This week, we’re taking a break from Office Hours for the June edition of our monthly Shoutout Thread.
We host Shoutout Threads because we know writers want more ways to discover great writing on Substack, and we’re always looking to celebrate writers who are finding a home here. As a writer, it’s beneficial to know other writers—both for collaboration and for inspiration. This thread is a chance for us to get to know one another, to share what we’ve been reading, and been inspired by recently on Substack.
Today we are hosting a parallel shoutout thread dedicated exclusively to great Substacks published by international writers.
How to join today’s Shoutout Threads:
General Thread 📢
Leave a comment on this thread and give a shoutout to another writer or Substack you’re enjoying. Be sure to share the link to the publication of a writer you admire, and why.
International Thread 🌎
Follow this link to our themed Shoutout Thread to share mentions of favorite Substacks by writers based outside of the United States and Canada. Don’t forget to explain why you’re a fan of the publication you’re recommending.
Writers, make your shoutout last!Recommendations allow writers to directly endorse each other’s publications on Substack. Writers can select other Substacks to recommend when a new reader subscribes to their own publication and have the choice fo recommendations to appear on their publication homepage as a “blogroll,” in the footer of their homepage.
Our team will be in the threads today from 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PST / 1 p.m.–2 p.m. EST in discovery and celebration mode with you all.
We'd love to learn more about what you are writing about. Reply to this comment and tell us!
Be sure to include what you're reading on Substack too. If you aren't reading here yet, you've come to the right place to find great reads. Tell us what you like to read and we will try to point you in the right direction.
Thats a wrap on the June Shoutout Thread! So many great reads.
You can make your shoutout last using Recommendations which allow writers to directly endorse each other’s publications on Substack. Writers can select other Substacks to recommend when a new reader subscribes to their own publication and have the choice fo recommendations to appear on their publication homepage as a “blogroll,” in the footer of their homepage. Learn more: https://on.substack.com/p/recommendations
Hi writers!! I'm going to post my personal shoutouts in a moment, but first I want to shout out ALL of you who are sticking with your newsletter even when the going gets tough. When you get no engagement. When people unsubscribe. When your numbers aren't where you want them to be. When you feel like no one's listening. Shout out to YOU for staying the course and NOT GIVING UP! I see you, we all see you, and you should be SO proud of you!🌿
Shout out to all Substack creators. We are on this journey together and I look forward to finding my way and following as many inspirational creatives as possible. Peace to all...especially the underdogs!
Hi everyone!! As a former Zen Buddhist priest, I write a newsletter called Garbage Zen. It's not about Zen so much as a collection of considered observations about life. I'm also a PhD student in medical/cultural anthropology, so I'm also concerned with how social structures influence our lives. I write in the form of a letter to a friend every Thursday, and I'm always looking for new friends to write to! Let me know if you'd be interested in my writing to you!
My partner just started an awesome Substack called Notes for a Living World that I'm really enjoying (but I'm biased). He's an academic, a historian of science, and wants to piece together a vision of how to make meaningful social systemic change. He helpfully summarizes a lot of interesting literature, and I think his newsletter is adding value to the world. His first post was on Universal Basic Income, and his second post today was about Doughnut Economics: https://livingworld.substack.com
And lastly, I always love The Spread! The two ladies running it write such snappy commentary on contemporary women's media (loosely defined) I find it endlessly entertaining and educational. https://www.thespread.media
Shoutout to Ted Gioia's substack, The Honest Broker. The focus of Gioia's newsletter is his music writing, which I love. For instance, he has a wonderful piece out on why old music is killing the new. Besides the music coverage, I love his stories about the economic challenges for creatives today, like this thoughtful piece on the economics of being a middle class musician.
Want to give a shoutout to Kevin Alexander, who, in addition to putting together an awesome music newsletter that has introduced me to a bunch of new songs and artists, is also an amazing supporter of other Substack writers. Kevin has been putting together a weekly thread including some music he's been listening to and also inviting readers to share what they've been playing on repeat. Definitely check it out! https://thekevinalexander.substack.com/p/whats-good/comments?s=r
Hi all! I write Dearest, a monthly newsletter about the stories, gossip and history behind antique jewelry and other interesting items that randomly pop up at auction. https://dearest.substack.com/
One of the newsletters that brings me absolute JOY is Anne Kadet's CAFÉ ANNE, which focuses on the everyday absurdities and delights of New York City. Past newsletters have included interviews with the guys who play chess in Washington Square Park, Anne's quest to discover the origins of a pink dinosaur called Sherita that's depicted on a faded billboard in Brooklyn, and I'm not even going to get into her always compelling "Weird Trash" photo series. It's awesome, even if you don't give a damn about NYC. Go sign up! https://annekadet.substack.com/
Hi! I'm some random British bloke who writes about science in a way that was described as "like an entertaining mid-life crisis." I should...also probably learn how to market myself better.
