A Substack Publishing “Gut Check”
20 minutes • $94
This is for public-facing builders — founders, executives, creators, thought leaders — who’ve done real work in the trenches… and can feel their voice ready to expand.
The next chapter is calling, but the message isn’t fully launched.
Sound familiar?
If you’re standing on years of lived experience, thought leadership, scars, wins and earned authority — but find yourself in that in-between space, let me meet you there.
Substack is often where people incubate that next chapter of their online voice and expertise. It’s also where we can get stuck between a production problem and a creative permission moment.
This session is where we make one thing clear.
Join me for 20 minutes on Voxer and tell me the thing that’s obvious to you:
you’re circling the same question and can’t tell if it’s strategy or fear
signups have stalled
paid subs are slowly dipping
you’re publishing but it feels flat
you know what you believe… but you don’t know how to say it from the ground of your authority
What happens in the Gut Check
You bring one knot. I listen for the texture of the problem:
the through-line underneath your ideas
whether you’re dealing with production, positioning or voice evolution
what your readers are responding to (or quietly ignoring)
how your next move fits into Substack’s discoverability + conversion system
Then I give you one takeaway: a stance you can stand behind (yes / no / not yet) — and the next step that gets you into motion.
What you’ll leave with
one clear decision
1 – 2 next moves for the next 7–14 days
relief (because the circling stops)
“She saw the narrative underneath… strategic clarity delivered with real insight and nuance.”
What people say about my work
Feedback from clients and subscribers across publishing strategy, editorial work and advisory support.
“Soulful and pragmatic at the same time.” — Susan Piver, bestselling author and founder of The Open Heart Project
“Helped me realign fast… to a strategy that felt more like me.” — Claire Venus, founder of Sparkle on Substack
“No cookie-cutter advice… she helps you go deeper so your ideas sing.” — Noha Beshir, author of Letters from a Muslim Woman
Logistics
This is voice-note advising in Voxer.
Choose a time and date. At checkout, share:
your question
a few sentences of context
(links welcome)
On the day we connect, we’ll go back and forth in Voxer for 20 minutes (audio or text or both).
About me
I’m Amanda Bray — founder of The Publishing Spectrum, as well as a strategic publishing advisor and editorial partner for founders, authors and public thinkers whose voices are ready to expand.
I track Substack patterns across leading publications, interpret reader behavior and help you make clean decisions about positioning, paid strategy and what to publish next — without turning your work into content marketing churn. Especially when the stakes are real: reputation, revenue and the next chapter of your body of work.