Hello Everyone! I know we have a lot of Substackers and newsletter writers on other platforms out there. I wanted to give you all a chance to share your work with our amazing community. And I’m curious to see what you are creating!
Share the title and URL and a brief description, and make sure to reply to each other as well. It’s always great to see how we support each other!
P.S. It’s been a busy week for me preparing my first workshop submission (I got put in the first group). So I apologize if I haven’t yet responded to your comment on last week’s post. I hope to get caught up again soon! In case you’re busy like me and missed it, you can read it here:
Now, let the reading begin! See you in the comments.
—Anne
Henri Matisse, “Girl Reading, with a Vase of Flowers,” 1922. Baltimore Museum of Art. (I saw this when I was back in the States a few weeks ago getting my visa sorted.)
Hi everyone - I write reflections from middle age and all that goes with it from finding a new sense of self now that the kids are grown up, to living life to the full. It’s my creative outlet whilst I contemplate what to do next. It’s called (surprise!) reflections from middle age ;) https://reflectionsfrommiddleage.substack.com/p/about
I'm late to this post, but I'll dive in, anyway. My life has taken the most unexpected turns, and nothing about my choices seems to fit what typical Western society expects. Here's a recent post about that on my substack about teaching, poetry, and neurodiversity: https://rebeccadmartin.substack.com/p/dispatches-from-an-autistic-english
Anne, Thank you for the opportunity to meet your community! As someone who's stepped further and further from the default path every step, every opportunity, every decade, your posts are truly resonating with me. I love knowing there are other women out here who are or want to experience the same. I'm writing at The Splash, How to be well in a crazy world. Conversations about nature, culture, beauty + more with a preferably-feral scientist.
Hi Anne, thanks for inviting writers to introduce ourselves. I'm blogging about the history of the struggle for women's right to vote. Profiles of leaders in the movement have turned up surprising links to Wonder Woman, sunflowers, and witch trials. I'm learning a lot in the process. I invite people to take a look!
Hi Anne and hi everyone! 👋🏻 I write a newsletter Sad Little Life about surviving modern life in your 30s and I always try to make people laugh. Most recently I wrote about my decision to delete my IG account after 14 years in the platform. About me...I am Spanish but in 2020 left everything behind to move to Edinburgh and it turned out to be the best decision of my life (so far!) 💖 Happy to meet other writers in this platform and I hope we can run into each other one day in town! All your newsletters seem fantastic.
Thanks for this opportunity to share Anne and for your brilliant newsletters. I am a business coach to solopreneurs and I write about capitalism and the patriarchy, tackling shame, social justice and sustainable growth so we can grow our businesses unapologetically without exploiting people and planet. Great to be here, Marisa
Thank you Ann for this opportunity to share. Loved reading your posts. I just started Substack and I am starting with my travelogue about Spain. I think the last part of any travel is the best one when you reminisce and find the meaning behind traveling. Here is my site
Thank you for giving us this opportunity to share, Anne!
Hello everyone! I am an artist who writes about self-care and showcases my art in drafts as it develops. In particular, I create all kinds of oil paintings -- landscapes and portraits, for example. However, I am also working on an important series for a gallery or public art space someday: as a breast cancer survivor, the series I have created is called Breast Cancer, Female and Young. One of my posts is here: https://bethlgainer.substack.com/p/breast-cancer-female-and-young
Hi Everyone! I'm a global citizen in many ways, spending the past 8 years living in new countries and cities, mostly through studies, fellowships, and the like! I had never been abroad before 2016. ! I have a passion for writing and I've done a blog and now substack. My specialty is creative writing and vignettes! I completed my master's in the EU and I'm currently doing a Fulbright in Romania. I'm working on a memoir-sustainable tourism concepts book as a part of my grant. I'd love any tips for writing from you all! My heart is truly for cultural tourism. 💕
Thank you for this offering! A writer friend challenged me to write bi-weekly essays on substack, and I did it for 8 months. I wrote about love, grief, my career and being a new empty nester. I have spent the last year in service to other people's hardships that were not mine to write about. But I am feeling steady enough to begin again!
Hi everyone 👋 I run Monday Marvels, a Substack for film and TV lovers. I share a monthly-round up of recommendations for what to watch, as well as more in-depth reviews / thoughts throughout the month. Join us: https://mondaymarvels.substack.com/ 💚
Excited to connect with this community!! I am a former high school English teacher, recent PhD, and expecting mother still “figuring it all out,” and I use Substack to do a lot of the figuring.
In Resilient Resplendence, I write about reading, writing, teaching, running, caring for my animals, and preparing for my little human. Bonus content: lots of embarrassing childhood stories.
Hi all, So grateful for this opportunity to share my work, and also I am very inspired by all of your amazing ideas that are put into creative writings thru this platform.
This is a great way to share my writing with others like you all, my themes are about the environmental world we live in, thoughtful ways we can live on this planet incorporating nature and ourselves, also putting some creativity into the writing process.