Anyway, I've recently been finding these two Substacks a joy:
1) https://gameandword.substack.com/ - Jay writes about videogames, but from the perspective of what's underneath them if you look hard enough, which is EVERYTHING. He's super-interested in all the things and has an infectiously enthusiastic way of writing about it. (This is also brilliant in another way - check out the way he uses within-newsletter menus, which is a work of art.)
2) https://thepresentpsychologist.substack.com/ - As a psychologist, Alf knows what he's writing about when it comes to tackling mental health questions, and the way he frames his answers is beautifully done, right down to the bespoke illustrations heading each post. Bang-up job, sir.
Hello all! Here is my link: https://jessicabsokol.substack.com/ I started a couple of months ago, and am loving it. I've also discovered so many other Substacks I enjoy including tiny vulnerabilities and great books + great minds.
Hi All - I am 7 months on the substack platform and have just crossed the 3,500 email subcriber threshold with about 130 paid subscribers. My platform is Westawake.substack.com and I write observational and current affairs posts looking at the world from a counter mainstream media narrative - point of view. I'd like to give a shoutout to the Abbey Of Misrule on substack superb writing with considered essays on a range of subjects.
Hi everyone, I've been writing my own culture blog on Substack for a while at chasingangels.substack.com - celebrating all kinds of hidden gem culture recommendations - but am completely new to discovering other writers, so am really looking forward to your suggestions here... Thanks for getting it going Substack team!
Finally, I'm wrapping up my first month on Substack, so have to shamelessly self-promote my dark humor newsletter Field Research by Amran Gowani. Check it out here: https://agowani.substack.com/.
I write YouTopian Journey, which provides weekly wisdom and motivation to become mentally stronger. Subscribe and change your life for the better! I have also been reading The Present Psychologist Substack, check it out. https://thepresentpsychologist.substack.com/
Woohoo, shoutouts! I write in a pretty niche intersection of faith/nature/mysticism/poetry, so I thought it would be tough to find other writers in the same vein. But I've found a handful of wonderful writers already, and I'm sure there are more! If you write something along these lines, comment below so we can find you!
Hi -- I've been writing on Substack for about a year, but am new to the Office Hours forums.
I write about global migration, and the policies and developments that shape it. The bulk of what I do is collate & curate press coverage, but I also do a bit of commentary. You can find Mixed Migration—hebdo here: https://mixedmigration.substack.com/
SHOUTOUT to Anita Makri who writes WorldWise, a newsletter that brings together science and policymaking and which is the perfect complement to MMh if you're a policy geek like the two of us: https://worldwise.substack.com/
For those of you with little ones, you HAVE to check out Sarah Miller’s “Can We Read?” It’s been an amazing resource for me- my little tots love the books I’ve chosen thanks to her recommendations!!
I have to give a huge thank you to Tara Henley and Heather Weinstein for inspiring me to start my own Substack page. I host the Bigger Than Me Podcast, where I interview authors, musicians, politicians, entrepreneurs, academics, artists and Indigenous leaders long-form. Writing has never been my preferred medium of communication - but writing is an important skill that I needed to develop further. I look to various Substack writers for inspiration, how they write, and pull readers in. While I'm giving credit, I'd also like to thank Substack for encouraging individuals through office hours and threads like this.
On my Substack page, I write about why I chose to have the guest on, and what I think people can learn from tuning in. I appreciate the Substack newsletter layout because I can add photos from Splash, which helps add context. For example, my most recent guest is an ocean pollution expert, photos of plastics in the ocean helps people engage with the topic more meaningfully.
I'm psyched you guys got Jose Andres on the platform, really excited to see what he does with his newsletter. Some "celebrity" newsletters haven't lived up to the hype but he seems to be off to a good start with the first one I received: https://joseandres.substack.com/p/behind-the-scenes-the-pots-pans-and?s=r
I write on investing, understanding the macroecnomic environment and geopolitics. While I have spent my time with big firms on Wall Street, my focus is for the "average investor" to arm them with the tools and insights most only see within large funds. My goal is to "teach a man to fish", so to speak, so each investor can learn to take advantage of all market scenarios.
I write https://www.footballarchaeology.com/, which examines the history of gridiron football and how the game's evolution shapes today's game. There are not many college football writers on Substack, but I just came across a https://jonsvec.substack.com/, which looks at the Canadian version of the sport. I look forward to reading his work.
