Let The Words Fall Out

Essays about my formerly dysfunctional life, the family I came from and how I recovered. It's funny, sometimes a bit dark, and very, very real.

This is a space for reflection and reckoning. It looks at the world and the self in the same breath, tracing how culture, power, politics, and personal experience collide to shape who we are. Each piece seeks clarity in the chaos, finding meaning

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.

A community for sharing our voices, listening to each other and reminding the world of the power of story

A Queer Middle-Aged Author Looking for Love, Meaning, and a Path Through Self-Publishing. Writing updates + personal musings and inspirations.

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

Come hang out with a pop-culture-obsessed, antiracist, lefty, OG Blerd who lives in Oakland, CA.

Open Secrets is a lit mag and community for memorable, revealing personal essays about all the subjects we're taught to keep "secret." Contact Editor Rachel Kramer Bussel at opensecretsmag at gmail.com

Recovery from anything that disconnects you from yourself — the beliefs, roles, and identities you inherited or adopted. Return to original wholeness.

Research Over MeSearch is educational rawness and cultural criticisms while keeping it unapologetically real. Education is Elevation come politic with me.

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.

A community of love, humor & Possibility. I was waiting for someone to give me proof of my life’s worthiness. F*ck that! YOU ARE YOUR OWN PROOF OF LIFE. Here you'll find poetry, art, guest essays, weird ramblings, offerings & OPEN ARMS.

Midlife, widowed mom to one tween boy. I write about some of the crazy sh*t grief made me do after my husband died from cancer in 2021.

I write an unapologetically optimistic pinch of poetry, seeds of spirituality, and a ration of recovery from mental health and substance use challenges. (Seasoned with humor and cooked up with love!) Enjoy!

A newsletter for adult daughters (and sons) of difficult mothers, by health journalist Joy Victory.

the writings and ramblings of a big messy heart

For authors and creative leaders who want to publish on Substack from their own intelligence — not borrowed formulas. Strategic guidance that integrates data, intuition and deep respect for how creative people actually work.

Podcasts & Essays from Nora McInerny.

Light it up is a newsletter about the evolving connection between living, making art, finding a spiritual center, and healing past traumas. It is about getting real with myself in facing my own shadows and doubts and other musings.

A newsletter about how to face life’s storms with clarity, courage, and hope.

"The Rhythm" is a piggy bank to hold my pennies. The phrase comes from Cool Runnings a movie I wrote thirty years ago.

Writing, prompts, and embodied truth-telling essays for reclaiming your voice, your story, and your sovereignty.

I was born in Flint, Michigan and raised on a dirt street by loving parents, two sisters and a lot of Green Giant in a can.

Thoughts from a late-in-life lesbian.

Welcome to the creative collaboration of NYT bestselling novelist Evelyn Skye & creativity coach and writer Joanna Phoenix, who share heartfelt insights on storytelling, ambition, and growth. JOIN US—for kindness, curiosity, and community.

Your gentle path to revolutionary growth. A community for sensitive idealists discovering what it means to be connected, authentic, and impactful.

Life unscripted.

Dedicated to practice, study and listening.

Letters for the wanderers in us all.

Mercury Stardust - known online as the Trans Handy Ma'am - is an educator, maintenance professional, and #1 New York Times bestselling author. Find her podcasts and updates here.

Developing a strong writing discipline.

I write about the moments that make up our extraordinary lives, especially related to creativity, relationships, sobriety, motherhood, grief and joy. I like hearing other's experiences too, so we can connect through a sense of our shared humanity

a space for honest conversation about the joys & challenges of being fully feeling humans. Helping us to love our stories by sharing a living practice based on self-love, deep connection, easy breath & easier laughter.

Never let them steal your joy!

For people who do language. Writing saved my life—so I teach writing as if it can save yours.

The James Beard Award-winning narrative journal about the intersection of sustenance, storytelling, and the creative spirit (and sometimes, a recipe).

A respite from the chaos of modern life. A campfire of wisdom, story, song, & timeless truths.

My personal Substack

Black, snarky, award-winning journalist, author, child advocate, college professional and unapologetic wig snatcher.

Zeteo is a new media organization that seeks to answer the questions that really matter, while always striving for the truth. Founded by Mehdi Hasan, Zeteo is a movement for media accountability, unfiltered news and bold opinions.

The Substack of Write Bloody president and author Derrick C. Brown for writer's tips: poetry, comedy, touring and screenwriting.

✨ a cosy online space for curious readers ✨ from Sunday Times Bestselling author Emma Gannon. Books, work, wellbeing & creativity. Top literature Substack globally. "One of Britain’s most prominent Substack writers" — The Times

Dispatches from one woman's life as a Western Muslim told through the lens of mental health, faith, and the multi-generational immigrant experience.

Break up 💔 with social media

Infusing empathy, wisdom, integrity and humor into universal challenges.

Write the Good Fight is a publication and a podcast for writers who believe the revolution begins on the page. Essays, interviews, and a podcast exploring craft, courage, and creative resistance led by the team at Rise Literary.

This is heart work

A newsletter for people seeking to transform life's interruptions into creative grist

Life happens. We get interrupted. When my husband died, grief opened my heart. Writing, like grieving, is an act of love. I got interrupted, but I didn't give up. Join me! A Substack Featured Publication.

Rewriting the cultural scripts that no longer serve us—from Alaska