Hi Anne, thank you for the invitation and great to see so many comments and newsletters to explore! I write A Little Fantastic - my reflections on living a sober life with presence and compassion.
Going alcohol free nearly 5 years ago has given me a life I never thought possible and I want to share this gift with others who might be trying to quit or cut down on alcohol but are finding it hard.
Thanks to Ann! I am 65 year old and started Fifteen Years and Counting..., a substack about the journey of aging. The title came about when my mother died one month before she turned 80 and in my grief, I realized that I had roughly 15 years to do the things I have been putting off. Writing from my heart and wisdom was one of those things. I live on five acres in a small rural community in the Washington state in the US and one my passions is plants. I have a huge permaculture garden that feeds and heals me. https://suekusch.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=substack_profile
Hi everyone and thanks to Ann for giving us the chance to build community! I'm a former journalist, current copywriter and recent Substacker. Starting Over in Spain is about picking up and moving to Spain at 54 and explores topics like taking risks, creativity, finding love later in life and more. I look forward to connecting! https://startingoverinspain.substack.com/
Hi y’all! I’m a coach, healer, and songcatcher. I’m an ALS widow and mom of 3 boys (17, 15, 11). On my Substack Intellect & Intuition I write about mindset, healing, grief, and gardening, creating a community to assist sensitive people on their healing and intuitive journeys. I offer workshops to subscribers and monthly coaching at the founder’s level - and am running a flash sale that ends today, 9/30. https://celiacain.substack.com
Such a generous thread! I write Two Houses. Two Painters. Two Parents, about my life in NYC with my long-divorced artist parents. (I grew up in the 70s and 80s in Park Slope and SoHo.) I share their art and my story as a child of a well-known father and unknown mother. Themes for my writing are divorce, feminism, art history, NYC, grief, and Time. https://twohouses.substack.com
I’ve just so enjoyed reading about all the fab writers on this thread! I am a trauma therapist and I write about the intersection of healing and spirituality. I ask a lot of questions I explore without answering. Topics like “is struggle necessary for growth” and “existential crisis or menopause” and “what is resilience” and “motherhood and the awakening path” and I’m currently exploring spontaneous healing and yet another piece on motherhood. I love long form content and I frequently refer to cats.🐈⬛ 🐈😻
Hi, Anne. Thanks for this opportunity. And I am so excited for you and your new learning adventures. Anyway...I write at The Higher Call, nicoleclivengood.substack.com. It was intended to explore faith and/in life after Higher Ed, but it has taken on a life of its own.
Thanks for offering this, Ann. Here's the short description of my newsletter, A Thin Space:
For those who feel and live deeply, this newsletter is your companion. I write personal essays of awareness and intention that help readers to feel seen and understood with an emphasis on healing and wholeness.
I'm so extraordinarily jealous at the idea of going back to school to enroll in a writing program. I'm not sure it's meant to be my path- journaling alone does not make one a writer but does feel so nourishing! enjoy! Best wishes!
I love this opportunity! What beautiful, passionate projects people have going on!
My newsletter is like having a book bestie–you know, that one friend who reads constantly and widely and can’t help telling you all about everything she’s learned every time you get together? Well, that’s my newsletter: Read, Think, Share: Repeat!
Learn more at katewebbwrites.com. I would love to have you along for all the conversations!
Thanks for creating some introductions! I write the imaginatively titled "June's Writing'. It's about life and reading and nature and books and what I'm doing and chatting. I love writing it, and once it's gone out there once a week I always look at it and can't quite believe I wrote it and let it go. But I love doing it and I love the interaction I get, and I love that I've found Substack friends. Here it is https://junegirvin.substack.com
Thanks, Anne, for the opportunity to find community. It's the missing ingredient. I write The Long Middle, letters from the mess of midlife. After four kids and a peri/meno hellscape, I find myself tumbling deep into elder care. Writing helps me figure it all out and find my people. It also, sometimes, brings me joy! (Though sometimes it just enrages me, like so much else these days.) I talk about books and bodies, bad days and good. Find me here: https://longmiddle.substack.com. So much great stuff in this thread!
Hello Anne and thank you for this opportunity to get to know each other. I've only recently started being active on Substack. As I write in my 'About' page, I enjoy stringing words together, changing them, moving them around and doing it all again until they tell a story. My inspiration is the people and things around me - so lots to choose from! I'm looking forward to discovering new writers here on Substack. I can be found at: https://substack.com/@lindathompson1.
Last year I serialised a culinary memoir "Finding France: a Memoir in Small Bites" about my first 35 years in France learning to cook as canal barge chef to becoming a cooking school owner and cookbook author. Now at 72, I split my time between writing here, a contemporary journal subtitled "Champêtre: a Field Guide to French Country Life," while also welcoming other audacious writers and artists to my home as a creative residency- Relais de Camont. They all fit together and feed energy into each other.
I've love meeting many of the amazing people I read and discovering new writers on your Substack, Anne. Brava to you!