Hi All! So excited to be a part of this thread and network. I am a new writer on here. I write about a lot different things that impact me and things that I reflect on often. Some of those include mental health, nature, special places, and relationships. I've been writing since I was in middle school and this year is the 1st year I am sharing my work publicly---A HUGE step for me.
Extremely niche but to anyone with a passing interest in Rugby, I write a newsletter looking at the sport with an analytical, story, and human point of view. Hoping to bring new people to the sport and delight existing fans with engaging content.
For fiction and essays, I appreciate https://andrewjazprosehill.substack.com/ Andrew has recently begun another novel, titled The Comedian, which is just amazing. His writing is so lyrical, and his characters, nuanced.
I am brand new to Substack too and still twiddling random knobs to see what they do. I write Future Facts https://futurefacts.substack.com/ which focuses on things that might become true in the future. My first issue was on grid-scale energy storage, but I plan to cover other topics that interest me too. I use techniques from AI and natural language processing to "mine" the future facts I collect. Are there any newsletters that have a similar topic? Would love to get to know more writers.
I recently shared a life-changing mystical experience I had at 16k feet in the Peruvian Andes. A taste:
I walked off by myself in the direction of the glacier, deeply enjoying the luxury of steady breath. After having been in Peru four days, my respiration was finally slowing. Scientifically and physiologically speaking, this was the place where it should have been hardest to breathe. The opposite was true.
Once by myself, I felt a presence. I continue to wrestle with this experience. It’s very difficult to put into words, and I never quite get it right.
Something sentient was there. It was indifferent to me, but it knew my presence. I – or at least, my ego – was a guest, not of this place, not of this sentience. While at the same time, part of me – my soul? – felt very much at home there, connected to something expansive, reluctant to leave. My thoughts, memories, experiences, stories, my body, were all apart from whatever element of me was connected to what was there. Even now, as I write, my heart, the pit of my chest, expands. I can only describe this as joy. But it wasn’t dancing-in-the-streets stuff. It was deep, interior.
For months after we returned, talk about this episode would make me weep. And every time I tried to explain – even now – I would feel inadequate, like I was trying to put music into words, or trying to make a sculpture of the way something tastes.
Is this presence always there, everywhere, and I just can’t discern it because of the noise of life, and it took me being literally hollowed out, and taken far away from all my stories, far from humankind and technology, to feel it?
Or was it all just physiological? Synapses firing, proteins rushing, a dance of dopamine and serotonin, an inherited unquiet mind? Maybe. But I think not.
I don't suspect she needs my Shout-Out, but I'm still going to shout-out Cheryl Strayed's Dear Sugar newsletter, https://cherylstrayed.substack.com/ because she's such an amazing writer.
She's also a great teacher. I was lucky enough to attend a writing workshop with her at Kripalu recently. I screwed up my courage and introduced myself, because I'm a subscriber and a frequent commenter. She instantly recognized who I was and was so warm and supportive. When I got home from the trip I emailed her to offer her a comped subscription to my newsletter, not expecting to maybe get a response at all. Instead, she responded and signed herself up for a PAID subscription to my newsletter. What a tremendous dose of encouragement that was! So, you should follow her newsletter, not just because she's a great writer but because she's a great person.
Also, you should always comment substantively to other people's newsletters. You never know what might come of it.
I am writing a book that is one in a series and it draws all the characters from 9 previous novels so it has been fun going back and looking at my notes on previous work. To new writers I suggest to keep good notes as you write and always keep them because you never know when you can use them again.
I've had a Substack Newsletter for a while, Enter Only If Awake: www.jzaabbas.substack.com, with my writings on meditation and topics about life from a mindfulness perspective. Tons of free meditations since I did a challenge and drove some traffic from my other channels. I haven't had a chance to network much with other authors but I'm loving this thread so far, so many great recommendations!
I write Clicked, a newsletter sharing cool things about big tech, weird internet, good journalism, and whimsy.
From the latest news in big tech, what it means to be a creator, analysis on media platforms, odd yet fun parts of the internet, long form journalism, and original essays Clicked brings the best of the internet to you.
Hello everyone! I write essays on things that go on in my daily life, with some of them going over how this impacts me as an autistic woman, as well as book reviews of novels from the 70s and 80s for their 40th and 50th anniversaries.
One Substack I enjoy is The Novelleist, where Elle Griffin writes articles on the publishing industry and shares some of her own fiction writing.
I just wanted to share an awesome Substack by Caitlin Dewey called Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends. It’s a great Substack with original writing and links to awesome stuff online. Love it! https://linksiwouldgchatyou.substack.com/
Having been a writer on substack now for over a year, I have found so many great authors out there who I love. That being said, I am a total sneaker head and think the kicks you wear by Mike Sykes is pretty amazing: https://kyw.substack.com/ He's funny, engaging, and always has the inside scoop of the sneaker world. As a policy guy, he is my guilty pleasure/escape!
