This week, we’re taking a break from Office Hours for the March edition of our monthly Shoutout Threads.
We host these 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. This thread is a chance for all of us to share what we’ve been reading and inspired by recently on Substack.
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.
Music Thread 🎵
Follow this link to our music-themed Shoutout Thread to share mentions of your favorite Substacks for and about music. Don’t forget to explain why you’re a fan of the publication you’re recommending.
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.
Hi. I've been exploring newsletters about aging. One I enjoy is https://oldster.substack.com/ which has great stories from all kinds of people about their experiences aging. I write my own newsletter about aging, with essay, memoir, video and science, called Stephen's People https://www.stephenspeople.com/ I believe in facing age, and accepting it, rather than running from it.
Hi folks! I'm behind Unruly Figures, a podcast about history's greatest rule-breakers. You can check it out here: http://unrulyfigures.substack.com
I want to shout out The Nomad Historian! Patrick is a Canadian writer covering history in both English and French which I think is so cool. He asks thought-provoking questions on his publication, like "Is religion inevitable?" and explores whether a polarized political landscape is the only future. It's really interesting! https://thenomadhistorian.substack.com/p/is-religion-inevitable-?s=r
It's a family-centered newsletter absolutely CHOCK FULL of ideas for family activities, menu planning, personal growth challenges, acts of thoughtfulness, book clubs. Hope is incredibly thoughtful and intentional and even though I've been a thoughtful and intentional parent myself for awhile now, I learn something from her in every issue.
Hello everyone! I write a nutrition newsletter focused on debunking toxic diet culture myths and helping readers understand the truth about food and health from a non-weight loss perspective. Just starting out—would love other newsletters to follow as well! https://forkful.substack.com/
After a long career as an investigative journalist for Reuters, writing for The Guardian and authoring two books, I'm giving Substack a spin. I write about the intersection of environmental and human health, and the many forces at work trying to hide uncomfortable facts from the public. I hope you'll check out UnSpun. I welcome feedback and story tips!! https://careygillam.substack.com
If you're at all interesting in the writing business or the publishing industry, particularly the YA and genre-type corners of it, be sure to follow Gwenda Bond's "Shaken & Stirred." Her analysis and anecdotes both are second to none. Start with her recent commentary on lessons to be drawn from the Brandon Sanderson Kickstarter.
I love deep knowledge combined with the authentically personal. Today, here's to Substacks on food and, of course, history. I wish I could shout out more at once, but for now . . .
And now history, with a big shout to Substackers doing the legwork to craft authentic local stories:
Sarah Strickler writes about her remarkable grandfather, who loved trees and the people of Chicago who sought his advice in Bulletin of Remarkable Trees
I write weekly wisdom and motivation to make you mentally stronger and accomplish your goals. Just had my one year anniversary issue where I talk about how I grew to thousands of subscribers and what I learned. All writers need to see this and if you like it, subscribe. https://youtopianjourney.substack.com/
What do I read? I personally enjoy The Diff Newsletter as it provides depth and detail on industries and companies that one can rarely find outside of a mainstream magazine. https://www.thediff.co/
I'm Dia and I write Broke But Moisturized, which I jokingly describe as "dispatch from the center of the psycho/sexy Venn diagram." Personal accounts of love, grief, drugs, insecurity, and anything that qualifies as culture for the online millennial. https://brokebutmoisturized.substack.com/
Lately, I've been loving Chevanne from The Flare: https://theflare.substack.com/. She writes a mix of poetry, flash fiction, and personal essay. Her use of language is buttery smooth and always helps me reserve a moment of my day for beauty.
I want to shoutout the team behind Substack Go--what a great learning experience! It was a really good use of time. I also want to shoutout Didion 6, a group of parenting-focused writers. They're a talented group of writers, and even more importantly, a great group of humans.
Hi everyone, I write about food and culture covering cultural appropriation, why food isn’t woke etc. I also have a paid 101 on Indian cooking: https://morethancurry.substack.com/
I write Hot Perspective & Validation and cover a range of topics: from sex and relationships, to art and personal essays. I'm an actress-artist with a background in comedy writing, and new to Substack!
