Jane’s Calamity

A home for writing by women about life, love, and loss at midlife, from the editors of the HerStories Project.

Randy Susan Meyers examines the ‘what if’ and ‘why" of life in her six novels, grew up in a Brooklyn library and still spends at least half her life reading.

Life, creating, being a writer, and publishing--from the longtime series editor of The Best American Short Stories.

A hilarious and often factual romp through the world of social media, old-school media, publishing and whatever else catches our fancy.

Author Crystal King's myriad musings on food, history, Italy, social media, tech, books, and culture.

Occasional notes from Elizabeth McCracken

On the hunt for a wise (and wisecracking) writing life

Culture, media, politics and parenting. Oh, did someone say pick a lane? Adorable.

Rebecca Makkai's Substack: mostly writing and books! but also Zillow, true crime, etymology, food, general inanity

Comics about gender, justice, aging, and life as a woman in America.

I read the news today, oh boy

a newsletter that explores the braided experience of mother, lover and self. personal essays & conversations on sex, death, love, loss, parenthood, paradigms, identity, culture and coming of age. written by rebecca woolf with special guests.

Julie's book news and historical musings

Join award-winning novelist and writing teacher Michelle Hoover with tips and special guests for your morning writing wake up call, with a range of author interviews and writing challenges to help you get a new project going and keep you in your chair.

Letters about life in the middle.

Essays, bad jokes, rants, and unsolicited advice from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Hough, and a dog named Woody Guthrie.

gotham girl is a reader-supported newsletter for inquisitive readers from bestselling author Alisa Kennedy Jones. "One of America’s funniest, most singular voices on Substack" — The New York Times

Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life.

lessons on creative challenges drawn from sports and the outdoors

Dan Rather's steady take on a complex and chaotic world.

An award-deserving newsletter that mixes writing advice, unsolicited advice, therapy, tragedy, comedy, and maybe more (sex tips?).

This is the home of two newsletters. Paid subscribers get Cheryl's Dear Sugar Letter monthly, plus her free newsletter several times a year, which includes her "Tells Us" author series. Free subscribers get everything but the monthly Dear Sugar Letter.

An exploration of why we love movies and art, and a continuing rumination on what those things say about us.

writing to make you feel crazier & writing to make you feel sane

The day's most fascinating news from the Internet's Managing Editor

Free weekly podcasts, essays & community. KJ Dell'Antonia, Jess Lahey, Sarina Bowen & Jennie Nash on writing, thinking about writing and getting the work done.

Writing, books, art. Kinship, broadly construed. Advocate for acknowledging tough family histories honestly, open-heartedly, and with imagination.

Curating fee-free (AND paying) calls and competitions—plus other resources—for writers of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.

judge mathis recaps + occasional sad garbage

Written from a journalist in a red state, this newsletter is personal, political, sometimes funny and always raises hell.