I've only been on Substack a little over a month now and I'm close to 40 free subscribers, almost all just organically cultivated from just posting my work on Twitter. Have been reading this thread though, and I will probably send personal invites soon.
I write on topics related to rethinking patriarchy. My main goal is to help women find their authentic voice in order to also help liberate men and boys from patriarchy. As an Exvangelical, I write a lot about recovering from spiritual abuse and recovery in general, as well as taking a look at the Bible outside of a patriarchal lens. It takes on a whole new meaning, and it's all interrelated.
While I am always trying to support female writers, I have to admit I love Matthew Pierce's Hilarious "Evangelical Think Pieces" https://mpierce.substack.com
Today I want to highlight The Great Substack Story Challenge, in which 13 fiction authors join together to write one story, round-robin style. Our story kicked off in spectacular fashion with Arjun Agarwal, who wrote chapter one of "The Grisly Ghosts of Gruesome Time" on his Substack, https://arjunagarwal.substack.com/p/gssc01 followed by Mark Baker on his Substack, https://gmbaker.substack.com/p/gssc02
I'm an indie author with a couple of books on Amazon (Headwind and Northern Cross), starting a blog on Substack, titled Socially Awkward, about my efforts in marketing and my venture into the world of social media.
Hi Everyone! I am an author who has written a book about the occult roots of feminism. I research and write about obscure and interesting history, especially how religious beliefs influenced social movements. I also do a lot of writing about intelligence agencies, conspiracies, and oddities you probably don't know about, but should! I've been on Tucker Carlson tonight and several popular web shows and I also do formal debates on YouTube. Nice to meet everyone and see what cool things you're all writing about :)
Shoutout to all of the new writers, and everyone here to lend their support! I started my Substack a couple of months ago. I write about education issues. Have a look: https://rethinkingedu.substack.com
It's a spinoff of a podcast I started at the beginning of the pandemic. It's been fun, and I'm still challenging myself to write more consistently :-)
I'm hoping to get at least 2 subscribers lol....it's been a struggle. Check out my substack, entertheokeedoe.substack.com. Best of luck to everyone and much success in your writings and journey!!!!
Shoutout to Elizabeth Held who writes the “What To Read If” newsletter for people who love books and provides great advise for people just getting started on Substack. I’m new to Substack and currently in the process of revising my about section and trying to make a logo and just manage the basic visuals of the site. Here’s her “about”section advice if anyone reading this is in a similar spot and can use suggestions for a seasoned Substack writer with a large (over 5,000) following https://on.substack.com/p/how-to-polish-your-publications-about?s=r
Hello to the new writers 👋
We'd love to learn more about what you are writing about. Reply to this comment and tell us!
Be sure to include what you're reading on Substack too. If you aren't reading here yet, you've come to the right place to find great reads. Tell us what you like to read and we will try to point you in the right direction.
Thats a wrap on the June Shoutout Thread! So many great reads.
You can make your shoutout last using Recommendations which allow writers to directly endorse each other’s publications on Substack. Writers can select other Substacks to recommend when a new reader subscribes to their own publication and have the choice fo recommendations to appear on their publication homepage as a “blogroll,” in the footer of their homepage. Learn more: https://on.substack.com/p/recommendations
We will be back next week for Office Hours!
Until then, happy reading!
Katie
Hi writers!! I'm going to post my personal shoutouts in a moment, but first I want to shout out ALL of you who are sticking with your newsletter even when the going gets tough. When you get no engagement. When people unsubscribe. When your numbers aren't where you want them to be. When you feel like no one's listening. Shout out to YOU for staying the course and NOT GIVING UP! I see you, we all see you, and you should be SO proud of you!🌿
Shout out to all Substack creators. We are on this journey together and I look forward to finding my way and following as many inspirational creatives as possible. Peace to all...especially the underdogs!
Hi everyone!! As a former Zen Buddhist priest, I write a newsletter called Garbage Zen. It's not about Zen so much as a collection of considered observations about life. I'm also a PhD student in medical/cultural anthropology, so I'm also concerned with how social structures influence our lives. I write in the form of a letter to a friend every Thursday, and I'm always looking for new friends to write to! Let me know if you'd be interested in my writing to you!
