Clearly you have a time machine that allows you to relive each week several times in order to read so many books, listen to so many podcasts, and write a newsletter!
Oh Michael, I so wish I had a time machine, for so many reasons. I listen to more podcasts than I read books every week, there is just not enough time to do justice to either. I don't hesitate to fast forward or delete a podcast episode when it's no longer interesting, the same as I do with the books I read. I appreciate you being here and thinking I'm super woman when it comes to books and podcasts. :)
Hey Gayla, I so appreciate your newsletter--an you keep me on my reading toes. But I'm having trouble receiving it. Could you check to see if my subscription went through?
Pat, the stats are saying that you received today's email when I scheduled it to be emailed, 10 a.m. However, it is saying that the last one you actually opened was on February 22. I know there are problems with gmail sending the email to another folder (promotions/social etc) or to spam, have you checked those places? If this isn't the problem, I don't know what it might be. Let me know if you find it somewhere else other than in your inbox. Thanks for letting me know.
Thanks for looking into it. It's probably on my end. I do a regular comb through my emails to see if I miss you but I thought I moved you to my primary folder. I'll figure it out. In the meantime, i just love reading your newsletter.
Pat, have you tried the Substack app yet, maybe that will help with finding my newsletter, if you can't find it in my inbox. I've downloaded it and spent a few minutes with it, but it seems kinds of intimidating; I'll look at the app again when I have more time to spend with it.
Also, when gmail switched to all these different folders a while back, I chose to keep the look the way it was, so I wouldn't have to deal with a promotion folder and whatever else there was. Except for an occasional email that lands in spam when it shouldn't have, I have NO problems with not finding the emails that I expect to have.
I always look forward to seeing your newsletter in my inbox. :)
Hi Gayla. I'm an android user and am on their wait list. It's sort of frustrating and part of a bit of a annoyance I'm having--for instance, my newsletter isn't listed in the discover listing and I haven't gotten an explanation why. Then again, having a place to write what I want to is the reward I was looking for at Substack so whatever else is just icing.
It's not just your newsletter but many I follow. I always add everyone to my contact and some then appear in my primary folder--no one is in my Spam. What I end up doing is a search one by one every week through promotion. It's a very nice way to send a couple of evenings catching up but I always seem to miss some.
On another note, would you be interested at all in having a back and forth about banned books? They're adding up across the country--mostly children and especially LGBQ--and not just from conservatives. The issue is so dire and I'm not sure the general reader knows how pervasive it is and troubling for kids, parents and the 1st amendment.
Pat, another thought since you are on the Android waiting list, have you tried reading your subscriptions through the Substack Reader? I don't think it is Apple or Android specific and I have also saved a bookmark to it so I can access it on my laptop computer. I know I can see all of my subscriptions there as have been able to for many months now.
Yes, I'd like to explore banned books with you, can we take this discussion out of the comments section to email? You can email me at sonovelicious@gmail.com.
Pat, I am an avid reader of Gayla's Newsletter also. I happen to run a Genealogy site as another hobby. I have at least 75 relatives who encounter different email challenges. The most reliable way to prevent your emails from getting sent to spam in Gmail is described very well in this reference. For all of my cousins and 2nd cousins, etc. this seems to work. https://www.jotform.com/help/404-how-to-prevent-emails-from-landing-in-gmails-spam-folder/
If the directions are unclear, from GMAIL on a computer screen (1) press the Gear (2) Press See All settings (3) press Filters and Blocked Addresses (4) Press Create a New Filter (5) Enter the address of the messages you always want to see SoNovelicious@substack.com for example (6) Press Create filter (7) Check Never send to SPAM -- It should NEVER happen again. If any mail message arrives from SoNovelicious@substack.com, Gmail will NEVER SEND it to SPAM again. Hope this helps. GMail allows you to make an unlimited set of filters and even if you have a lot it doesn't seem to slow down.
BTW, for my SubStack Newsletters that I enjoy I filter them AND mark them as Important, that way they can be at the top of the list easily in Gmail
As usual, even around a tax deadline you manage to deliver. I have taken to enjoying Podcasts more and more. I will give at least a couple of these a try. My fave is RadioLab but my sons have gotten me to even listen to Joe Rogan. Never thought that would happen! My Read list is still on schedule for the year so hopefully will keep a nose in front. Perhaps one of these Podcasts will send me looking at some unexpected extra books for read this year. Thanks
What a great list! Carly from The Sh*t No One Tells You About Writing is my literary agent! I LOVE her podcast and recommend it to all of my writing students at UCLA.
Clearly you have a time machine that allows you to relive each week several times in order to read so many books, listen to so many podcasts, and write a newsletter!