Hello audacious women 😊 I'm Vicki and I write The Therapy Room - musings of the mind, body, heart and soul from the world of psychology, yoga and life. I'm 51 and living in New Zealand, hoping to move into the next stage of life with grace, vitality and audacity... in fact this is the subject of my post that's coming tomorrow 😃
My Substack, The Austen Connection, looks at the ways the stories of Jane Austen connect to us today. It's a chance to chat about feminism, history, race, romance, and pop culture through the lens of our classic literature and the stories we tell. We've connected Jane Austen to pop culture topics like reality TV and The Bachelorette, romcoms like "You've Got Mail," the TV series "Fleabag," and the novels of Sally Rooney; and also to deeper topics like the philosophies of bell hooks and Adam Smith, democracy and misinformation, and the comedies of Shakespeare. We always take a diverse, inclusive, and fun approach to the conversations because Jane Austen is for everybody. I like to say I'm a public-radio producer who's assigned myself the Jane Austen beat.
PS - wish me luck, after three and a half years on Substack I am currently writing a nonfiction book proposal for The Austen Connection. Anne's life and work is inspiration, as is this community. Advice and stories welcome!
What a great article. I’ve only read one of Sally Rooney’s novels, but I’ve read some interviews and heard her give a (really good) talk at a literature festival, and consider her a serious thinker. This goes into context and content and literary tradition in a wonderful way. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for engaging with it - so glad you found it meaningful! You're making me realize I should probably share out this post, given so many people who are celebrating Sally Rooney Day with the new novel (which I also need to rush out and get!) Thank you again for your kind comments!
If you don't find an agent (you probably will), I can offer help with self-publishing (more nicely known as independent publishing). I have published with the best, but have chosen to take all my books back and publish them independently. I am a big fan. Good luck.
Hello! We are two adventurous best friends writing about our year-long backpacking trip around the world (with sub-themes surrounding organic farming, authentic human connection, and a few existential thoughts). We are new to writing/Substack but have found so much joy in this outlet.
Hi everyone 👋 I'm Sophie, originally from Belgium and now living in New Zealand.
I write about living the off-grid life in a tiny house, while holding down my busy 9 to 5 job. I write about my journey to rewild and reconnect with nature. My substack is https://thisissophietoday.substack.com
Hi everyone! Thank you Anne for this opportunity to share and connect with others! I’m Alexandra, I currently live in the Washington DC area, and I’m very new to this space. I recently started my Substack called The Lively Word as a place to share my thoughts about writing and creativity. I write all day for my job, and I aspire to publish a book (currently querying my first novel!), but I found myself missing the joy of writing just for fun. That’s what The Lively Word is for 😊 While I mostly focus on topics related to writing, there’s also tidbits about modern dating (I’m a single 27 year-old in DC, it’s rough out here), the pressures of daily life, and poetry. I can’t wait to connect!
I just wrote this to someone else, but if you don't find an agent (you probably will), I can offer help with self-publishing (more nicely known as independent publishing). I have published with the best, but have chosen to take all my books back and publish them independently. I am a big fan. Good luck.
Well, it's easy and quick and you make more money (but NOT a lot unless you're very lucky), but if you want to know more than that, I can answer questions to the best of my ability.
Thank you! I write about Mexico and the Maya. My latest is on Maya Warrior Queens—Unstoppable woman warriors. Today's theme in your post seems to echo the same sentiment!
This is SENSATIONAL! I can imagine hanging out with everyone in this thread. Such a broad variety of topics and locations. I'm going to set a reminder to come back in a few days to see who else shares their Substack.
I'm an ex-journo - now a comms writer. Mid-pandemic we moved from Melbourne to central Victoria, Australia. I set up Tuesday Trash Talk after my primary/high school BFF asked "what are you going to do for the next couple of decades of work-life?". It was a bit of a wake-up call. The Substack for me is about building knowledge, a bit of play and experimentation, finding the good people in the local waste, recycling, reuse, circular economy, etc industries.
Hello! I'm a funeral celebrant, a death doula, and an end-of life consultant. I help people get their heads around who and what matters, and how they want to plan for their future death. I want to normalize having conversations about death, dying, living our best life, and dying our best death. Excited to check out all these amazing newsletters! https://deathready.substack.com
I share your interest in death and dying and am probably closer to it than many people on Substack (I am 82), but I wouldn't say I am really ready for it. Have you seen my book, Life in a Hospice? You might like it, as it allows a series of people working in hospice care to talk to the reader about their work. It is even funny in places.
Humor is so valuable when we talk about death, I think! I just found your book and will order it. It looks great. And in terms of being "ready," I'm not sure all of us will or can be. But we can do so much to make it somewhat easier for those we leave behind.
You will see that I write posts about death and dying from time to time. At some point, I categorised all my posts so you will see them easily. I also wrote a book in the 1990s based on interviews with people dying from AIDS from all over the world. It is very moving but wasn’t well publicised at the time.
Yes, very important work! It’s a bit of an irony that we live our best life when we keep our eventual death in view. It puts everything in perspective.
