Religious Ethicist Liz Bucar on Being Curious, Slow Writing, and Going Viral

Religious ethicist Liz Bucar, author of Beyond Wellness, joins us to talk about what writers can learn from her sabbatical-year experiment in becoming an online content creator. We discuss writing for religious and post-religious audiences, why curiosity about religion still matters, and how a Substack post about faith, politics, and the future unexpectedly went viral—and eventually led to a Time magazine piece.Liz also shares practical lessons from building a platform: choosing content “buckets,” starting with the medium that feels natural, turning slow-form writing into social content, growing an email list, and confronting the enormous amount of work it can take. Her experience offers a useful alternative to generic advice about “building a platform”: find an approach you can actually sustain.https://www.lizbucar.com/bookshttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/774524/beyond-wellness-by-liz-bucar/https://lizbucar.substack.com/Also mentioned:https://www.leighstein.com/https://www.sophiasmithgaler.com/Publishing Disrupted is at PublishingDisrupted.substack.comMick Silva is at MickSilvaEditing.substack.comDavid Morris is at dvdmorris.substack.com, LakeDriveBooks.com, and Hyponymous.com.