Summer Tastes Like Lightning

The business of entertainment

Opening the future by understanding the past.

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A place for the outlaws of poetry and the written word.

Researcher to Elmore Leonard for 32.5 years, I’m sharing exclusive material, insights, and corrections during his Centennial—plus a memoir-in-progress, I’d Kill to Have Your Job.

Writing is hard, but it makes more sense than everything else. Let's talk about it.

Conform, go crazy, or become an artist. Finally, a place to share my musings, poetry, lyrics, literature and songs, and connect with fellow artists and fans.

Great available IP for Hollywood. I do the reading for you

Former CIA officer, Russia specialist currently an investigator, taking a deeper look at things that matter.

Trusted by 50K+ 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.

News of, by, and for Elbertians

Writing from an outpost at the end of the road.

Lessons learned in scaling $20b worth of B2B software companies

In-depth national security reporting

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Official Substack of Killing Eve creator Luke Jennings. Subscribers get weekly instalments of new Killing Eve adventures. Paid subscribers get exclusive access to bonus and behind-the-scenes material.

All things thriller and mystery!

Stories from the otherworld, magical, mythological and the frighteningly familiar.

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Seeker

I believe supporting books and authors is a form of activism and have devoted my career to that cause, as an editor, writer, publicist, and former director of Oprah’s Book Club.

More Carrots, Less Sticks

Miami, literary criticism, sports, and random cultural commentary.

The newsletter of author and screenwriter Jordan Harper