Substacks recommended by Victoria Waddle

Recommended by Victoria Waddle

STRONGWILLED

By Krispin Mayfield

Reclaiming autonomy and exploring the long-terms impacts of religious authoritarian parenting.

The Forever Workshop

New writing workshops from experienced instructors every month. Forever.

Helpful for writers working to find their readers.

- Victoria Waddle

Books are my Love Language

By Kelly Turner

Unmitigated gushing about (mostly) contemporary fiction. Sometimes memoir. Sometimes nonfiction. Preference for scrappy narrators.

State of Wonder

By Constance Ford

A newsletter about visions, transformation, and writing. Currently, I'm focused on writing a serialized memoir about my former life as an Evangelical.

In looking to women fighting back against patriarchy, ex-evangelicals shouldn’t be missed. State of Wonder recounts Ford’s late-blooming coming of age—and it’s wonderful that she shares it with us!

- Victoria Waddle

100 Rejections Club

By Erin Michaela Sweeney

The more rejections you stack up, the greater the likelihood that your work will be accepted. Let's embrace rejection together!

Let’s get our work out there and form community as we do!

- Victoria Waddle

Everything Is An Emergency

By Bess Stillman

I'm Bess Stillman: ER doctor, writer, recent widow to Jake Seliger, who died of SCC of the tongue, and soon-to-be Mom to Athena. I write about the challenges of being corporeal. Here you'll find essays on life, death, cancer, love, health & healthcare.

Adventures in Writing

By Allison K Williams

An intermittent postcard about travel, writing and wonder.

Apocrypha

By M. E. Rothwell

Writings of uncertain authenticity.

Well Sourced from Kelly Jensen

By kelly jensen

Everything books, feminism, mental health, culture, yoga, and more, with wit, sarcasm, and intellection (& of course, it's always well sourced!)

SubMakk

By Rebecca Makkai

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

Before and After the Book Deal

By Courtney Maum

Real talk about the writing + publishing industry from an author who doesn’t want you to feel confused, bewildered, or alone. Plus: craft tips, reading recommendations, writing support + solidarity (unless you are a jerk to people in the comments).

Story Club with George Saunders

A place to explore the way the short story works.

Oldster Magazine

By Sari Botton

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

Publishing Confidential

By Kathleen Schmidt

News and analysis about the book publishing industry that you won't read anywhere else.

Austin Kleon

Weekly art, writing, and creative inspiration from the author of Steal Like an Artist and other bestsellers.

Life With Riley

By Mary Camarillo

I write about life in Southern California with a 15 pound Flame Point Siamese guard cat and a ukulele strumming husband.

Great Books + Great Minds

By Diamond-Michael Scott

Great Books, Great Minds is a member-supported digital community with a mission of “Igniting a New World of Community, Connection, and Conversation, One Book at a Time

Memoir Land

By Memoir Monday

Four verticals edited by Sari Botton: MEMOIR MONDAY, collab w/ Granta, Narratively, The Rumpus, Orion, The Walrus, Electric Lit, LitHub, Oldster; FIRST PERSON SINGULAR original essays; THE LIT LAB interviews + craft; GOODBYE TO ALL THAT, NYC stories.

Men Yell at Me

By lyz

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

Agents and Books

By Kate McKean

The FAQ on how to find an agent and how to write books, all in one place.

Be a Cactus

Recommended by Victoria Waddle