My partner just started an awesome Substack called Notes for a Living World that I'm really enjoying (but I'm biased). He's an academic, a historian of science, and wants to piece together a vision of how to make meaningful social systemic change. He helpfully summarizes a lot of interesting literature, and I think his newsletter is adding value to the world. His first post was on Universal Basic Income, and his second post today was about Doughnut Economics: https://livingworld.substack.com
And lastly, I always love The Spread! The two ladies running it write such snappy commentary on contemporary women's media (loosely defined) I find it endlessly entertaining and educational. https://www.thespread.media
Shoutout to Ted Gioia's substack, The Honest Broker. The focus of Gioia's newsletter is his music writing, which I love. For instance, he has a wonderful piece out on why old music is killing the new. Besides the music coverage, I love his stories about the economic challenges for creatives today, like this thoughtful piece on the economics of being a middle class musician.
https://tedgioia.substack.com/p/the-disappearing-middle-class-musician?s=r
Want to give a shoutout to Kevin Alexander, who, in addition to putting together an awesome music newsletter that has introduced me to a bunch of new songs and artists, is also an amazing supporter of other Substack writers. Kevin has been putting together a weekly thread including some music he's been listening to and also inviting readers to share what they've been playing on repeat. Definitely check it out! https://thekevinalexander.substack.com/p/whats-good/comments?s=r
On Substack, I write fortnightly personal essays--my most recent one was about seasons of change and what it means to fill the space of other people and places that were huge parts of your life. https://kateraphael.substack.com/p/25-the-business-of-making-meaning?s=w
Hi all! I write Dearest, a monthly newsletter about the stories, gossip and history behind antique jewelry and other interesting items that randomly pop up at auction. https://dearest.substack.com/
One of the newsletters that brings me absolute JOY is Anne Kadet's CAFÉ ANNE, which focuses on the everyday absurdities and delights of New York City. Past newsletters have included interviews with the guys who play chess in Washington Square Park, Anne's quest to discover the origins of a pink dinosaur called Sherita that's depicted on a faded billboard in Brooklyn, and I'm not even going to get into her always compelling "Weird Trash" photo series. It's awesome, even if you don't give a damn about NYC. Go sign up! https://annekadet.substack.com/
Hi! I'm some random British bloke who writes about science in a way that was described as "like an entertaining mid-life crisis." I should...also probably learn how to market myself better.
Anyway, I've recently been finding these two Substacks a joy:
1) https://gameandword.substack.com/ - Jay writes about videogames, but from the perspective of what's underneath them if you look hard enough, which is EVERYTHING. He's super-interested in all the things and has an infectiously enthusiastic way of writing about it. (This is also brilliant in another way - check out the way he uses within-newsletter menus, which is a work of art.)
2) https://thepresentpsychologist.substack.com/ - As a psychologist, Alf knows what he's writing about when it comes to tackling mental health questions, and the way he frames his answers is beautifully done, right down to the bespoke illustrations heading each post. Bang-up job, sir.
Ta.
Hello all! Here is my link: https://jessicabsokol.substack.com/ I started a couple of months ago, and am loving it. I've also discovered so many other Substacks I enjoy including tiny vulnerabilities and great books + great minds.
Hi All - I am 7 months on the substack platform and have just crossed the 3,500 email subcriber threshold with about 130 paid subscribers. My platform is Westawake.substack.com and I write observational and current affairs posts looking at the world from a counter mainstream media narrative - point of view. I'd like to give a shoutout to the Abbey Of Misrule on substack superb writing with considered essays on a range of subjects.
Hi everyone, I've been writing my own culture blog on Substack for a while at chasingangels.substack.com - celebrating all kinds of hidden gem culture recommendations - but am completely new to discovering other writers, so am really looking forward to your suggestions here... Thanks for getting it going Substack team!
Shoutout to Poe Can Save Your Life: real talk on writing and publishing and a must for budding authors. Find it here: https://poecansaveyourlife.substack.com/
Shoutout to What to Read If: a great resource for discovering new books and authors. Find it here: https://whattoreadif.substack.com/
Finally, I'm wrapping up my first month on Substack, so have to shamelessly self-promote my dark humor newsletter Field Research by Amran Gowani. Check it out here: https://agowani.substack.com/.
I write YouTopian Journey, which provides weekly wisdom and motivation to become mentally stronger. Subscribe and change your life for the better! I have also been reading The Present Psychologist Substack, check it out. https://thepresentpsychologist.substack.com/
Woohoo, shoutouts! I write in a pretty niche intersection of faith/nature/mysticism/poetry, so I thought it would be tough to find other writers in the same vein. But I've found a handful of wonderful writers already, and I'm sure there are more! If you write something along these lines, comment below so we can find you!
