Substacks recommended by Aimee Liu

Recommended by Aimee Liu

All Over the Place: Emerging Tech, Creativity, & Culture

By Shara Karasic

Bookish

By Christine Sneed

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

The Shitshow Observed

When the Page Remembers

By Mike Keenan

Welcome to When the Page Remembers—a space where memory lingers, silence speaks, and poetry emerges from the shadows of small, forgotten things.

Poetry takes shape from daily life.

- Aimee Liu

Blue Citizen 77

Vote 💙🇺🇸Blue! Resist extremists/traitors to our Constitutional democracy.

Bluestocking Bombshells

By Laura Durnell ♿️ ♀️

A Literary, Art, Sociocultural and Political Salon Hosted by a Fed-Up Feminist

CRAFT TALK

By Craft Talk

CRAFT TALK is a weekly newsletter about writing, creativity and productivity from author Jami Attenberg. This is also the home of #1000wordsofsummer, where, once a year, we write 1000 words a day together for two weeks straight.

The Path to Creativity: The Practice of Seeing

By Charity Hume

In The Path to Creativity Substack, I share my photographs and the reflections they sometimes inspire. I hope this space will offer moments of inspiration and refuge as you explore your own creative path.

Photographs, reflections, inspiration from a true creative!

- Aimee Liu

Pine State Publicity

By Cassie Mannes Murray

Pine State is a newsletter that offers chatter on publishing, DIY publicity advice, and as much fun as the Hokey Pokey for writers & readers by Cassie Mannes Murray of Pine State Publicity

Publishing Confidential

By Kathleen Schmidt

News and analysis about the book publishing industry that you won't read anywhere else.

Inspiration and Magic with Tammy L Evans

By Tammy Evans

A newsletter about the inspiring words that create magic in our lives.

Rooting Around

By Lisa Rogak

A New York Times bestselling biographer turns the lens on herself.

Lisa is a journalistic pro and superior biographer! It's a pleasure to "root around" in writing with her.

- Aimee Liu

Kate’s Substack

By Kate Gale

I am in conversation with the universe about the wild and edge of the cliff, the dragon I ride, the fierce dark beneath, the water, the sky, the story of light.

Kate Gale is a literary force in book publishing. The power behind Red Hen Press, she is also a vibrant poet and author in her own right. Her Substack gives us a personal peek into the complicated world that created and nourishes this icon of independent publishing.

- Aimee Liu

It Takes A Village

By Jillian Barnet

A monthly conversation about reading, writing, publishing, and community-building.

Travels with Mona Gable

I've always had a bad case of wanderlust. I hope you'll follow along!

Sub Club

Submission opportunities for creative and professional writers.

Dylan Landis

Rainey Royal was my last novel. She’s also my alter ego.

How to Glow in the Dark

By Neon Literary

Book publishing advice and community for authors of fiction and nonfiction, written by the agents at Neon Literary.

Baby Monster Story Machine

By Chloé Cooper Jones

Fueling my obsession with NARRATIVE STRUCTURE via essays, artist interviews, and deep dives into the art of storytelling from the perspective of history, philosophy, sociology, psychology, the fine arts, and literature.

Editors@Large

By Kate Betts and Michael Boodro

Kate Betts and Michael Boodro, two seasoned journalists and keen observers of style, offer their take on the current state of fashion, design, art, books, travel, and more

GenX Soul Notes

By Marina

My occasional musings about life

Jenna's Substack - Author + Agent + Human

By Jenna Satterthwaite

Hi, and welcome to my newsletter! I'm an author and literary agent, here to talk about all things publishing: the good, the bad and the ugly. So glad you're here!

Chapter Break

By Alyssa Matesic

Writing advice and book publishing insights from industry leaders and established authors put together by your friendly neighborhood book editor!

Human Is A Verb: Julene Tegerstrand, Ph.D.

By Julene Tegerstrand

Human Is A Verb is a space to explore how bearing God's image invites us to live, lead, and become fully human in a world increasingly shaped by disruption.

Pen on Fire

By Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

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

Barbara's long history of interviewing writers on air makes her a goldmine of info, insight, and just plain great stories about and for writers. It's great to welcome her to Substack!

