Summer of Men

I write about life and the storms we survive.

36 y/o MILF navigating single life: unfiltered. Shedding my vanilla skin & diving into the world of kink. NSFW confessions, steamy hookups, TMI moments + reflections. Best part? Raw, uncut sex & dating advice from your sassy Big Sis 💁🏻‍♀️

Books, Movies, Mischief, Ask the Writer

A newsletter and podcast (and support group!) for scrappy writers looking for no-bullsh*t guidance on book writing, publishing, the multi-passionate writer's life, and landing your next (or first) big byline.

Writing about motherhood, midlife, writing, culture, belonging and belongings, from freelance writer and edditor of Open Secrets Magazine Rachel Kramer Bussel.

How to find your voice, become a better storyteller, get published.

Welcome to Let's Talk Memoir where you can find the latest on Let's Talk Memoir podcast, my upcoming workshops, memoir writing tools & encouragement, & support for memoirists at all stages of the memoir writing process. Let's get memoir-y together!

Fortnightly letters on posttraumatic growth served with love, grit, and magic. You are who you are for good reason- now own your multitudes and let that light shine! True wholeness cannot be broken, no matter what you've survived. Lunar cycle drops. ✨

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

Mostly about writing and the business of writing but sometimes about other things that relate.

Writer, Editor, Reader, Host. Updates on the Where I'm From Series, along with notes on other projects; Where I'm From Memoir, Sibling Loss Anthology, film projects, podcasts and more. Also what I'm reading and loving. And pretty pictures.

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

Behind-the-scenes stories from inside the strip-club world. Subscribe for your little dose of escapism.

An inter-linked story collection chronicling the tragicomic coming of age of a woman living on the border lands of American culture. I will be featuring excerpts from my book, short essays and films I've made.

Writing, recommendations and ramblings.

Between the Lines is a newsletter dedicated to finding (and inspiring!) stories of the everyday so that we may think, see, and improve ourselves through writing.

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.

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.

Inspiration & writing advice from a trauma-informed writing coach. Discover your authentic voice. Support your mental health. Write stories that change lives, especially your own. Subscribe and receive your free Ditch Your Inner Critic masterclass.

Smashing the taboos about women’s sexual agency, mid-life exploration, and the idea that sexual reinvention is possible at any age.

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

No longer continuously worrying about every question, answer, thought, idea, dream, mistake, failure, effort, guffaw, regret or win.

Weekly Inspiration for Writers - A weekly writing podcast with cohosts Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

Barcelona-based DJ, healer, and writer, Katie Valentine shares her raw, unfiltered diary of dating, non-monogamy, solo travel, and devotion to the inner work — claiming the messy, magical process of becoming her own dream girl.

Mona Angéline is an unapologetically vulnerable new writer, artist, athlete, scientist. She honors the creatively unconventional, the authentically "other". Find her at creativerunnings.com.

Gay erotic fiction, delivered "straight" to your inbox.

A weekly newsletter/podcast for entrepreneurs who want to publish books that don't leave them broke and bereft. Expect practical tips, honest insights earned from decades of experience in the industry and very little hand-holding.

Excavating how we tell our stories — in writing and in life. Back in 2026 with new essays, conversations, and a focus on writing, patriarchy, and the work of being honest. Home of The Book I Had to Write podcast.

Literary Erotica for curious minds

The Largehearted Boy weekly newsletter: books, music, & more

What memento would you keep after the death of someone you love? These are the stories of lost loved ones, inspired by the things they left behind. A new story of love + grief every week, plus occasional subscriber bonus content.

Notes from wild woman Courtney Kocak in the lead-up to her debut memoir Girl Gone Wild, out April 1st with Trio House Press.

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom" ~Anais Nin