I also want to shoutout Tania Rabesandratana, who writes Why Would Anyone, which is a newsletter exploring intrinsic motivation, and why we do the things we do: https://tania.substack.com/
Hi everyone! I write a newsletter each week about virtual influencers (aka CGI characters with massive social media followings) and how they intersect with advertising, web3, the metaverse, and much more! Follow along if you're interesting in any of those subjects and drop a recommendation below for any similar newsletters I should follow :)
Collaborated with a great group in Substack Go and want to recognize the awesome work those folks are doing. We all write something along the lines of cultural commentary (I would say my stack is more in the vein of personal essays and introspection https://kateraphael.substack.com/ )
Joe Mayall writes really thoughtful takes on socialist policy, and recently explained the difference between Market Societies and Societies with Markets, a distinction I would never have untangled independently: https://joewrote.substack.com/p/market-societies-vs-societies-with?s=r
Edward Wojciechowski writes The Third, musings on three topics every other week ranging from lentils to Eurovision. It's fresh and fun to read and often makes me chuckle. https://thethird.substack.com/
Hey Everyone! I'm a cookbook author who's making the transition to substack, and I'm loving being able to do more multimedia here than if I just put out a book! Focus is real food, no sugars, no grains. Posting the world's best pot roast recipe in about an hour here... https://annavocino.substack.com Thanks, Fam!
Hey team, I run a Career Advice newsletter called The Jolt. We’re (anonymous) working senior executives who pool real world career advice - the sort of stuff your boss or HR never teaches you - on how to get promoted, make a career change, deliver presentations, build a business case, how to handle negative feedback etc. Would love any feedback!
When I first started looking into the power of paid newsletters, I wasn't in a position to get started with my own - so I got chatting with my super-talented friend Britany & told her about Substack, and she fell in love with the idea so much that she started her own, aimed at freelance writers. It's brilliant, it's useful, and it's from the heart. It might be just what your writing needs. (Seeing her go and do such a brilliant job of it, and build a highly engaged audience with a solid core of paying subscribers, was a lot of the encouragement I needed to pursue mine.)
And I'll also recommend my friend Doug's *superbly* written Substack on snacks:
I love Elizabeth Aquino's Substack "Elizabeth Aquino." She writes short entries that read like tight prose-poems almost always with a turn in perception that opens my mind somewhere in there. She writes of her daughter's illness and poetry and of many, many books: https://elizabethaquino.substack.com
I write Snack and Destroy, a newsletter about snacks and music. There's a free version if you want to check it out! Must love snacks, must love rock 'n' roll. https://snackanddestroy.substack.com.
I just launched my March Madness bracket and invited readers to help choose the best food song of all time!
I want to shout out Snack Stack, another snack-related newsletter. It's most about the history of snacks and it's super fascinating and well-reported and one of the recent installments is all about those strawberry bon bon candies wrapped in the strawberry-looking foil. You know the ones. It starts out about candy and then ENDS IN MURDER!?!? I love it, check it out: https://www.snackstack.net/
Finally, if you've followed the drama RE "The Last Psychiatrist" re-emerging from who-knows-where...
...and publishing the book "Sadly, Porn"...
Post 1 in RC's sequence is a very meta, high-level intro to his review of the book.
Has potential usefulness for relationships, and also, a kind of... gratifyingly-scathing review of a book that is... actually written in a really obnoxious, patronizing tone, and goes some really obscure places:
Shoutout to ALL the Substack writers! I’ve created a Substack series profiling writers behind the scenes, so if you’re interested in having your Substack (and other writing) featured, please send me an email at Christine (at) ChristineWolf [dot] com. Here’s a link to the series, Writers On Writing: https://christinewolf.substack.com/s/writers-on-writing
Writers will find a lot of value from what’s published there.
My own newsletter is about writing, travel, and literature. I’ve made some adjustments to the format recently and I am curious to hear any feedback or thoughts:
Hi Substackers! I’m a psychologist turned homeschool mom, I write about education and children. Would love your feedback. Looking forward to discovering your writing!
Would love some engagement with fiction substack. Just about smashed through 200 subs today so I’m growing with a bi-weekly publication of short stories! Also keen to meet other fiction writers!
Hi all! I write thotfulness, gratitude, and astrology, a newsletter about personal growth, astrology, and a space to share gratitude! Its meant to be an uplifting and self-reflective space that helps others consider how they can be their most authentic selves ❤️
He sends out interactive fiction adventures that are really fun.