Oh fun! Thanks, Anne, for this opportunity! I'm Melissa, and my Substack focuses on how I'm creating a life I love on the cusp of 50. I write about my upcoming move halfway across the country, from Nebraska to Virginia, as well as thoughts on writing, classic movies, chronic illness, and anything else that comes to mind. Hope you'll join me! https://melissaamateis.substack.com/
Hi, everyone, and thanks to Anne for this invitation. I've enjoyed reading through the posts and learning about so many "audacious women" who are out there! My newsletter, All Things Italy (and a little bit more), began on another platform while I was in the midst of finishing up a book on 19th-century US women in Italy. I met Anne during that project, when she was finishing up her biography of Constance Fenimore Woolson (mentioned briefly in my book). As they say, the rest is history! I have learned so much from both reading her work and watching her journey. Her courage prompted me to to expand my writing voice and to not be shy about my love of travel and leading groups of smart adults. My newsletter is informed by my time in Italy, first as a student many years ago, and later as a professor. https://ettamadden.substack.com/
which offers visions, solace, heart and grit for those on unconventional paths and wild journeys. It is inspired by stories and experiences from 20 years in 10 countries, working in the aid sector.
Do join me if you are interested to travel along together :)
What a beautiful way to connect with others! I'm Jessica and I write "This Fever Called Writing." You can find it here: https://jessicaleibe.substack.com/
It is an intimate exploration of my writing journey, mindfulness tips, and growth (particularly for creative people). My goal in life is to live a balanced and creative life using the art of storytelling as my compass. I hope you'll join me and I look forward to see all the amazing work you release out into the world.
When I was having trouble figuring out my next big writing project, I realized that I didn't need to have something big underway--and that I wanted to focus on writing for the pleasure of writing. I'm using my Substack for this purpose--as a place to post writing that's important to me.
What a great idea! I can't wait to check out all of the publications in these comments.
My publication is Dream Big. I write biweekly essays on finding writing in my 40s, writing my first novel, and the everyday moments that inspire me as I juggle a busy family life and my dream of becoming a published author.
I am a late-career academic who believes academic writing is creative, despite the fact that many folks say otherwise! In 2019, I started a newsletter for academic writers called Scholarly Writing as Creative Work. About a year ago I shifted the newsletter to Substack and renamed it Finnegan's Take to reflect that now I also coach academics who want to write fiction and memoir. https://carafinnegan.substack.com/
Hi everyone, I write about the power of story to lead and to step into our own power through the connections and relationships that result from them. I just started my Substack (I’ve been writing on my blog for many years) and will be adding stories about stories every two weeks. I’m based in Sandpoint, Idaho. Thank you, Anne for this opportunity to connect with you and others. https://open.substack.com/pub/lisagerber
I got my MFA at 65 and at 70 I’m a sculptor in a studio with a shop where I work and that features my art along with 12 other ceramic artists. I’m a retired art teacher who had happily reinvented my life, built a whole new, very supportive tribe and is living my dream.
They say middle age is 45 to 65 years if age. What happens at 66? Are we "old"? I don't feel old. Let's explore young old together ❤.
https://leavingmiddleage.substack.com/
Hi everyone - I write reflections from middle age and all that goes with it from finding a new sense of self now that the kids are grown up, to living life to the full. It’s my creative outlet whilst I contemplate what to do next. It’s called (surprise!) reflections from middle age ;) https://reflectionsfrommiddleage.substack.com/p/about
I'm late to this post, but I'll dive in, anyway. My life has taken the most unexpected turns, and nothing about my choices seems to fit what typical Western society expects. Here's a recent post about that on my substack about teaching, poetry, and neurodiversity: https://rebeccadmartin.substack.com/p/dispatches-from-an-autistic-english
Anne, Thank you for the opportunity to meet your community! As someone who's stepped further and further from the default path every step, every opportunity, every decade, your posts are truly resonating with me. I love knowing there are other women out here who are or want to experience the same. I'm writing at The Splash, How to be well in a crazy world. Conversations about nature, culture, beauty + more with a preferably-feral scientist.
https://splashed.substack.com
Glad to have you here, Wendy!
Thank you, Anne! :)
https://substack.com/@suffrage2024
Hi Anne, thanks for inviting writers to introduce ourselves. I'm blogging about the history of the struggle for women's right to vote. Profiles of leaders in the movement have turned up surprising links to Wonder Woman, sunflowers, and witch trials. I'm learning a lot in the process. I invite people to take a look!
Hi Anne and hi everyone! 👋🏻 I write a newsletter Sad Little Life about surviving modern life in your 30s and I always try to make people laugh. Most recently I wrote about my decision to delete my IG account after 14 years in the platform. About me...I am Spanish but in 2020 left everything behind to move to Edinburgh and it turned out to be the best decision of my life (so far!) 💖 Happy to meet other writers in this platform and I hope we can run into each other one day in town! All your newsletters seem fantastic.
https://cynthiabague.substack.com/
Thanks for this opportunity to share Anne and for your brilliant newsletters. I am a business coach to solopreneurs and I write about capitalism and the patriarchy, tackling shame, social justice and sustainable growth so we can grow our businesses unapologetically without exploiting people and planet. Great to be here, Marisa
https://substack.com/@marisaguthrie
Thank you Ann for this opportunity to share. Loved reading your posts. I just started Substack and I am starting with my travelogue about Spain. I think the last part of any travel is the best one when you reminisce and find the meaning behind traveling. Here is my site
https://open.substack.com/pub/ditabasu/p/sensational-spain-second-day?r=sh8f9&utm_medium=ios
Thank you for giving us this opportunity to share, Anne!
