Substacks recommended by Jennifer Silva Redmond

Recommended by Jennifer Silva Redmond

Slices of wisdom by women age 40+. Wildly inspiring interviews, personal essays, fiction, podcast episodes, poetry and visual art delivered right to your inbox.

I love the focus on midlife women. Alicia's posts have all the feels, plus so much good info on everything in life!

- Jennifer Silva Redmond

Writerly Things with Brooke Warner

I am an author advocate, publisher of She Writes Press, co-founder of Memoir Nation, book industry insider, and champion to writers who show up to the page because they must.

Brooke always tells it like it is, but she's upbeat and lively.

- Jennifer Silva Redmond

Read More Books

By Jeremy Anderberg

Book reviews, discussions, lists, and more — delivered every Tuesday and Friday morning.

SUSTAIN INITIATIVE by Jennifer Newton

By Sustain Initiative by Jennifer Newton

Here to help you take small + intentional steps towards a life that’s safer for our families and kinder to the planet. Weekly posts about consumerism, low-waste lifestyle changes, and intentional living/ spending. By writer and historian Jennifer Newton.

Such great tips and information about making our lives more sustainable.

- Jennifer Silva Redmond

To Hell and Back: Surviving Colorectal Cancer

By Mikel K Miller

This Substack newsletter chronicles my personal experience since June 2022 in being diagnosed and treated for advanced colorectal cancer at age 78. The primary purpose is to encourage people to get colon cancer screening from age 40 to beyond age 75.

This is such an important topic!

- Jennifer Silva Redmond

David Reed’s Substack

By David W. Reed

My personal Substack

David's posts always lift me up, no matter what his topic is. Highly recommend checking out his Substack.

- Jennifer Silva Redmond

Writersmama Substack Views

By Marla Miller

Marla's Substack storytelling meets at the intersection of fact and fiction.

So many things to learn from the Writers' Mama.

- Jennifer Silva Redmond

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.

Love me some memoirs, and Memoir Land has that and much more.

- Jennifer Silva Redmond

Oldster Magazine

By Sari Botton

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

Because I'm an Oldster of course! Great interviews abound on the Oldster.

- Jennifer Silva Redmond

Wham! Bam! Thank You! Slam!

By The Crew

Humans crave stories — and the feminist writers of Substack know exactly how to make them sting, sparkle, and stay in your head. No apologies. No tidy arcs. Just the parts we usually whisper.

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 guru and goddess of #1000wordsofsummer, which happens each summer, and some other mini 1000 word events during the year. Jami is the real deal, and her advice, input, and enthusiasm helped me tremendously.

- Jennifer Silva Redmond

Amazement Seeker by Rona Maynard

Celebrating discovery in art, writing and the moment as it flies

The name says it all. Plus doggies!

- Jennifer Silva Redmond

Building Book DNA

By Ben Fox

Every 3 weeks, I share the nitty-gritty details as I build Book DNA. Book DNA is a private, personal way to track your reading and get deeply personalized recommendations (currently in beta).

I love seeing this cool site coming to life and getting to work!

- Jennifer Silva Redmond

The Granny Who Stands on her Head

By Ann Richardson

After a lifetime of reflection, I write short posts with a touch of gentle humour. Yes, I write on being old, but life is too interesting to be limited to one small part.

Come for the book recs, essays, nosy questions, awkward confessions. Stay for the conversation.

I love Elizabeth Marro's newsletter for so many reasons; it is always a positive start to my day. Her stories about being a writer, her book/blog recommendations, her the Writer's Dog columns, and her Moment of Zen, I look forward to it all each week!

- Jennifer Silva Redmond

In A Flash

By IN A FLASH Editors

A literary magazine edited and hosted by the flash writing group, "Flashies." Writers can submit creative nonfiction up to 500 words for the opportunity to be featured in our newsletter.

Great (short) writing by a diverse selection of writers, including me!

- Jennifer Silva Redmond

Clarify | Simplify | Implement

By Megan Haskell

If you're feeling overwhelmed and disorganized in your writing life, this is the substack for you. In connection with The Author Wheel, I'm here to help you Clarify, Simplify, and Implement your best path to author success...as YOU define it.

Read the title!

- Jennifer Silva Redmond

Mexico Soul

By Jeanine Kitchel

Mexico Soul provides on the scene insights, travel trends, resources, reviews, and stories from a Mexico insider.

A change of pace from everything else on Substack. A Mexico story every week: some history, some memoir, a lot of cool info about the Yucatan and all over.

- Jennifer Silva Redmond

Happy Freelancing with Heidi Turner

By Heidi

Every week, get honest, practical strategies from 20 years of freelancing to help mid-career writers and editors strengthen the business side, earn steadier income, and build a freelance life that fits their vision.

It is so important for us freelancers to have a place to hear good advice, to read about people like us, and to gather and share our gripes and our joys. Heidi's Substack is that place!

- Jennifer Silva Redmond