Substacks recommended by Jenny Shank

Recommended by Jenny Shank

Turning Writers into Authors

By Oliver Evensen

I’m Oliver, your Writing Mentor, and I'm here to help you finish your novels and become an author!

Hillary Leftwich's Substack Site

By HILLARY LEFTWICH

My personal Substack

Sub Club

Submission opportunities for creative and professional writers delivered to your inbox weekly.

Bookish

By Christine Sneed

Books & book-adjacent topics, taking the long view, the writing life, and related resources. Posts every 5-6 days.

Christine Sneed is a generous and prolific fiction writer who offers her valuable perspective on writing and the publishing industry.

- Jenny Shank

Notes from the Journey Westward

By Joe Wilkins

A novelist, essayist, and poet, I write about landscape, loss, class, family, memory, and the American West. I try to interrogate notions of masculinity and am always paying attention to rural spaces and the rural/urban divide.

The Word Cave

By Lilly Dancyger

Short essays and missives about writing, reading, and art from Lilly Dancyger, author of First Love and Negative Space. Plus occasional writing course listings.

Paul’s Newsletter

By Paul Crenshaw

Essays, spec-fic, writing

The 7am Novelist

By Michelle Hoover

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.

Michelle Hoover's wonderful podcast offers tips from writers in the trenches about how to accomplish building suspense, writing a first draft, revising and more.

- Jenny Shank

Washington Review of Books

Becoming literate is a lifelong task, but it shouldn’t take your entire day.

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).

Courtney Maum has terrific advice on navigating the world of publishing and writing.

- Jenny Shank

CultureWag

By JD Heyman

Culture: High, Middle, and Deliciously Low!

Counter Craft

By Lincoln Michel

fiction craft, publishing demystification, weird books

Lincoln Michel shares thoughtful essays about the craft of writing and the business of publishing.

- Jenny Shank

Lit Mag News

By Becky Tuch

Latest News in Lit Mag Publishing

Becky Tuch is a vital source for everything you want to know about lit mags: what they're looking for, which ones are shady, and how to submit.

- Jenny Shank

No Failure, Only Practice

By Matt Bell

Fiction writing exercises, craft essays, and reading recommendations from Matt Bell, author of APPLESEED and REFUSE TO BE DONE. Publishes monthly.

Matt Bell is THE revision guru. Plus a great fiction writer and teacher.

- Jenny Shank

Entertainment, Weakly

By Patrick Nathan

Essays and letters against feeling absolutely hopeless about entertainment, culture, and politics, and the way art touches all of them.

Hidden Brain

By Shankar Vedantam

News from Hidden Brain about ideas, events and community

The Practicing Writer 2.0: A Newsletter from Erika Dreifus

By Erika Dreifus/The Practicing Writer Newsletter

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

Erika Dreifus has been helping writers find homes for their manuscripts for two decades! Follow The Practicing Writer for great tips.

- Jenny Shank

The Tumbleweed

Recommended by Jenny Shank