And shoutout to comics writer JL Johnson Jr. who just joined Substack yesterday. He's writing an epic fantasy comic called Ennead: The Rule of Nine that is launching its first trade later this month on Kickstarter and will be publishing the comic digitally on Substack in the future: https://enneadcomic.substack.com/
As for me, I'm serializing my urban fantasy novels weekly and will start a separate comics section where I'll be writing about creating my first comic.
I was so inspired by George Saunders Story Club that I started my own substack.
I've learned so much from one of my main writing heroes. His Story Club is a continuation of his Syracuse class, and what he began with A Swim in a Pond in the Rain.
Highly highly recommend this one. Posts 2x a week.
My favorites are two vastly different people - samantha irby with bitches gotta eat, who was recommended by a friend of mine and Ramona Grigg with Writer Everlasting and Constant Commoner, whose political writing I've been reading for years on Medium. I love them because they're both irreverent and say what they think, but they tackle such different subject matter in such different voices - there's something for everyone. :)
I'm not sure how to hyperlink in this thread, but a search for any of these publications will lead you to very good places.
Discontents https://discontents.substack.com/ is a collective of lefty writers and podcasters on substack who publish a weekly digest of all of our work plus rotating original pieces.
As always, I'm reading Broke But Moisturized by my lovely friend, Dia, who unabashedly addresses all things orbiting around our contemporary lifestyles, relationships to love, and vanities.
Recently, however, I got into Lora Mathis's newsletter, fun times in a human body, and fell in love scouring her posts for a few hours. A student of the world, her writing is honest and curious, and expresses itself in diverse forms.
And as always, when in doubt, you simply must navigate over to PIG. My personal and unforgiving newsletter where I diagnose all things contemporary. Instagram influencers, gay/straight love affairs, and my inherent desire to poeticize the meaningless.
I too would like to give a shoutout to my Substack Go crew! They were all so inspiring and helpful along my writing journey. Check out there newsletters here:
Shoutout to Poetry Trapper Keeper - this is not the poetry anyone had to read in school (although we should have). It's a weekly tennis match of poems between two writers on different continents who have a shared knack for crafting a MAJOR VIBE. 💅 Political, pop-culture-laden, funny, agonizing, sharp, and smart. https://poetrytrapperkeeper.substack.com/
I look sideways at culture over on my substack, Questions to Ask. New essay is scheduled for tomorrow about Mitski, Alicja Kwade, Billie Eilish, and the legibility of self. https://stephanietaralson.substack.com/
How did you find your favorite Substack? In general, how do you discover new Substacks?
I want to shoutout to my Substack Go crew.
Leftovers: https://lachrista.substack.com
Found Poems: https://foundpoems.substack.com/
Write with Wild Abandon: https://www.towritewithwildabandon.com
Animal Eats: https://theanimaleats.substack.com/
Hello Universe: https://hellouniverse.substack.com/
Eighty Four: https://eightyfour.substack.com
Private Market: https://peggyvandeplassche.substack.com/
Shoutout to Street Sense—a Chicago-focused publication that covers homelessness with no holds barred.
https://streetsense.substack.com
I'm the editor of Speak Up, a different publication, which is mostly written by people on the streets and voiceless.
We operate in the same general domain (homelessness) as Street Sense, and it is refreshing to read their work and incisive approach.
They really excel in reporting, profiles, and interviews. Excellent stuff! Highly worth your time and money.
Hi. I've been exploring newsletters about aging. One I enjoy is https://oldster.substack.com/ which has great stories from all kinds of people about their experiences aging. I write my own newsletter about aging, with essay, memoir, video and science, called Stephen's People https://www.stephenspeople.com/ I believe in facing age, and accepting it, rather than running from it.
Hi folks! I'm behind Unruly Figures, a podcast about history's greatest rule-breakers. You can check it out here: http://unrulyfigures.substack.com
I want to shout out The Nomad Historian! Patrick is a Canadian writer covering history in both English and French which I think is so cool. He asks thought-provoking questions on his publication, like "Is religion inevitable?" and explores whether a polarized political landscape is the only future. It's really interesting! https://thenomadhistorian.substack.com/p/is-religion-inevitable-?s=r
I want to shoutout Hope (and her family) from Family Scripts: https://familyscripts.substack.com/
It's a family-centered newsletter absolutely CHOCK FULL of ideas for family activities, menu planning, personal growth challenges, acts of thoughtfulness, book clubs. Hope is incredibly thoughtful and intentional and even though I've been a thoughtful and intentional parent myself for awhile now, I learn something from her in every issue.
