This week’s episode opens with a generational crisis when Rich fails to immediately recognize 867-5309. Jerry is deeply disappointed, though eventually forgiveness is granted after a brief cultural intervention involving Tommy Tutone.

Once everyone recovers from that trauma, the conversation settles into the usual mix of writing progress, publishing logistics, and the never-ending list of things authors definitely plan to do soon.

Jerry shares progress on the latest revision draft of his mystery novel, where chapters continue to shrink, grow, and occasionally get thrown out entirely depending on how cooperative the story decides to be that day. Word counts are tracked, editing passes get renamed with increasingly mysterious letters of the alphabet, and the looming April release date quietly watches from the corner.

Meanwhile, Rich works through revisions on his own project, cutting words from early chapters, rewriting sections that refuse to behave, and slowly reshaping the story into something tighter than the original draft.

The discussion then wanders into the author-marketing technology maze, including:

• Whether Substack should be treated as a newsletter platform or simply a lead generator

• The continued quest to connect Substack, BookFunnel, and email services without duct tape

• Why Substack currently refuses to play nicely with integrations (hint: no API)

• The ongoing debate over which email service might actually be worth using

Somewhere along the way there’s also talk about golf weather, overly loud neighbors, domain names, and the comforting reality that writers are basically professional list-makers.

In short: writing updates, platform experiments, mild technological frustration, and one classic 80s phone number that refuses to leave Jerry’s brain.

Contact Info

Jerry Evanoff
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://jerryevanoff.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jerryevanoffauthor

Rich Kacy
Email: [email protected]
Bluesky: @KacyHimself