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Darren Matthews's avatar

If I could write like someone, it would be you. I don't know how you make reading your prose so effortless, but you do. Excited to follow and hopefully learn along the way.

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Michael Thompson's avatar

Framing this one Darren. Thank you so much man and so great to see your name over here. Much love and your comments always motivate me to keep being me.

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Tim Denning's avatar

Welcome mate. This is the place to be.

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Michael Thompson's avatar

Thanks man. Just listened to your latest post. Killer.

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Matt Cardin's avatar

Your book sounds great, your first Substack post is engaging, your life sounds cool, and your writer's persona comes off as winsome. What's not to like? I look forward to getting to know you, Michael. Welcome.

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Michael Thompson's avatar

Thank you so much Matt. Really means a lot. Looking forward to experimenting more on here and getting involved in the community.

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Marji Chimes's avatar

No luck writing for an audience of none. We're all here and can't wait read what comes next!

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Michael Thompson's avatar

haha. I love you and so glad to see your face and name here today. Hugs to your talented family (secretly hoping my kids grow up to be like yours).

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Michael Simmons's avatar

Shout out to my friend Michael Thompson and his first post on Substack!! He is the one that convinced me to switch to the platform so I owe him a great debt. He is awesome at personal storytelling and teaching it to others. Give him a follow and check out his forthcoming book!

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Michael Thompson's avatar

Massive hug man. Now get back to work;).

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Arthur Sung's avatar

Came across this on Notes -- Just subscribed. I'll check out your book too when it comes out.

I also grew up with a stutter. I still have one, but people don't really seem to notice. Used to be quite bad. I can also definitely relate to writing to an audience of none hahah. Looking forward to what you build on here!

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Michael Thompson's avatar

Thank you so much Arthur - really appreciate your support.

Yeah I think the beauty of getting older is stuttering isn't really a thing to most people. I gave a best man's speech a few years back and got tripped up once which was a major win and a 75+ year-old man shouted "What's the matter with you kid, you stutter?" Pretty mind-blowing but definitely the minority for sure and the glares people gave him made up for it. My wife thinks it's cute and that's good enough for me. Really glad to be connected on here and excited to get going.

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Tom Kuegler's avatar

Welcome to Substack, Michael. This platform is lucky to have you. You'll love it here!

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Michael Thompson's avatar

And I love you.

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Martin Prior's avatar

Welcome Michael. Looking forward to reading your posts and getting to know you better.

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Michael Thompson's avatar

Thank you Martin. Feels good to be here and I can already feel the community vibes. Just subscribed to your newsletter as I saw my friends Michael SImmons and Rick Lewis follow it and I follow them;). Looking forward to seeing you around.

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Stephen Moore's avatar

Welcome aboard Mike. Looking forward to following along.

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Michael Thompson's avatar

Hey I know you;).

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DAN JOACHIM's avatar

What a tie-up — alright, alright I’m smashing!

👏

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Michael Thompson's avatar

Haha. Thank you Daniel.

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Kimberly Fosu's avatar

There’s my friend 🤍 welcome to Substack, Michael.

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Michael Thompson's avatar

Long time coming Kimberly and so good to see you here. Pumped to get involved and subscribing to you now.

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Claudia Faith's avatar

I look forward to reading more from you :)

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Michael Thompson's avatar

Thank you Claudia. Means a lot as I try to get moving here.

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All For One's avatar

Thanks for sharing, your article was inspiring!

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Michael Thompson's avatar

Thank you. Really appreciate the support.

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Katie Donohue Tona's avatar

I love that you call your wife smoking hot😂 my husband was also the shy quiet type (still is) covered in pimples and he also calls me his smoking hot wife😂. I also love what you said about a niche pigeonholing you. I’m working against that with my publication as we speak while feeling like I’m getting screamed at by Substack to just pick a niche. I’ll write about what I want to write about darn it! Anyways, thanks for sharing Michael😊

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Michael Thompson's avatar

Hahaha thank you Katie. You're husband sounds like a man after my own heart.

Yeah, I can't write with an audience in mind and need to "feel" it and I feel many things. Bit of the struggle now as I should be writing in my book topic lane right now but I just wrote 55,000 words about it. Long-term I think writing what you want to write is the only play as the rest feels like marketing.

Glad to be connected with you on here and thank you again for the warm welcome.

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Jeff Hittner's avatar

Excited to read your book. Hope we can meet up this summer between Valencia y Cataluña

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Michael Thompson's avatar

Thanks so much man. I'm excited for it to be out in the world and worst case I'll hop in my car to grab a coffee with you as I could use a 48-72 hour break and roadtrips tend to do me good. Really appreciate the support and excited to get moving on here.

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Jeff Hittner's avatar

Come anytime! And we need a few August weekend spots, too so let me know if you’re around then

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Jasper Raymond's avatar

“It’s a private victory, dont be surprised! They come in all shapes and sizes, and merely require your eyes…”

#poetry to keep the real score

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