We have now been writing The Story Birds for almost five months. You, our readers, old and new, have been our inspiration and the fuel to keep us going. Thank you for your patient and enthusiastic support.
We have been working on the feedback we have received from our readers. A suggestion that we have taken up and are working towards is to add audio to some of our posts so you can hear the stories as well as read them.
We hope to soon provide stories in other languages as well, particularly Bangla and Hindi. We have received a lot of help from our readers in making this possible.
We want to make The Story Birds a special reading experience for you. So we’d like to know from you:
What are the features you have liked?
What more would you like to see here?
Is there something we can do better?
Please write in via the ‘Comment’ option below. You can also write to us by replying to this email.
I'm enjoying your stories! The only thing that would help me is to actually hear them. There are some names that I don't know how to pronounce. Are you on Spotify? Substack doesn't have an app - but on Spotify I can listen while I walk. In the meantime, keep the stories coming!
Thanks so much for writing in. We are really happy you are enjoying the stories. We are planning to put some of them on audio files soon and are working towards it. Also thanks for the Spotify tip. We'll definitely explore that option..
Also investigate Anchor. It automatically sends out the podcast to 6 platforms (including Spotify), all of which are free, and Anchor is free. It's what I use - but then, it is also connected to my Wordpress blog, which makes it even easier. Then I have a link on my substack home page to my Spotify blog, Finding Home.
I enjoy reading the story birds week after week with impressive drawings. Please continue with your hard work.
One point I want to make here is that we get to hear stories through a bird. Here we can make a slight change. Instead of bird telling the story of others, why can't it tell its own story? That could be related to mythology also. Why crow is vehicle of lord Shani Dev. Or the peacock of Lord Kartikeya. We can also tell stories of Jatayu or Sampati or for that matter Swan of Lord Bhrahma, Saraswati or Gayatri. There could be many of your readers who could throw more light on such stories.
We're very happy to hear that you are enjoying our work. And thank you for your suggestion - it's a great idea to have birds tell their own stories! As you point out, this opens up many more possibilities both in terms of telling stories and in asking our readers for stories. We will definitely take this up and see how we can work it into the newsletter.
I'm enjoying your stories! The only thing that would help me is to actually hear them. There are some names that I don't know how to pronounce. Are you on Spotify? Substack doesn't have an app - but on Spotify I can listen while I walk. In the meantime, keep the stories coming!
Thanks so much for writing in. We are really happy you are enjoying the stories. We are planning to put some of them on audio files soon and are working towards it. Also thanks for the Spotify tip. We'll definitely explore that option..
Also investigate Anchor. It automatically sends out the podcast to 6 platforms (including Spotify), all of which are free, and Anchor is free. It's what I use - but then, it is also connected to my Wordpress blog, which makes it even easier. Then I have a link on my substack home page to my Spotify blog, Finding Home.
I look forward to hearing your voices! :)
That's very generous advice. Thanks so much.
I enjoy reading the story birds week after week with impressive drawings. Please continue with your hard work.
One point I want to make here is that we get to hear stories through a bird. Here we can make a slight change. Instead of bird telling the story of others, why can't it tell its own story? That could be related to mythology also. Why crow is vehicle of lord Shani Dev. Or the peacock of Lord Kartikeya. We can also tell stories of Jatayu or Sampati or for that matter Swan of Lord Bhrahma, Saraswati or Gayatri. There could be many of your readers who could throw more light on such stories.
We're very happy to hear that you are enjoying our work. And thank you for your suggestion - it's a great idea to have birds tell their own stories! As you point out, this opens up many more possibilities both in terms of telling stories and in asking our readers for stories. We will definitely take this up and see how we can work it into the newsletter.