Shoutout thread is my favorite day of the month! Thank you for participating and shining a spotlight on your fellow writers.
We will be back next week with Office Hours as usual. For next month's shoutout thread we've got something special up our sleeve...stay tuned!
Happy reading,
Katie + Rose + Bailey + Kelsa + Jasmine + Annie + Andrew + Stephenie
Would love some peeps to feedback and comment on my substack below! It’s about mental health in ancient civilisations! ❤️ this writers community!
https://ancientmadness.substack.com/about
Hello everyone! I write a nutrition newsletter focused on debunking toxic diet culture myths and helping readers understand the truth about food and health from a non-weight loss perspective. Just starting out—would love other newsletters to follow as well! https://forkful.substack.com/
After a long career as an investigative journalist for Reuters, writing for The Guardian and authoring two books, I'm giving Substack a spin. I write about the intersection of environmental and human health, and the many forces at work trying to hide uncomfortable facts from the public. I hope you'll check out UnSpun. I welcome feedback and story tips!! https://careygillam.substack.com
If you're at all interesting in the writing business or the publishing industry, particularly the YA and genre-type corners of it, be sure to follow Gwenda Bond's "Shaken & Stirred." Her analysis and anecdotes both are second to none. Start with her recent commentary on lessons to be drawn from the Brandon Sanderson Kickstarter.
https://gwendabond.substack.com/
I love deep knowledge combined with the authentically personal. Today, here's to Substacks on food and, of course, history. I wish I could shout out more at once, but for now . . .
First, food:
The wonderful Ruth and her colorful variety, people, travel. recipes at Ruth Talks Food https://ruthtalksfood.substack.com/
Jolene's 1920s kitchen as well as Jolene herself (no Dolly jokes, please) are the stars of Time Travel Kitchen:
https://timetravelkitchen.substack.com/
And now history, with a big shout to Substackers doing the legwork to craft authentic local stories:
Sarah Strickler writes about her remarkable grandfather, who loved trees and the people of Chicago who sought his advice in Bulletin of Remarkable Trees
https://bulletinofremarkabletrees.substack.com/about
Jackie Dana writes at Unseen St. Louis about St. Louis, her city, with a clear eye to what makes it important to all of America:
https://unseenstlouis.substack.com/
I write weekly wisdom and motivation to make you mentally stronger and accomplish your goals. Just had my one year anniversary issue where I talk about how I grew to thousands of subscribers and what I learned. All writers need to see this and if you like it, subscribe. https://youtopianjourney.substack.com/
What do I read? I personally enjoy The Diff Newsletter as it provides depth and detail on industries and companies that one can rarely find outside of a mainstream magazine. https://www.thediff.co/
I'm Dia and I write Broke But Moisturized, which I jokingly describe as "dispatch from the center of the psycho/sexy Venn diagram." Personal accounts of love, grief, drugs, insecurity, and anything that qualifies as culture for the online millennial. https://brokebutmoisturized.substack.com/
Lately, I've been loving Chevanne from The Flare: https://theflare.substack.com/. She writes a mix of poetry, flash fiction, and personal essay. Her use of language is buttery smooth and always helps me reserve a moment of my day for beauty.
I want to shoutout the team behind Substack Go--what a great learning experience! It was a really good use of time. I also want to shoutout Didion 6, a group of parenting-focused writers. They're a talented group of writers, and even more importantly, a great group of humans.
Can We Read: https://canweread.substack.com
Family Scripts: https://familyscripts.substack.com
Why Would Anyone: https://tania.substack.com
Our Reality Show: https://glenncook.substack.com
Caitlin's Chats: https://caitlinhmallery.substack.com
For the Love of Words: https://oliviamardwig.substack.com
Hi everyone, I write about food and culture covering cultural appropriation, why food isn’t woke etc. I also have a paid 101 on Indian cooking: https://morethancurry.substack.com/
I write Hot Perspective & Validation and cover a range of topics: from sex and relationships, to art and personal essays. I'm an actress-artist with a background in comedy writing, and new to Substack!
https://ihavehpv.substack.com
<3
I also want to shoutout Tania Rabesandratana, who writes Why Would Anyone, which is a newsletter exploring intrinsic motivation, and why we do the things we do: https://tania.substack.com/
It's always a great, useful read!
