Issue #391 OpEd October 2, 2023
As many of you may know, Keith and I started our "umbrella company," TeamOwens313 LLC way back in 2007.
Keith originally was, and still is, a journalist/communications professional, while also being a published fiction/fantasy/sci-fi writer and a musician.
I was, and still am, an educator at heart, while also being a published nonfiction writer and a business owner.
While growing four separate companies and hosting four podcasts, together we decided in January 2022 to start a Substack Publication, naming it "We Are Speaking (W.A.S)."
Our Substack includes just about all of the things we have done and are still doing, including all of the topics we are passionate about.
Our Publishing Schedule
We have been adding topics to our publishing schedule since we started our publication about 20 months ago, and will be adding more starting this week:
Every weekday morning: Today In Three Current Events by Pam
Monday: OpEd by Pam or Keith
Every other Tuesday: American History by Pam
Every other Wednesday: Education by Pam
Every Wednesday: "Find Out In Fifteen" Creative Business Podcast by Pam
Every other Thursday: American Government by Pam
Every other Friday: Friday Funday by Pam
Every Saturday: W.A.S. Weekly Podcast by Pam and Keith
Every Sunday: Keith's SciFi Musings by Keith
Every Sunday: W.A.S. Weekly Summary by Pam
Important: If you would prefer to receive only the Weekly Summary instead of the daily emails, you can change the settings in your account. Several of our readers requested this feature.
That's a very full publication schedule, and it takes a lot of time and dedication every week.
Why We're Changing Our Pricing Structure
At the foundation of what we do, especially as creative professionals ourselves, is setting up our businesses to make money and to be profitable.
We have not yet made our subscriber and profitability goals for "We Are Speaking," but we are working hard to make those goals.
Many Substack writers publish daily or even more than once a day, as we do. We publish an article or podcast THIRTEEN TIMES a week! Each published article and podcast is originally written, often after a lot of research.
Many other Substack writers publish just once a week.
We publish a lot because we have so much we want to say and share with you, our valued readers.
We will be adding a monthly AUA ("Ask Us Anything") via Zoom on the 2nd Friday of each month. That will be so much fun. The first AUA will be on Friday, October 13, at noon ET, and paid subscribers will receive the Zoom invite and link.
We are also adding a YouTube Channel and Shopify site for our books. Both of those will be going live in the next couple of weeks.
Starting this week, the Monday OpEds and Sunday SciFi articles will be free to everyone for 3 days after publication, after which they will go behind a paywall.
The Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday articles will be for paid subscribers only.
The monthly AUA will also be for paid subscribers only.
The articles/podcast archive will be for paid subscribers only.
The podcasts will always be free.
Thank you for your understanding and patronage
We appreciate all of our readers, but we also need to increase our subscriber base and increase the income derived from this project. You can help us to reach our goals by sharing and recommending our publication, and if you can, by becoming a paid subscriber for no more than $5.00/month.
We depend on you to help us to grow “We Are Speaking!”
We appreciate every one of our subscribers, but our paid subscribers help financially support our 7-day-a-week publishing schedule. Please upgrade your subscription to a paid level at no more than $5/month.