My Simily Sweet 16

16 weeks on a new writing platform

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Last week’s Simily update was brought to you from Seattle. I was there for a conference, but also found time to write.

This Simily Update Should Have Been Published on Sunday from Seattle

Now, I’m back to my regular writing from Nashville. This week marks 16 weeks since I started my Simily journey. A “Sweet 16” of sorts, I suppose.

How’s it going?

Well, Simily now has more than 3500 members — not terrible. Still, the growth is slow. As I’ve noted before, the site seems to be averaging a net gain of about 100 members a week. Not fast at all, but not a mass exodus, either.

Then, there’s the latest effort by Simily to promote writing on the site. They’ve consistently done a “Story of the Month” and now they are curating a list of “best stories.”

The idea is that they will promote these stories — writers will actually see Simily pushing out some “top” stories from the site.