Hi everyone! I write a newsletter each week about virtual influencers (aka CGI characters with massive social media followings) and how they intersect with advertising, web3, the metaverse, and much more! Follow along if you're interesting in any of those subjects and drop a recommendation below for any similar newsletters I should follow :)
Hi all! My newsletter is dutch 🇳🇱 and I make people better investors. Feel free to join. Most content is free.
https://rilind.substack.com
What’s up Substack!
1. Progress continues to escalate.
2. The free 7 day trial works to secure paid subscribers.
3. Looking to crack the top 10 in climate this month.
Cheers to all!
Collaborated with a great group in Substack Go and want to recognize the awesome work those folks are doing. We all write something along the lines of cultural commentary (I would say my stack is more in the vein of personal essays and introspection https://kateraphael.substack.com/ )
Joe Mayall writes really thoughtful takes on socialist policy, and recently explained the difference between Market Societies and Societies with Markets, a distinction I would never have untangled independently: https://joewrote.substack.com/p/market-societies-vs-societies-with?s=r
Edward Wojciechowski writes The Third, musings on three topics every other week ranging from lentils to Eurovision. It's fresh and fun to read and often makes me chuckle. https://thethird.substack.com/
Hey Everyone! I'm a cookbook author who's making the transition to substack, and I'm loving being able to do more multimedia here than if I just put out a book! Focus is real food, no sugars, no grains. Posting the world's best pot roast recipe in about an hour here... https://annavocino.substack.com Thanks, Fam!
Hey team, I run a Career Advice newsletter called The Jolt. We’re (anonymous) working senior executives who pool real world career advice - the sort of stuff your boss or HR never teaches you - on how to get promoted, make a career change, deliver presentations, build a business case, how to handle negative feedback etc. Would love any feedback!
thejolt.substack.com
Hello. I'm Mike, and - *thank you* Substack for interviewing me a few days ago....
OK. I'm going to break the rules wildly and recommend 3 people. (Sorry, Substack!) Here's my first pick:
https://onemorequestion.substack.com
When I first started looking into the power of paid newsletters, I wasn't in a position to get started with my own - so I got chatting with my super-talented friend Britany & told her about Substack, and she fell in love with the idea so much that she started her own, aimed at freelance writers. It's brilliant, it's useful, and it's from the heart. It might be just what your writing needs. (Seeing her go and do such a brilliant job of it, and build a highly engaged audience with a solid core of paying subscribers, was a lot of the encouragement I needed to pursue mine.)
And I'll also recommend my friend Doug's *superbly* written Substack on snacks:
https://www.snackstack.net
(Doug's a travel writer & author and really knows how to spin a yarn, including on Twitter with some fascinating threads. One to learn from!)
...and also the newsletter of my madly interesting, madly interested friend Jodi:
https://jodiettenberg.substack.com/
(Jodi's story was just covered in a major piece at CNN: https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/jodi-ettenberg-legal-nomads-csf-leaks-wellness-cmd/index.html)
Ta.
My wife has just started a beautiful substack on creativity and mindfulness!
https://georgiestclair.substack.com/
Worth a shoutout, so I’m no longer her only audience! :)
I love Elizabeth Aquino's Substack "Elizabeth Aquino." She writes short entries that read like tight prose-poems almost always with a turn in perception that opens my mind somewhere in there. She writes of her daughter's illness and poetry and of many, many books: https://elizabethaquino.substack.com
Hi, friends!
I write Snack and Destroy, a newsletter about snacks and music. There's a free version if you want to check it out! Must love snacks, must love rock 'n' roll. https://snackanddestroy.substack.com.
I just launched my March Madness bracket and invited readers to help choose the best food song of all time!
I want to shout out Snack Stack, another snack-related newsletter. It's most about the history of snacks and it's super fascinating and well-reported and one of the recent installments is all about those strawberry bon bon candies wrapped in the strawberry-looking foil. You know the ones. It starts out about candy and then ENDS IN MURDER!?!? I love it, check it out: https://www.snackstack.net/
Heyyy! Lots of y'all are writers, so here's a post that's very useful for thinking about writing.
https://www.residentcontrarian.com/p/on-the-exciting-subject-of-earwax?s=r
This shoutout goes to Resident Contrarian, who:
1. is one of my favorite people to argue with on the internet RN.
