Four Weeks on Simily
What it’s like writing on a new platform
I’ve been on Simily for a full month now. The platform has positioned itself as fiction-forward and I like that.
Here’s a sample of one of the fiction pieces I’ve posted there:
I’ve also been chronicling my Simily journey — telling the story of what it’s like to be a writer on a new, small platform. Yes, Medium has been around awhile and has some great features. Simily, on the other hand, is a new kid and still has some bugs to work out. Plus, it’s a small community, so engagement can be a bit of a struggle.
My First Week on Simily. Tales from a Fiction First Platform | by Andy Spears | Jan, 2022 | Medium
Engagement
The platform has been growing over the past month and so engagement is picking up. There’s lots of great fiction to read. In fact, that’s what attracted me to the platform. I write about serious, newsy topics a lot. But I also write some fiction. Medium is not really a fiction-friendly outlet, so Simily could fill that gap. Sure, there are a few people who are simply copying and pasting their Medium nonfiction pieces there, but there’s also a good amount of fiction. Plus, the fiction that is there is actually pretty solid writing. I’m enjoying it…
