Substacks recommended by The Meaning Makers

Recommended by The Meaning Makers

A place to explore the way the short story works.

A weekly essay curiously exploring mental health, personal growth, real relationships, and the messiness of being human.

Aliza Kelly's The Practice

Astrology forecasts, tarot pulls, musings about the human experience, and explorations of magic and the mundane.

PRESENT TENSE: Suspense, Mystery, Thriller Craft and More

By Caitlin

A gathering place for readers and writers of suspenseful fiction

For writers of suspense

- The Meaning Makers

Good Material

By Isabel Kaplan

For people who like their essays personal and their humor dark, a newsletter about the body and the world and what to do with either of them. From novelist Isabel Kaplan.

The Querent

By Alexander Chee

The person asking a question at the beginning of a Tarot card reading. Or, a newsletter project by Alexander Chee.

Make Up Your Life

By Chelsea Bieker

Support for writers who want to build a sustainable, energetically aligned creative practice in the middle of real life.

The Peaceful Transfer of Power

By Emma Forrest

Substack from novelist/memoirist/screenwriter/director Emma Forrest Tenderly untangling the underbelly of Hollywood.

Meghan O'Rourke's Substack

Essays about literature, the craft of writing, the body and illness, and other obsessions.

For writers!

- The Meaning Makers

In the Weeds

By Kailey Brennan DelloRusso

Novelist and coach helping writers demystify the process and finally finish their novels.✨

StoryWorlds with Junot Díaz

By Junot Díaz

“So howled out for the world to give him a name. The indark answered with wind.” ― Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren :: Reflections on fiction and worldbuilding, on diasporas and elsewheres.

Write What

By Stephanie Danler

A newsletter about reading & writing & the never-ending conversation.

Jon Ronson

How to write narrative nonfiction books and podcasts, plus a place for all my work that won't be a book or a podcast.

Useful for any and all storytellers

- The Meaning Makers

FIGHT WEEK

By Laura van den Berg

FIGHT WEEK is an every-other-week newsletter on writing & fighting.

Back Row

By Amy Odell

The twice-weekly fashion and culture newsletter. Insider knowledge. Outsider honesty. Humor included.

Fashion/culture journalism and fascinating tangents

- The Meaning Makers

Write or Die Magazine

By Benjamin Davis

The official newsletter of Write or Die Magazine, featuring exclusive interviews, craft essays, and updates on the latest workshops and calls for submissions.

Black Lipstick

By Mila Jaroniec

off-center beauty, literature, and culture. corrosive nonfiction. since 2023.