Hello everyone! I am an artist who writes about self-care and showcases my art in drafts as it develops. In particular, I create all kinds of oil paintings -- landscapes and portraits, for example. However, I am also working on an important series for a gallery or public art space someday: as a breast cancer survivor, the series I have created is called Breast Cancer, Female and Young. One of my posts is here: https://bethlgainer.substack.com/p/breast-cancer-female-and-young
Hi Everyone! I'm a global citizen in many ways, spending the past 8 years living in new countries and cities, mostly through studies, fellowships, and the like! I had never been abroad before 2016. ! I have a passion for writing and I've done a blog and now substack. My specialty is creative writing and vignettes! I completed my master's in the EU and I'm currently doing a Fulbright in Romania. I'm working on a memoir-sustainable tourism concepts book as a part of my grant. I'd love any tips for writing from you all! My heart is truly for cultural tourism. 💕
https://open.substack.com/pub/ambrosiaelsewhere/p/ambrosia-elsewhere?r=2t568b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Thank you for this offering! A writer friend challenged me to write bi-weekly essays on substack, and I did it for 8 months. I wrote about love, grief, my career and being a new empty nester. I have spent the last year in service to other people's hardships that were not mine to write about. But I am feeling steady enough to begin again!
https://open.substack.com/pub/adrianacalifornia?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=26qzji
Hello! I love coming here to find new publications to subscribe to and new writers with journeys to follow.
My publication is a destination for short works of mostly nonfiction where I hope to find a little magic, humor, and adventure in every day life.
https://open.substack.com/pub/barbaracaver
Hi everyone 👋 I run Monday Marvels, a Substack for film and TV lovers. I share a monthly-round up of recommendations for what to watch, as well as more in-depth reviews / thoughts throughout the month. Join us: https://mondaymarvels.substack.com/ 💚
Excited to connect with this community!! I am a former high school English teacher, recent PhD, and expecting mother still “figuring it all out,” and I use Substack to do a lot of the figuring.
In Resilient Resplendence, I write about reading, writing, teaching, running, caring for my animals, and preparing for my little human. Bonus content: lots of embarrassing childhood stories.
https://open.substack.com/pub/helenplevkajones
Hi all, So grateful for this opportunity to share my work, and also I am very inspired by all of your amazing ideas that are put into creative writings thru this platform.
This is a great way to share my writing with others like you all, my themes are about the environmental world we live in, thoughtful ways we can live on this planet incorporating nature and ourselves, also putting some creativity into the writing process.
You are welcome at Terra Wellbeing!
https://tempesttshoshannarose.substack.com/
Hi Anne, thank you for the invitation and great to see so many comments and newsletters to explore! I write A Little Fantastic - my reflections on living a sober life with presence and compassion.
https://ellienova.substack.com/
Going alcohol free nearly 5 years ago has given me a life I never thought possible and I want to share this gift with others who might be trying to quit or cut down on alcohol but are finding it hard.
Thanks to Ann! I am 65 year old and started Fifteen Years and Counting..., a substack about the journey of aging. The title came about when my mother died one month before she turned 80 and in my grief, I realized that I had roughly 15 years to do the things I have been putting off. Writing from my heart and wisdom was one of those things. I live on five acres in a small rural community in the Washington state in the US and one my passions is plants. I have a huge permaculture garden that feeds and heals me. https://suekusch.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=substack_profile
Hi everyone and thanks to Ann for giving us the chance to build community! I'm a former journalist, current copywriter and recent Substacker. Starting Over in Spain is about picking up and moving to Spain at 54 and explores topics like taking risks, creativity, finding love later in life and more. I look forward to connecting! https://startingoverinspain.substack.com/
Sounds wonderful! Thank you, Jennifer!
Hi Jennifer, I can’t wait to read more about Spain. It’s great to connect!
Hi y’all! I’m a coach, healer, and songcatcher. I’m an ALS widow and mom of 3 boys (17, 15, 11). On my Substack Intellect & Intuition I write about mindset, healing, grief, and gardening, creating a community to assist sensitive people on their healing and intuitive journeys. I offer workshops to subscribers and monthly coaching at the founder’s level - and am running a flash sale that ends today, 9/30. https://celiacain.substack.com
This sounds amazing, Celia. Beautiful work! Thank you for sharing it with us.
Such a generous thread! I write Two Houses. Two Painters. Two Parents, about my life in NYC with my long-divorced artist parents. (I grew up in the 70s and 80s in Park Slope and SoHo.) I share their art and my story as a child of a well-known father and unknown mother. Themes for my writing are divorce, feminism, art history, NYC, grief, and Time. https://twohouses.substack.com
I love those themes. They sound like very rich territory. Thank you for sharing with us!