Oh Michael, I so wish I had a time machine, for so many reasons. I listen to more podcasts than I read books every week, there is just not enough time to do justice to either. I don't hesitate to fast forward or delete a podcast episode when it's no longer interesting, the same as I do with the books I read. I appreciate you being here and thinking I'm super woman when it comes to books and podcasts. :)
I enjoy podcasts daily, so I will try out a few of your picks. Thanks!
Thanks for being here Paul. I've just recently subscribed to your newsletter; I'm enjoying catching up on your backlist.
Hey Gayla, I so appreciate your newsletter--an you keep me on my reading toes. But I'm having trouble receiving it. Could you check to see if my subscription went through?
Pat, the stats are saying that you received today's email when I scheduled it to be emailed, 10 a.m. However, it is saying that the last one you actually opened was on February 22. I know there are problems with gmail sending the email to another folder (promotions/social etc) or to spam, have you checked those places? If this isn't the problem, I don't know what it might be. Let me know if you find it somewhere else other than in your inbox. Thanks for letting me know.
Thanks for looking into it. It's probably on my end. I do a regular comb through my emails to see if I miss you but I thought I moved you to my primary folder. I'll figure it out. In the meantime, i just love reading your newsletter.
Pat, have you tried the Substack app yet, maybe that will help with finding my newsletter, if you can't find it in my inbox. I've downloaded it and spent a few minutes with it, but it seems kinds of intimidating; I'll look at the app again when I have more time to spend with it.
Also, when gmail switched to all these different folders a while back, I chose to keep the look the way it was, so I wouldn't have to deal with a promotion folder and whatever else there was. Except for an occasional email that lands in spam when it shouldn't have, I have NO problems with not finding the emails that I expect to have.
I always look forward to seeing your newsletter in my inbox. :)
Hi Gayla. I'm an android user and am on their wait list. It's sort of frustrating and part of a bit of a annoyance I'm having--for instance, my newsletter isn't listed in the discover listing and I haven't gotten an explanation why. Then again, having a place to write what I want to is the reward I was looking for at Substack so whatever else is just icing.
It's not just your newsletter but many I follow. I always add everyone to my contact and some then appear in my primary folder--no one is in my Spam. What I end up doing is a search one by one every week through promotion. It's a very nice way to send a couple of evenings catching up but I always seem to miss some.
On another note, would you be interested at all in having a back and forth about banned books? They're adding up across the country--mostly children and especially LGBQ--and not just from conservatives. The issue is so dire and I'm not sure the general reader knows how pervasive it is and troubling for kids, parents and the 1st amendment.
Pat, another thought since you are on the Android waiting list, have you tried reading your subscriptions through the Substack Reader? I don't think it is Apple or Android specific and I have also saved a bookmark to it so I can access it on my laptop computer. I know I can see all of my subscriptions there as have been able to for many months now.
Yes, I'd like to explore banned books with you, can we take this discussion out of the comments section to email? You can email me at sonovelicious@gmail.com.
Pat, I am an avid reader of Gayla's Newsletter also. I happen to run a Genealogy site as another hobby. I have at least 75 relatives who encounter different email challenges. The most reliable way to prevent your emails from getting sent to spam in Gmail is described very well in this reference. For all of my cousins and 2nd cousins, etc. this seems to work. https://www.jotform.com/help/404-how-to-prevent-emails-from-landing-in-gmails-spam-folder/
If the directions are unclear, from GMAIL on a computer screen (1) press the Gear (2) Press See All settings (3) press Filters and Blocked Addresses (4) Press Create a New Filter (5) Enter the address of the messages you always want to see SoNovelicious@substack.com for example (6) Press Create filter (7) Check Never send to SPAM -- It should NEVER happen again. If any mail message arrives from SoNovelicious@substack.com, Gmail will NEVER SEND it to SPAM again. Hope this helps. GMail allows you to make an unlimited set of filters and even if you have a lot it doesn't seem to slow down.
BTW, for my SubStack Newsletters that I enjoy I filter them AND mark them as Important, that way they can be at the top of the list easily in Gmail
Thank you Mark, you're a God sent! I'm off to do this now.
As usual, even around a tax deadline you manage to deliver. I have taken to enjoying Podcasts more and more. I will give at least a couple of these a try. My fave is RadioLab but my sons have gotten me to even listen to Joe Rogan. Never thought that would happen! My Read list is still on schedule for the year so hopefully will keep a nose in front. Perhaps one of these Podcasts will send me looking at some unexpected extra books for read this year. Thanks
What a great list! Carly from The Sh*t No One Tells You About Writing is my literary agent! I LOVE her podcast and recommend it to all of my writing students at UCLA.
I enjoy listening to the podcast even though I'm not a writer/author. I can see why you recommend that your writing students listen to it.