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Recommended by Judith Lindbergh

Publishing Confidential

By Kathleen Schmidt

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

If you're an author or aspire to be, it's best to know the truth and be prepared!

- Judith Lindbergh

Create Me Free

By Kathryn Vercillo

Exploring how health and circumstance impact creativity and all of the resilience and adaptations people can and do make in order to keep on creating in the best way possible!

The Shit No One Tells You About Writing

By The Shit About Writing Team

A twice weekly newsletter chock-full of guidance and support from publishing industry insiders. Expect author interviews, guest blogs, giveaways, and more!

Classical Wisdom

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Minds. Each week we discuss philosophy, history, literature, and mythology to unlock the wisdom from the Classical world. Subscribe to our FREE newsletter and receive our Ebook, "How to be Happy" a Guide to Ethical Philosophy.

Because the ancient past is the foundation of the present--and the future.

- Judith Lindbergh

WISDOM & WORDS

By Darcey Gohring

A place for writers and their stories.

The Common Reader

By Henry Oliver

Nerdy literature newsletter. Helping you make the most of your reading.

Sub Club

Submission opportunities for creative and professional writers.

Kathy MacKay's Aesthetic Encounters: On Writing and the Arts

By Kathy MacKay's Aesthetic Encounters: On Writing & the Arts

Essays and stories about writing and works of art that I believe are worth sharing, whether deeply meaningful or happily whimsical.

Alice on Sunday

By Alice Elliott Dark

Dispatches about literature and life.

Sinister Malefactor of Panglossian Expectations

By Jane Friedman

Where Jane gets personal about her career choices and the challenges of being an advice giver in the writing and publishing community.

Unmapped Storylands with Elif Shafak

Stories, anecdotes, wise proverbs and foolish thoughts, literary musings, insights and conversations centred around my personal, unpublished notebooks

Stunning Sentences

By Nina Schuyler

Admiring, mooning over, loving, and learning to write stunning sentences

Because anyone who loves writing (or reading) will love Nina Schuyler's deep dive into the construction of the humble, noble sentence.

- Judith Lindbergh

Saturdays, Taking Stock

By Lisa Williamson Rosenberg

Reflections about writing and being, by this novel-writing psychotherapist, mom and former ballet dancer. Book news, book recs, and casual musings about the journey to publication.

Arts & Letters Daily

The best literary and arts writing on the internet

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.

Christina on the Margins

By Christina Baker Kline

Join my free newsletter for brief, occasional updates - insights, inspiration, and just enough news to keep you in the know

I absolutely love Christina! Her candor about the process of writing, embracing the unknown, and staying curious about your own creativity are inspiring. Follow her. And grab her latest novel or any of her older works. Brilliant!

- Judith Lindbergh

Martha Anne Toll's Newsletter

By Martha's Newsletter

An insider's view to all things books, classical music, Jewish culture, ballet, and social justice.

Story Club with George Saunders

A place to explore the way the short story works.

Because he is a generous, candid teacher as well as a brilliant author!

- Judith Lindbergh

Auraist. The best writers on Substack.

By Sean

Trusted by 70K+ readers, we pick the best-written books from US and UK new releases and prize shortlists, and publish articles by world-class authors on prose style and AI writing. Plus the satire The Demon Inside David Lynch.

The Tattooed Governess

By Caroline Donahue

Picking apart the seams of story and crafts. For those who can't seem to stop learning, hands always grasping a book when not making a mess with ink or fabric or yarn. The magical school you've always dreamed of.

The Jubilarian

By Pamela Redmond

How to be happy for the rest of your life

Ars Poetica

By ars poetica

you are not an unspectacular thing. love@arspoetica.com.au

Incidental Comics

By Grant Snider

Impossible thoughts and complicated feelings, illustrated. With bonus musings on how to live a creative life.

The Pause

By On Being

A monthly Saturday morning companion to all things On Being, with heads-up on new episodes, special offerings, event invitations, recommendations, and reflections from Krista all year round.