I’ve just so enjoyed reading about all the fab writers on this thread! I am a trauma therapist and I write about the intersection of healing and spirituality. I ask a lot of questions I explore without answering. Topics like “is struggle necessary for growth” and “existential crisis or menopause” and “what is resilience” and “motherhood and the awakening path” and I’m currently exploring spontaneous healing and yet another piece on motherhood. I love long form content and I frequently refer to cats.🐈⬛ 🐈😻
This sounds lovely, Michelle. I think finding ourselves spiritually is such an important part of healing. Thank you for writing about it!
Really happy to find so many “audacious women” here!
Hoorah to frequently referring to cats!
🤪🐈⬛
Hi, Anne. Thanks for this opportunity. And I am so excited for you and your new learning adventures. Anyway...I write at The Higher Call, nicoleclivengood.substack.com. It was intended to explore faith and/in life after Higher Ed, but it has taken on a life of its own.
Thanks for offering this, Ann. Here's the short description of my newsletter, A Thin Space:
For those who feel and live deeply, this newsletter is your companion. I write personal essays of awareness and intention that help readers to feel seen and understood with an emphasis on healing and wholeness.
https://econway.substack.com/
I'm so extraordinarily jealous at the idea of going back to school to enroll in a writing program. I'm not sure it's meant to be my path- journaling alone does not make one a writer but does feel so nourishing! enjoy! Best wishes!
I love this opportunity! What beautiful, passionate projects people have going on!
My newsletter is like having a book bestie–you know, that one friend who reads constantly and widely and can’t help telling you all about everything she’s learned every time you get together? Well, that’s my newsletter: Read, Think, Share: Repeat!
Learn more at katewebbwrites.com. I would love to have you along for all the conversations!
There's no such thing as too many book besties! Love this. :)
What a lovely description! Thank you for sharing, Kate!
Thanks for creating some introductions! I write the imaginatively titled "June's Writing'. It's about life and reading and nature and books and what I'm doing and chatting. I love writing it, and once it's gone out there once a week I always look at it and can't quite believe I wrote it and let it go. But I love doing it and I love the interaction I get, and I love that I've found Substack friends. Here it is https://junegirvin.substack.com
Sounds perfect! Thanks, June!
Thanks, Anne, for the opportunity to find community. It's the missing ingredient. I write The Long Middle, letters from the mess of midlife. After four kids and a peri/meno hellscape, I find myself tumbling deep into elder care. Writing helps me figure it all out and find my people. It also, sometimes, brings me joy! (Though sometimes it just enrages me, like so much else these days.) I talk about books and bodies, bad days and good. Find me here: https://longmiddle.substack.com. So much great stuff in this thread!
Thank you, Lisa. I love the title. I’m sure a lot of the readers here will be interested. We can relate!
Hello Anne and thank you for this opportunity to get to know each other. I've only recently started being active on Substack. As I write in my 'About' page, I enjoy stringing words together, changing them, moving them around and doing it all again until they tell a story. My inspiration is the people and things around me - so lots to choose from! I'm looking forward to discovering new writers here on Substack. I can be found at: https://substack.com/@lindathompson1.
Thank, Linda. Sounds like a lovely approach to writing on Substack. :)
Hello Anne and all these audacious women from a quiet corner of Southwest France.
My name is Kate Hill and I write The Camont Journals here on Substack.
https://katehillfrance.substack.com/
Last year I serialised a culinary memoir "Finding France: a Memoir in Small Bites" about my first 35 years in France learning to cook as canal barge chef to becoming a cooking school owner and cookbook author. Now at 72, I split my time between writing here, a contemporary journal subtitled "Champêtre: a Field Guide to French Country Life," while also welcoming other audacious writers and artists to my home as a creative residency- Relais de Camont. They all fit together and feed energy into each other.
I've love meeting many of the amazing people I read and discovering new writers on your Substack, Anne. Brava to you!
Hello audacious women 😊 I'm Vicki and I write The Therapy Room - musings of the mind, body, heart and soul from the world of psychology, yoga and life. I'm 51 and living in New Zealand, hoping to move into the next stage of life with grace, vitality and audacity... in fact this is the subject of my post that's coming tomorrow 😃
https://drvickiconnop.substack.com
Hello, Vicky! Thank you for sharing your Stack with us. Sounds wonderful!
Thank you, Anne; and hello, friends!
My Substack, The Austen Connection, looks at the ways the stories of Jane Austen connect to us today. It's a chance to chat about feminism, history, race, romance, and pop culture through the lens of our classic literature and the stories we tell. We've connected Jane Austen to pop culture topics like reality TV and The Bachelorette, romcoms like "You've Got Mail," the TV series "Fleabag," and the novels of Sally Rooney; and also to deeper topics like the philosophies of bell hooks and Adam Smith, democracy and misinformation, and the comedies of Shakespeare. We always take a diverse, inclusive, and fun approach to the conversations because Jane Austen is for everybody. I like to say I'm a public-radio producer who's assigned myself the Jane Austen beat.