Musings on the Spiritual Journey - https://alandavey.substack.com/
Truth Love & Swears - https://lilychili.substack.com/
The Peasant Times Dispatch - https://timesdispatch.substack.com/
Caitlin Chats - https://caitlinhmallery.substack.com/
A Stylist Submits - https://kevinlatorre.substack.com/
Spirit - https://sarahklenz.substack.com/
I'm sure there are more! Share with us below!! 🌿
Shout out to Sarah Miller from https://canweread.substack.com who just celebrated TWO YEARS on Substack! 🥳 Her commitment is an inspiration.
I run On Repeat, the place you go to find your new favorite song or discover an old one.
Some of my “must read” music letters:
Fog Chaser
Shuffle Sundays
Midweek Crisis
Zappagram
What’s Curation?
Record Store
Listening Sessions
Runout Grooves
[ai]
Lail Arad
That Fatal Mailing List
Check This Out!
Front Row & Backstage
This Week in the 90s
Exile on Newbury Street
Hi -- I've been writing on Substack for about a year, but am new to the Office Hours forums.
I write about global migration, and the policies and developments that shape it. The bulk of what I do is collate & curate press coverage, but I also do a bit of commentary. You can find Mixed Migration—hebdo here: https://mixedmigration.substack.com/
SHOUTOUT to Anita Makri who writes WorldWise, a newsletter that brings together science and policymaking and which is the perfect complement to MMh if you're a policy geek like the two of us: https://worldwise.substack.com/
Shout-out out to all!
For those of you with little ones, you HAVE to check out Sarah Miller’s “Can We Read?” It’s been an amazing resource for me- my little tots love the books I’ve chosen thanks to her recommendations!!
https://canweread.substack.com/
I also got to interview her for the second episode of my podcast - check it out if you have an hour or so to spare!
https://shedoesprofess.substack.com/p/episode-2-sarah-miller-can-we-read?r=w3n40&utm_medium=ios
I have to give a huge thank you to Tara Henley and Heather Weinstein for inspiring me to start my own Substack page. I host the Bigger Than Me Podcast, where I interview authors, musicians, politicians, entrepreneurs, academics, artists and Indigenous leaders long-form. Writing has never been my preferred medium of communication - but writing is an important skill that I needed to develop further. I look to various Substack writers for inspiration, how they write, and pull readers in. While I'm giving credit, I'd also like to thank Substack for encouraging individuals through office hours and threads like this.
On my Substack page, I write about why I chose to have the guest on, and what I think people can learn from tuning in. I appreciate the Substack newsletter layout because I can add photos from Splash, which helps add context. For example, my most recent guest is an ocean pollution expert, photos of plastics in the ocean helps people engage with the topic more meaningfully.
I'm psyched you guys got Jose Andres on the platform, really excited to see what he does with his newsletter. Some "celebrity" newsletters haven't lived up to the hype but he seems to be off to a good start with the first one I received: https://joseandres.substack.com/p/behind-the-scenes-the-pots-pans-and?s=r
I'm really enjoying reading A Story a Week https://robertthewriter.substack.com/, Along the Hudson https://alongthehudson.substack.com/, and The Intrinsic Perspective https://erikhoel.substack.com/. I really like speculative short stories and interesting essays that are not focused on politics. As for me, you can check out my most recent essay about surviving the dot-com bust https://brianreindel.substack.com/p/of-mice-and-men-and-cheese?s=w. Any suggestions for Substacks that post short stories I would love to subscribe.
I write on investing, understanding the macroecnomic environment and geopolitics. While I have spent my time with big firms on Wall Street, my focus is for the "average investor" to arm them with the tools and insights most only see within large funds. My goal is to "teach a man to fish", so to speak, so each investor can learn to take advantage of all market scenarios.
I really enjoy Doomberg!
doomberg.substack.com
I also enjoy Haymacker!
haymaker.substack.com
Check both of those out! Also, I think you should subscribe and pass along mine, as well! Just sayin...
I write https://www.footballarchaeology.com/, which examines the history of gridiron football and how the game's evolution shapes today's game. There are not many college football writers on Substack, but I just came across a https://jonsvec.substack.com/, which looks at the Canadian version of the sport. I look forward to reading his work.
Hi All! So excited to be a part of this thread and network. I am a new writer on here. I write about a lot different things that impact me and things that I reflect on often. Some of those include mental health, nature, special places, and relationships. I've been writing since I was in middle school and this year is the 1st year I am sharing my work publicly---A HUGE step for me.
Two of my favorite reads come from:
Caroline Dooner: https://carolinedooner.substack.com/
Carissa Potter: https://substack.com/profile/17121817-carissa-potter
I am always looking to cross promote with other substack writers, get your newsletter seen by thousands of my subscribers and lets grow together.