2. says "the thing that a piece of writing claims to be about is often not the thing it's really about."
This one is in his "wheelhouse"! :)
https://www.residentcontrarian.com/p/on-the-art-of-joke-telling-and-writing?s=r
This one is about the obsessive skill-practice that you can't put down:
https://www.residentcontrarian.com/p/on-unbeatable-video-games?s=r
Finally, if you've followed the drama RE "The Last Psychiatrist" re-emerging from who-knows-where...
...and publishing the book "Sadly, Porn"...
Post 1 in RC's sequence is a very meta, high-level intro to his review of the book.
Has potential usefulness for relationships, and also, a kind of... gratifyingly-scathing review of a book that is... actually written in a really obnoxious, patronizing tone, and goes some really obscure places:
https://www.residentcontrarian.com/p/an-article-about-a-book-about-pornography?s=r
Shouting out Michael Estrin who gives me a solid laugh and something to think about every week: https://michaelestrin.substack.com
Shoutout to ALL the Substack writers! I’ve created a Substack series profiling writers behind the scenes, so if you’re interested in having your Substack (and other writing) featured, please send me an email at Christine (at) ChristineWolf [dot] com. Here’s a link to the series, Writers On Writing: https://christinewolf.substack.com/s/writers-on-writing
This time I will shoutout Fiction by Bill Alder. Bill consistently publishes entertaining short stories. Lots of fun.
https://billadler.substack.com
Hey all -- I recently took part in Substack Go. Lots of great info! Not least of all, it led me to some great Substacks!
Leftovers: https://lachrista.substack.com
Found Poems: https://foundpoems.substack.com/
Goodwin Reads: https://goodwinreads.com/
Animal Eats: https://theanimaleats.substack.com/
Hello Universe: https://hellouniverse.substack.com/
Eighty Four: https://eightyfour.substack.com
Private Market: https://peggyvandeplassche.substack.com/
I'm so glad I could connect with these other great Substack writers.
~Graham
I definitely want to recommend The Commonplace by Thomas J Bevan: https://thomasjbevan.substack.com/
Writers will find a lot of value from what’s published there.
My own newsletter is about writing, travel, and literature. I’ve made some adjustments to the format recently and I am curious to hear any feedback or thoughts:
https://charlesschifano.substack.com/
I’m loving Emily for President for her humorous and informative take on politics https://emilysharp.substack.com/p/from-the-deep-of-my-heart?s=r
(I’m writing a lot about friendship and most recently about how possibly we should let the childhood dream die 😅 https://catecstern.substack.com/p/let-the-dream-die?s=w )
Hi Substackers! I’m a psychologist turned homeschool mom, I write about education and children. Would love your feedback. Looking forward to discovering your writing!
Would love some engagement with fiction substack. Just about smashed through 200 subs today so I’m growing with a bi-weekly publication of short stories! Also keen to meet other fiction writers!
Hi all! I write thotfulness, gratitude, and astrology, a newsletter about personal growth, astrology, and a space to share gratitude! Its meant to be an uplifting and self-reflective space that helps others consider how they can be their most authentic selves ❤️
Recently I’ve really been enjoying astrology for writers: https://jeannakadlec.substack.com/
Hello everyone! I write a weekly newsletter about battery technology, their importance, and how they fit into the macro energy sphere .
https://betterbatteries.substack.com/
Lithium ion and future batteries are more important in our lives than we may realize!
I'm enjoying Geoffrey Golden's Adventure Snack: https://adventuresnack.substack.com/
He sends out interactive fiction adventures that are really fun.
And shoutout to comics writer JL Johnson Jr. who just joined Substack yesterday. He's writing an epic fantasy comic called Ennead: The Rule of Nine that is launching its first trade later this month on Kickstarter and will be publishing the comic digitally on Substack in the future: https://enneadcomic.substack.com/
As for me, I'm serializing my urban fantasy novels weekly and will start a separate comics section where I'll be writing about creating my first comic.
I was so inspired by George Saunders Story Club that I started my own substack.
I've learned so much from one of my main writing heroes. His Story Club is a continuation of his Syracuse class, and what he began with A Swim in a Pond in the Rain.