Join us, friends - would love to see you there! 💮
I love how you describe The Austen Connection! I need to look up the Sally Rooney pieces and share them with my daughter. She’ll be all over that!
PS - wish me luck, after three and a half years on Substack I am currently writing a nonfiction book proposal for The Austen Connection. Anne's life and work is inspiration, as is this community. Advice and stories welcome!
YES - it's my cool daughters who introduced me to her and insisted I read :) :)
I'll link for everyone here and take it off the paywall - enjoy!
https://austenconnection.substack.com/p/sally-rooney-jane-austen-sexual-tension
What a great article. I’ve only read one of Sally Rooney’s novels, but I’ve read some interviews and heard her give a (really good) talk at a literature festival, and consider her a serious thinker. This goes into context and content and literary tradition in a wonderful way. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for engaging with it - so glad you found it meaningful! You're making me realize I should probably share out this post, given so many people who are celebrating Sally Rooney Day with the new novel (which I also need to rush out and get!) Thank you again for your kind comments!
If you don't find an agent (you probably will), I can offer help with self-publishing (more nicely known as independent publishing). I have published with the best, but have chosen to take all my books back and publish them independently. I am a big fan. Good luck.
Goodness, thank you so much, Ann! Your Substack is awesome. I'll let you know it all goes!
This is awesome news! Best of luck!
Thank you, Anne!
Hello! We are two adventurous best friends writing about our year-long backpacking trip around the world (with sub-themes surrounding organic farming, authentic human connection, and a few existential thoughts). We are new to writing/Substack but have found so much joy in this outlet.
https://katieandleah.substack.com/
Looking forward to connecting!
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Sounds like fun! I love seeing all the ways people are using Substack. Writing with a friend is such a great idea!
I'm Courtney, and I write about life through the lens of the books I'm reading in "Survival by Book" which is at my Substack courtneycook.substack.com
What a great idea! I’m sure that is right up a lot of people’s alleys in this community. :)
Hi everyone 👋 I'm Sophie, originally from Belgium and now living in New Zealand.
I write about living the off-grid life in a tiny house, while holding down my busy 9 to 5 job. I write about my journey to rewild and reconnect with nature. My substack is https://thisissophietoday.substack.com
Sounds like a lovely journey! I’d love to make it to New Zealand one day.
It's well worth a visit!
Hi everyone! Thank you Anne for this opportunity to share and connect with others! I’m Alexandra, I currently live in the Washington DC area, and I’m very new to this space. I recently started my Substack called The Lively Word as a place to share my thoughts about writing and creativity. I write all day for my job, and I aspire to publish a book (currently querying my first novel!), but I found myself missing the joy of writing just for fun. That’s what The Lively Word is for 😊 While I mostly focus on topics related to writing, there’s also tidbits about modern dating (I’m a single 27 year-old in DC, it’s rough out here), the pressures of daily life, and poetry. I can’t wait to connect!
https://substack.com/@alexandrablanck?r=3049ax&utm_medium=ios
I just wrote this to someone else, but if you don't find an agent (you probably will), I can offer help with self-publishing (more nicely known as independent publishing). I have published with the best, but have chosen to take all my books back and publish them independently. I am a big fan. Good luck.
Hi Ann, thanks for reaching out! I’ve been hearing more and more about indie publishing and I’m definitely not opposed. I will keep this in mind :)
Well, it's easy and quick and you make more money (but NOT a lot unless you're very lucky), but if you want to know more than that, I can answer questions to the best of my ability.
Hi Alexandra! This sounds like such a lovely way to use your Substack. I hope writing it and connecting with readers brings you much joy!
Thank you, Anne!
Thank you! I write about Mexico and the Maya. My latest is on Maya Warrior Queens—Unstoppable woman warriors. Today's theme in your post seems to echo the same sentiment!
.https://mexicosoul.substack.com/p/maya-warrior-queens-of-the-yucatan
Fascinating! Thank you for sharing!
This is SENSATIONAL! I can imagine hanging out with everyone in this thread. Such a broad variety of topics and locations. I'm going to set a reminder to come back in a few days to see who else shares their Substack.
I'm an ex-journo - now a comms writer. Mid-pandemic we moved from Melbourne to central Victoria, Australia. I set up Tuesday Trash Talk after my primary/high school BFF asked "what are you going to do for the next couple of decades of work-life?". It was a bit of a wake-up call. The Substack for me is about building knowledge, a bit of play and experimentation, finding the good people in the local waste, recycling, reuse, circular economy, etc industries.
Great idea, Jackie, to check back in. I love the local view you are taking in your Substack!
What a true Heroine: sharing talents of all and creating networks of women. 🙏🙏 to you, Anne. This is my substack- where I unpick gender disparity in writing - a trojan horse for The Heroines Journey. https://open.substack.com/pub/storybetweenlines?r=1von53&utm_medium=ios
Thank you for sharing, Kimberley! I love the topic!
