This would best (only work?) with a newsletter or something not available on the public web. But it would relieve some of the pressure, and kind of neat to know you’re writing only to your truly dedicated readers:

But what she was publishing on her TinyLetter helped her explore shape and tone in her writing. Meanwhile, Shane could be read, but not by an audience so large that it would discourage her from experimentation.

I never used TinyLetter, but I knew about it and thought it sounded pretty great. This post was a good memorandum, and a worthwhile read. I’ll just add a link to what I consider to be TinyLetter’s spirtual successor: Buttondown.

Chiming in here with enthusiastic support of Buttondown. As a heavy TinyLetter user for years, Buttondown is the perfect (though ever-so-much-more capable) replacement. MailChimp and the like never felt right. MC in particular felt like an advertising platform that happened to include email!