Join me on Notes
A new place for us to share ideas
I just published my first note on Substack Notes, and would love for you to join me there!
Notes is a new space on Substack for us to share links, short posts, quotes, photos, and more. I plan to use it for things that don’t fit in the newsletter, like work-in-progress or quick questions.
How to join
Head to substack.com/notes or find the “Notes” tab in the Substack app. As a subscriber to Jim Melvin's Realms of Fantasy, you’ll automatically see my notes. Feel free to like, reply, or share them around!
You can also share notes of your own. I hope this becomes a space where every reader of Jim Melvin's Realms of Fantasy can share thoughts, ideas, and interesting quotes from the things we're reading on Substack and beyond.
Why Substack Notes
Fellow writers and readers are spending time in Notes for a variety of reasons.
Ted Gioia sees Notes as a forum for dialogue.
The idea behind Notes is simple. Millions of people now participate in Substack as writers and readers—but much of this is built on long articles and essays. We now have a forum for dialoguing and sharing shorter posts.
Chris Ryan is drawn to Substack as an alternative for legacy social media.
One of my main reasons for joining Substack was to wean myself off exploitative social media platforms. I’m hoping this is going to help move us along on that journey!
Sherman Alexie wants to create a kind and creative new space in Notes.
I’m going to focus on being positive, with my own thoughts and photos and by linking to songs, stories, poems from around the web and from other Substacks.
If you encounter any issues, you can always refer to the Notes FAQ for assistance. Looking forward to seeing you there!
I really enjoyed “The Belgariad” and “Malorean” series, and there was something so quirky and unique about the original Dragonlance trilogy that really struck my fancy back in the ‘80s. In elementary school, I loved C.S. Lewis. The Thomas Covenant series was hard for me to get into. I just didn’t like the protagonist. But LOTR is definitely another favorite of mine. At some point in the middle ‘90s I drifted away from fantasy and started reading more sci-fi. Now when I read fantasy, it tends to be more along the lines of Lovecraft, Peake, and Dunsany.