Welcome move Jared! It's sad since like you all of us had gotten fond of the name walking away, but I'm sure we'll grow to love Commonplace Philosophy and The Plod too!
Sadly, I think you're correct in your decision to re-brand. The first time I saw the name "walking away" I thought it was a political Substack.
These days branding needs to be unambiguous. I chose "Ataraxia or Bust!" as the name of my Substack because according to Google those words had never appeared together before.
You do have to change things if they aren’t working for you. I like the new name. It makes sense regarding your content. Copy editing. I spent my journalistic career doing just that. I miss it, but I’m glad I was part of print journalism’s heyday.
I like the name change. It may interest you (or not) that I just wrote on the the implicit sentiments behind both of the new names: How "common" and "commonplace" are the original sense of "trivial," a sentiment that inverted commonality to the sentiment of "ordinary," ie. "commoner."
There's a kind of internal, Hegelian dialectic for the meaning of certain words in a way that inverts their connotation, essentially what is currently happening to the words "elite" and "privilege." If curious:
It is one of the reasons why I love the word. I see ‘commonplace’ as a positive, but so often it means a banality.
As for a copy editor, I’ve just begun looking; there are freelance sites, but I’d like to find someone I can work with long term. I don’t know the best way to do that.
Wish I could help ya with the best way to find one. If you might consider sourcing from substack, let me (and everyone else) know.
If you did get one from substack, they might read the materials and give you feedback as well as standard editing. If that's something you would even want of course.
Awesome updates! I love the name. I found your channel last year while researching commonplace books! Also, the Enneads is on my reading list, and I look forward to checking out your thoughts on The Plod.
Very much looking forward to The Plod!
Welcome move Jared! It's sad since like you all of us had gotten fond of the name walking away, but I'm sure we'll grow to love Commonplace Philosophy and The Plod too!
Great things to come! No worries on slowing down, especially if it allows you to sustain writing here too.
Sadly, I think you're correct in your decision to re-brand. The first time I saw the name "walking away" I thought it was a political Substack.
These days branding needs to be unambiguous. I chose "Ataraxia or Bust!" as the name of my Substack because according to Google those words had never appeared together before.
Yes, I didn’t even consider that connotation when I picked the name.
Solid and smart rebranding and will happily Plod along with you when the time comes.
You do have to change things if they aren’t working for you. I like the new name. It makes sense regarding your content. Copy editing. I spent my journalistic career doing just that. I miss it, but I’m glad I was part of print journalism’s heyday.
Changes sound good to me - like the name.
I like the name change. It may interest you (or not) that I just wrote on the the implicit sentiments behind both of the new names: How "common" and "commonplace" are the original sense of "trivial," a sentiment that inverted commonality to the sentiment of "ordinary," ie. "commoner."
There's a kind of internal, Hegelian dialectic for the meaning of certain words in a way that inverts their connotation, essentially what is currently happening to the words "elite" and "privilege." If curious:
https://open.substack.com/pub/hidingasplainsight/p/the-etymological-fossil-record?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=3nwud0
How might you go about finding a copy editor?
It is one of the reasons why I love the word. I see ‘commonplace’ as a positive, but so often it means a banality.
As for a copy editor, I’ve just begun looking; there are freelance sites, but I’d like to find someone I can work with long term. I don’t know the best way to do that.
Wish I could help ya with the best way to find one. If you might consider sourcing from substack, let me (and everyone else) know.
If you did get one from substack, they might read the materials and give you feedback as well as standard editing. If that's something you would even want of course.
Awesome updates! I love the name. I found your channel last year while researching commonplace books! Also, the Enneads is on my reading list, and I look forward to checking out your thoughts on The Plod.
Looking forward to the continued improvement and evolution of the content!