I'm in the process of writing my first cookbook, so really enjoying these related newsletters:
https://diannejacob.substack.com/
https://katemckean.substack.com/
https://www.stainedpagenews.com/
Extremely niche but to anyone with a passing interest in Rugby, I write a newsletter looking at the sport with an analytical, story, and human point of view. Hoping to bring new people to the sport and delight existing fans with engaging content.
https://onrugby.substack.com
Shoutout to Wil Dalton, Author of Process by Wil Dalton. Great insights on writing, even better fiction. https://wildalton.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=publication_embed&utm_medium=web
For fiction and essays, I appreciate https://andrewjazprosehill.substack.com/ Andrew has recently begun another novel, titled The Comedian, which is just amazing. His writing is so lyrical, and his characters, nuanced.
I love the work of https://shermanalexie.substack.com/ poetry, stories, thoughts...
And for wonderful Aussie fiction: https://stevefendt.substack.com/
For a thoughtful professional editor's POV, check out https://stephanieduncansmith.substack.com/
And a working musician's thoughts: https://vanessamcgowan.substack.com/
There are some real gifts here, surely!
I am brand new to Substack too and still twiddling random knobs to see what they do. I write Future Facts https://futurefacts.substack.com/ which focuses on things that might become true in the future. My first issue was on grid-scale energy storage, but I plan to cover other topics that interest me too. I use techniques from AI and natural language processing to "mine" the future facts I collect. Are there any newsletters that have a similar topic? Would love to get to know more writers.
I recently shared a life-changing mystical experience I had at 16k feet in the Peruvian Andes. A taste:
I walked off by myself in the direction of the glacier, deeply enjoying the luxury of steady breath. After having been in Peru four days, my respiration was finally slowing. Scientifically and physiologically speaking, this was the place where it should have been hardest to breathe. The opposite was true.
Once by myself, I felt a presence. I continue to wrestle with this experience. It’s very difficult to put into words, and I never quite get it right.
Something sentient was there. It was indifferent to me, but it knew my presence. I – or at least, my ego – was a guest, not of this place, not of this sentience. While at the same time, part of me – my soul? – felt very much at home there, connected to something expansive, reluctant to leave. My thoughts, memories, experiences, stories, my body, were all apart from whatever element of me was connected to what was there. Even now, as I write, my heart, the pit of my chest, expands. I can only describe this as joy. But it wasn’t dancing-in-the-streets stuff. It was deep, interior.
For months after we returned, talk about this episode would make me weep. And every time I tried to explain – even now – I would feel inadequate, like I was trying to put music into words, or trying to make a sculpture of the way something tastes.
Is this presence always there, everywhere, and I just can’t discern it because of the noise of life, and it took me being literally hollowed out, and taken far away from all my stories, far from humankind and technology, to feel it?
Or was it all just physiological? Synapses firing, proteins rushing, a dance of dopamine and serotonin, an inherited unquiet mind? Maybe. But I think not.
I don't suspect she needs my Shout-Out, but I'm still going to shout-out Cheryl Strayed's Dear Sugar newsletter, https://cherylstrayed.substack.com/ because she's such an amazing writer.
She's also a great teacher. I was lucky enough to attend a writing workshop with her at Kripalu recently. I screwed up my courage and introduced myself, because I'm a subscriber and a frequent commenter. She instantly recognized who I was and was so warm and supportive. When I got home from the trip I emailed her to offer her a comped subscription to my newsletter, not expecting to maybe get a response at all. Instead, she responded and signed herself up for a PAID subscription to my newsletter. What a tremendous dose of encouragement that was! So, you should follow her newsletter, not just because she's a great writer but because she's a great person.
Also, you should always comment substantively to other people's newsletters. You never know what might come of it.
I am writing a book that is one in a series and it draws all the characters from 9 previous novels so it has been fun going back and looking at my notes on previous work. To new writers I suggest to keep good notes as you write and always keep them because you never know when you can use them again.
I've had a Substack Newsletter for a while, Enter Only If Awake: www.jzaabbas.substack.com, with my writings on meditation and topics about life from a mindfulness perspective. Tons of free meditations since I did a challenge and drove some traffic from my other channels. I haven't had a chance to network much with other authors but I'm loving this thread so far, so many great recommendations!
I write Clicked, a newsletter sharing cool things about big tech, weird internet, good journalism, and whimsy.
From the latest news in big tech, what it means to be a creator, analysis on media platforms, odd yet fun parts of the internet, long form journalism, and original essays Clicked brings the best of the internet to you.
Hundreds already read (for free), you should too!