Highly highly recommend this one. Posts 2x a week.
https://georgesaunders.substack.com
My favorites are two vastly different people - samantha irby with bitches gotta eat, who was recommended by a friend of mine and Ramona Grigg with Writer Everlasting and Constant Commoner, whose political writing I've been reading for years on Medium. I love them because they're both irreverent and say what they think, but they tackle such different subject matter in such different voices - there's something for everyone. :)
I'm not sure how to hyperlink in this thread, but a search for any of these publications will lead you to very good places.
Discontents https://discontents.substack.com/ is a collective of lefty writers and podcasters on substack who publish a weekly digest of all of our work plus rotating original pieces.
It includes:
Foreign Exchanges https://fx.substack.com by Derek Davison
Discourse Blog https://www.discourseblog.com/
Read Max https://maxread.substack.com/ by Max Read
Welcome to Hell World https://luke.substack.com/ by me
The AP https://theap.substack.com/ by Alex Pareene
Forever Wars https://foreverwars.substack.com/ by Spencer Ackerman
BORDER/LINES https://borderlines.substack.com/ by Gaby Del Valle and Felipe De La Hoz
Heated https://heated.world/ by Emily Atkin
Trashberg https://www.trashberg.com/ by Ashley Feinberg
Sick Note https://www.sicknote.co/ Libby Watson
The Flashpoint https://eoinhiggins.substack.com/ by Eoin Higgins.
Perspectives https://patrickwyman.substack.com/ by Patrick Wyman
Wars of Future Past https://athertonkd.substack.com/ by Kelsey Atherton
The Insurgents -https://theinsurgents.substack.com/ from Rob Rosseau and Jordan Uhl
Air Gordon https://jeremygordon.substack.com/ by Jeremy Gordon
Cruel and Unusual https://cruelandusual.substack.com/ by Shane Ferro
All Cops Are Posters https://acap.substack.com/ by Katie Way
I love The FLARE! Check it out for great fiction https://theflare.substack.com
Hi, friends!
As always, I'm reading Broke But Moisturized by my lovely friend, Dia, who unabashedly addresses all things orbiting around our contemporary lifestyles, relationships to love, and vanities.
https://brokebutmoisturized.substack.com/
Recently, however, I got into Lora Mathis's newsletter, fun times in a human body, and fell in love scouring her posts for a few hours. A student of the world, her writing is honest and curious, and expresses itself in diverse forms.
https://lora.substack.com/
And as always, when in doubt, you simply must navigate over to PIG. My personal and unforgiving newsletter where I diagnose all things contemporary. Instagram influencers, gay/straight love affairs, and my inherent desire to poeticize the meaningless.
https://pigonline.substack.com/
Love you all <3
I too would like to give a shoutout to my Substack Go crew! They were all so inspiring and helpful along my writing journey. Check out there newsletters here:
Next. Up. by Danny - He is an amazing writer and generous with his time and network. https://dannygroner.substack.com
Deplatformable Newsletter by Paul - He has the best hacks for substack and helped make my publication look a million times better.
https://pau1.substack.com
Though Shot by Roselin - She writes thoughtful, quick reads on leadership and is even working on an e-book.
https://thoughtshot.substack.com
Shouting out Val from Val Thinks for her witty, creative, always-interesting thought pieces! https://valthinks.substack.com/
Hi! I'm really enjoying Tatiana Gallardo's Brazen Face (https://brazenface.substack.com/), as well as Mike Sowden's Everything is Amazing (https://everythingisamazing.substack.com/). And for anyone curious*, mine is https://israels.substack.com/.
*it's a inside joke/pun since my newsletter is called Constantly Curious :)
some Substacks I love:
George Saunders: https://georgesaunders.substack.com/
Edith Zimmerman: https://drawinglinks.substack.com/
Chris Duffy: https://chrisduffy.substack.com/
Jasmin Singer: https://jasminsinger.substack.com/
enjoy!
Shoutout to Poetry Trapper Keeper - this is not the poetry anyone had to read in school (although we should have). It's a weekly tennis match of poems between two writers on different continents who have a shared knack for crafting a MAJOR VIBE. 💅 Political, pop-culture-laden, funny, agonizing, sharp, and smart. https://poetrytrapperkeeper.substack.com/
I look sideways at culture over on my substack, Questions to Ask. New essay is scheduled for tomorrow about Mitski, Alicja Kwade, Billie Eilish, and the legibility of self. https://stephanietaralson.substack.com/