Hello! I'm a funeral celebrant, a death doula, and an end-of life consultant. I help people get their heads around who and what matters, and how they want to plan for their future death. I want to normalize having conversations about death, dying, living our best life, and dying our best death. Excited to check out all these amazing newsletters! https://deathready.substack.com
I share your interest in death and dying and am probably closer to it than many people on Substack (I am 82), but I wouldn't say I am really ready for it. Have you seen my book, Life in a Hospice? You might like it, as it allows a series of people working in hospice care to talk to the reader about their work. It is even funny in places.
Humor is so valuable when we talk about death, I think! I just found your book and will order it. It looks great. And in terms of being "ready," I'm not sure all of us will or can be. But we can do so much to make it somewhat easier for those we leave behind.
You will see that I write posts about death and dying from time to time. At some point, I categorised all my posts so you will see them easily. I also wrote a book in the 1990s based on interviews with people dying from AIDS from all over the world. It is very moving but wasn’t well publicised at the time.
Yes, very important work! It’s a bit of an irony that we live our best life when we keep our eventual death in view. It puts everything in perspective.
Such necessary work!
Fascinating! I will have to check out your substack
Hello everyone! I’m a philosopher writing to expose how misogyny works behind the scenes and in the dark corners of my life. Part memoir, part analysis: https://open.substack.com/pub/nightvisiongoggles?r=lscq&utm_medium=ios
So many wonderful new people to get to know! My Substack, Escape to the Bookshop, chronicles my adventures as I open a bookshop in a little hill town in Italy called Narni. https://open.substack.com/pub/escapetothebookshop?r=mzu72&utm_medium=ios
Also, please comment if your Substack is in any way bookish or about moving abroad. I’d love to connect!
Oh fun! Thanks, Anne, for this opportunity! I'm Melissa, and my Substack focuses on how I'm creating a life I love on the cusp of 50. I write about my upcoming move halfway across the country, from Nebraska to Virginia, as well as thoughts on writing, classic movies, chronic illness, and anything else that comes to mind. Hope you'll join me! https://melissaamateis.substack.com/
Hi, everyone, and thanks to Anne for this invitation. I've enjoyed reading through the posts and learning about so many "audacious women" who are out there! My newsletter, All Things Italy (and a little bit more), began on another platform while I was in the midst of finishing up a book on 19th-century US women in Italy. I met Anne during that project, when she was finishing up her biography of Constance Fenimore Woolson (mentioned briefly in my book). As they say, the rest is history! I have learned so much from both reading her work and watching her journey. Her courage prompted me to to expand my writing voice and to not be shy about my love of travel and leading groups of smart adults. My newsletter is informed by my time in Italy, first as a student many years ago, and later as a professor. https://ettamadden.substack.com/
Lovely to explore all these comments. I am Catriona, I write Notes from Saving the World:
https://notesfromcatriona.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=substack_profile
which offers visions, solace, heart and grit for those on unconventional paths and wild journeys. It is inspired by stories and experiences from 20 years in 10 countries, working in the aid sector.
Do join me if you are interested to travel along together :)
What a beautiful way to connect with others! I'm Jessica and I write "This Fever Called Writing." You can find it here: https://jessicaleibe.substack.com/
It is an intimate exploration of my writing journey, mindfulness tips, and growth (particularly for creative people). My goal in life is to live a balanced and creative life using the art of storytelling as my compass. I hope you'll join me and I look forward to see all the amazing work you release out into the world.
I write Monica's Musings here:
https://monicacmiller.substack.com/
When I was having trouble figuring out my next big writing project, I realized that I didn't need to have something big underway--and that I wanted to focus on writing for the pleasure of writing. I'm using my Substack for this purpose--as a place to post writing that's important to me.
What a great idea! I can't wait to check out all of the publications in these comments.
My publication is Dream Big. I write biweekly essays on finding writing in my 40s, writing my first novel, and the everyday moments that inspire me as I juggle a busy family life and my dream of becoming a published author.
Thank you for checking out my work.🙏
https://mariahanley.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=substack_profile
I am a late-career academic who believes academic writing is creative, despite the fact that many folks say otherwise! In 2019, I started a newsletter for academic writers called Scholarly Writing as Creative Work. About a year ago I shifted the newsletter to Substack and renamed it Finnegan's Take to reflect that now I also coach academics who want to write fiction and memoir. https://carafinnegan.substack.com/
Hi everyone, I write about the power of story to lead and to step into our own power through the connections and relationships that result from them. I just started my Substack (I’ve been writing on my blog for many years) and will be adding stories about stories every two weeks. I’m based in Sandpoint, Idaho. Thank you, Anne for this opportunity to connect with you and others. https://open.substack.com/pub/lisagerber
I got my MFA at 65 and at 70 I’m a sculptor in a studio with a shop where I work and that features my art along with 12 other ceramic artists. I’m a retired art teacher who had happily reinvented my life, built a whole new, very supportive tribe and is living my dream.