thing in the past. With everything that has transpired in just the past few months, I could do plenty of ranting without even going into politics.
I am not comfortable doing this. I have never asked to borrow money from anyone in my life. I am just not good at it. Some of my peers seem much better at it than me, and are getting what seem to be decent contributions via Pay Pal, Patreon, etc. Unless hundreds of thousands of readers suddenly flock to my books (and there do not seem to be hundred of thousands of readers flocking to any books nowadays), I have to figure out some way to monetize at least some of what I am doing. I apologize if this seems like an infomercial. Or begging. There is no dignified way to do it.
If you can not help, or are not interested, or suspect I am a rich guy trying to get richer, I understand. I value everyone who takes the time to read anything I write, or listen to anything I say. But if you can do it, obviously that would be great. In the meantime, remember that there is no such thing as a good war, or a bad peace. Do not "stand with Ukraine." Not that you should stand with Putin, either. Demand that our horrific leaders fix our own endless problems first, before meddling overseas. Start with our own wide open border, instead of Ukraines border.
COVID has been knocked off the front page by the promise of a new world war. Nothing sells like war. And no war sells like a world war. Unfortunately, this comes a month too late for my brother, who died because of the murderous medical "protocol" for this overblown virus. Which he did not even have, much like many victims of "COVID."
Again, sorry to write what is essentially a commercial. Without all the kind words of encouragement I get from so many people, it is doubtful that I would still be writing regularly, or talking about the sorry state of the world on whatever platforms are available to me. You people mean more to me than you will ever know.
Reprinted here with the gracious permission of Mr. Donald Jeffries who tells it like it is! Please visit his "Keeping It Unreal" website. His book "Hidden History" is available here.