- Aimee Liu

Liminal with Jennifer Steil

Award-winning author and ovarian cancer wrangler Dr. Jennifer Steil talks writing, reading, recurrence, and remission as well as life in the fertile territory between countries, sexualities, identities, cultures, languages, and homes.

WelcomeStack

By The Welcome Party

We’re a community of Democrats focused on winning majorities, reducing polarization, and governing well. We elect, convene, and amplify bold, pragmatic leaders who represent the middle.

Views Through a Policy Prism

By Dana Dolan

See through the policy noise and learn the patterns that matter. Essential reading for analysts, wonks, and the civically obsessed.

Dana's presentation of politics and policy through the prism of frameworks is essential to understanding the world today. It's also an essential tool for creative writers struggling to create narratives about our world. The frameworks of politics and the frameworks of stories go hand in hand.

- Aimee Liu

Flower Child

By Rosana Francescato

Perspectives of a Flower Child (generation between Boomers and Gen X) on culture, climate, commas, and life's persistent questions.

Poetic Outlaws

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

Writing Life by Marcia Meier

Marcia writes about life, love, family, politics, contemporary events, writing, books, and the media. Author of an award-winning memoir, Face, and other books, essays, and nonfiction articles. Mom, animal lover, believer in truth and integrity.

Write Diverse Characters

By Snigdha Roy

How do we write minority characters? And how can we write them well?

ancestory

By Lisa

Your family has a story. Your family were makers of history. ancestory is the place where family stories and history meet.

Gorgeous writing about the narrative treasures our ancestors' legacies hold for us.

- Aimee Liu

Everyday Ambassador

By Annelise Riles

Northwestern law professor + anthropologist writing about peace and the borders between us. Thought leader interviews + research-based methodology + community. For globally-minded readers ready to be everyday ambassadors.

Feeding Bliss

By Lily Chien-Davis

A writer's journey towards bliss by feeding her brain with nutrient-dense "food" (writings, recipes, audio and more) for optimal mental and metabolic health.

Learn about life after getting an MFA -- the writing life and all the other lives that writers--especially women writers -- must cultivate to feed their souls! Thank you for adding your voice to Substack, Lily!

- Aimee Liu

Reframing America

By Antonia

Changing the way the American Left engages in the public debate.

My Dead Flowers

By My Dead Flowers: By Buku

Writer /photographer in Paris Books: Not Quite A Disaster, Poetry (Fall '25) |Monograph: Photowali Didi | Screenplay: The Shameless | Works in/at NYRB, n+1, ZYZZYVA, 3penny, Art Basel Miami | P/t Faculty ICP

Lit Mag News

By Becky Tuch

Latest News in Lit Mag Publishing

Immigrant Strong by Vesna Jaksic Lowe

By vesna jaksic lowe

Writing by—and children of—immigrants and refugees. The struggles, the triumphs, and the quirks.

Authors For Democracy

By AuthorsForDemocracy

Information and resources to help Writers Save Democracy!

Memoir Land

By Memoir Monday

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.

Beyond Bloomsbury

By Victoria K. Walker

An ongoing anthology of historical artist and writer biographies and curated gallery and library collections.

A Writer's Notebook

By Summer Brennan

essays, art, and inspiration from an American writer in Paris

A Side of Freud

By Vanessa Scaringi

Social commentary and critiques through the lens of a psychologist...

Double Espresso

By Sandell Morse

Double Espresso explores family, the ingrained nature of the patriarchy and its costs, old age, the past and its influence on the present, my Jewish heritage, and more; Whether you drink espresso or not, won’t you have a seat at my table?

This Week In Writing

By Justin Cox

Weekly discussion and encouragement for writers.

Writing on the Verge

By Amy Shearn

Monthly posts on how to write your way out of the restlessness, with additional posts featuring the writing of Women of the Verge alums.

Writers! Amy Shearn is such a generous pro, you're crazy not to listen to her!

- Aimee Liu

The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz

Authentic words for everyone trying to figure out the best way to be human.

Tacoma Stories

By Jack Cameron

TacomaStories is a website dedicated to the victims of homicides that occur in the city of Tacoma, Washington. We also profile local businesses, luminaries, and scoundrels.

Constant Commoner

By Ramona Grigg

Essays from the cultural hinterlands. I'm in the boonies but I have Internet and a working BS meter. My country is on the skids right now and I'm trying to get it back on track. Other things are on my mind, but not often.