Hello everyone! I write essays on things that go on in my daily life, with some of them going over how this impacts me as an autistic woman, as well as book reviews of novels from the 70s and 80s for their 40th and 50th anniversaries.
One Substack I enjoy is The Novelleist, where Elle Griffin writes articles on the publishing industry and shares some of her own fiction writing.
https://ellegriffin.substack.com/
I just wanted to share an awesome Substack by Caitlin Dewey called Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends. It’s a great Substack with original writing and links to awesome stuff online. Love it! https://linksiwouldgchatyou.substack.com/
one of the readers has recently described deepculture :
"it's like Recomendo on steroids"
https://deepculture.substack.com
Having been a writer on substack now for over a year, I have found so many great authors out there who I love. That being said, I am a total sneaker head and think the kicks you wear by Mike Sykes is pretty amazing: https://kyw.substack.com/ He's funny, engaging, and always has the inside scoop of the sneaker world. As a policy guy, he is my guilty pleasure/escape!
Shoutout to Simon K. Jones, who is writing an awesome parallel worlds serial, Tales from the Triverse, with this awesome tagline:
A wizard punched a hole through three universes. This is what happened next.
He also publishes weekly missives on being a fiction author in the current age of indie publishing: https://simonkjones.substack.com/
Hi All!
I've only been on Substack a little over a month now and I'm close to 40 free subscribers, almost all just organically cultivated from just posting my work on Twitter. Have been reading this thread though, and I will probably send personal invites soon.
I write on topics related to rethinking patriarchy. My main goal is to help women find their authentic voice in order to also help liberate men and boys from patriarchy. As an Exvangelical, I write a lot about recovering from spiritual abuse and recovery in general, as well as taking a look at the Bible outside of a patriarchal lens. It takes on a whole new meaning, and it's all interrelated.
While I am always trying to support female writers, I have to admit I love Matthew Pierce's Hilarious "Evangelical Think Pieces" https://mpierce.substack.com
I'm also enjoying Life Is A Sacred Text by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg https://lifeisasacredtext.substack.com
I also just recently discovered My Blue Peninsula by Cait West and so far I am loving everything she writes. https://caitwest.substack.com
For those rethinking church, spirituality and patriarchy, hope you will join us on this journey!
Hi all! I write Story Cauldron, a place for fiction and articles about storytelling, storycauldron.substack.com; Unseen St. Louis, about St. Louis history, unseenstlouis.substack.com; and Fictionistas (with Geoffrey Golden), for Substack fiction writers, fictionistas.substack.com.
Today I want to highlight The Great Substack Story Challenge, in which 13 fiction authors join together to write one story, round-robin style. Our story kicked off in spectacular fashion with Arjun Agarwal, who wrote chapter one of "The Grisly Ghosts of Gruesome Time" on his Substack, https://arjunagarwal.substack.com/p/gssc01 followed by Mark Baker on his Substack, https://gmbaker.substack.com/p/gssc02
There will be plenty more coming up through the summer, so be sure to follow us all! https://fictionistas.substack.com/p/announcing-the-great-substack-story
I'm an indie author with a couple of books on Amazon (Headwind and Northern Cross), starting a blog on Substack, titled Socially Awkward, about my efforts in marketing and my venture into the world of social media.
Hi Everyone! I am an author who has written a book about the occult roots of feminism. I research and write about obscure and interesting history, especially how religious beliefs influenced social movements. I also do a lot of writing about intelligence agencies, conspiracies, and oddities you probably don't know about, but should! I've been on Tucker Carlson tonight and several popular web shows and I also do formal debates on YouTube. Nice to meet everyone and see what cool things you're all writing about :)
Hi Everyone,
Shoutout to all of the new writers, and everyone here to lend their support! I started my Substack a couple of months ago. I write about education issues. Have a look: https://rethinkingedu.substack.com
It's a spinoff of a podcast I started at the beginning of the pandemic. It's been fun, and I'm still challenging myself to write more consistently :-)
I'm hoping to get at least 2 subscribers lol....it's been a struggle. Check out my substack, entertheokeedoe.substack.com. Best of luck to everyone and much success in your writings and journey!!!!
Shoutout to Elizabeth Held who writes the “What To Read If” newsletter for people who love books and provides great advise for people just getting started on Substack. I’m new to Substack and currently in the process of revising my about section and trying to make a logo and just manage the basic visuals of the site. Here’s her “about”section advice if anyone reading this is in a similar spot and can use suggestions for a seasoned Substack writer with a large (over 5,000) following https://on.substack.com/p/how-to-polish-your-publications-about?s=r
I really enjoy my paid subscription to https://sophiestrand.substack.com/p/myth-and-mycelium-course-with-advaya?r=2cyn6&s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web