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Recommended by M. Louisa Locke

A bespoke space to help you stay creative on Substack! 🧚‍♂️ Twice monthly space holding (co-working, workshops, teaching). Weekly posts, chats, a podcast and ALL the tools to help enhance your journey to growth on Substack in a joyful sustainable way!

AGING PASSIONATELY with Ina Albert

AGING PASSIONATELY is a collection of stories and essays chronicling 88 years of experiences and the values I have discovered along the way to be crucial for healthy aging in the second half of life.

Good Humor

From the famous quote, “Arise good humor. Thou hast given me a joust of moral flavor.” Sir Wellington of Argyle, the discoverer of a heavy beef dish and a sock for golfers.

Life (un)Learned

By Kim Van Bruggen

Where you unravel ingrained beliefs, examine limiting habits, and navigate life transitions with a recovering CEO.

Going Gently

By Satya

...helping you be kinder to yourself, to others & to our dear Earth

Growing Old & Owning The Real World

By Jo Linney

A range of pondering rambles about growing old, being proud of being old and negotiating an ever-changing world.

Not in the Script

By Alistair

Random musings and confessions by an historical fiction author.

Everything is Personal

By Laurie Stone

The story is not about what happened, it's about what the narrator makes of what happened.

Work/Craft/Life

By Neal Bascomb

Illuminating stories of people and the work that shapes their lives. A newsletter that will inspire, move, inform, or just make you say wow! Join our community and broaden your view of the world!

Outsourced Optimism

By Tami Carey

Trading rose-colored glasses for a kaleidoscope lens. An imaginative search to see ourselves, our lives, and each other more clearly. Led by Creative Multitude & former Pollyanna, Tami Carey.

Beautifully written essays, doing something I love to do myself, finding meaning in the fictional world of my favorite authors, shows, movies.

- M. Louisa Locke

Amran Gowani's Field Research

Author Amran Gowani's personal publication, featuring humor essays, cultural and political satire, flash fiction, parenting riffs, gonzo journalism, and other delights from life's rich pageant.

Extra Evil

By Dennard Dayle

The wasteland's best satire. Dennard Dayle's incriminating newsletter, featuring humor too hot for sane outlets. A vassal state of SeeMoreEvil.com and mandatory reading in 49 states.

The WHAT FREAKING NEXT? Journals

By Abigail Padgett

an author ransacking literature for signs.

The Hyphen by Emma Gannon

✨ a cosy online space for curious readers ✨ from Sunday Times Bestselling author Emma Gannon. On books, work, wellbeing & creativity. 5th literature Substack globally. "One of Britain’s most prominent Substack writers" —The Times

Techno Sapiens

By Jacqueline Nesi

Psychologist and professor Jacqueline Nesi shares the latest research on technology and the people who use it, plus practical tips for living and parenting in the digital age.

I find her research and writing invaluable in understanding my grandsons and celebrating the great job my daughter is doing as a parent.

- M. Louisa Locke

CAFÉ ANNE

By Anne Kadet

It's a wonderful world—meet the inhabitants!

Oldster Magazine

By Sari Botton

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

THE ANXIOUS WRITER 🌿 By Helen Redfern

Documenting my writing journey with personal essays exploring confidence and creativity in an online world. Procrastinator taking tiny steps every day. The Non-Fiction Book Club starts January 2024 with The Artist's Way.

The Austen Connection

By Plain Jane

How Jane Austen's stories connect to us today, and connect us to each other.

For everyone who ever fell in love with Jane Austen's stories.

- M. Louisa Locke

Not Controversial

By Nia

Every Tuesday I talk about one non-controversial issue that everyone thinks about but no one says aloud.

Always thought-provoking, but gentle, I feel like i'm hanging out with an old friend and talking about stuff!

- M. Louisa Locke

Unschool for Writers

By Alison Acheson

Playing and working with words: finding your own way to fiction and nonfiction, poetry, and writing for young people

For beginning and experienced writers alike, I always find something in her advice to help me improve my craft.

- M. Louisa Locke

Non-Boring History

By Annette Laing

Substack Featured & Bestselling Newsletter! Join renegade historian and Brit in the US Dr. Annette Laing on her witty history mystery tour

The Author Analyst (The World Needs Your Passion)

By Author Analyst by Monica Leonelle

Regular book industry news and tips to make money with your books in different formats, on different platforms, and more.

The Honest Broker

By Ted Gioia

A trustworthy guide to music, books, arts, media & culture by Ted Gioia

Aging Well News

By Janice Walton

Want to live your later years to the fullest? This newsletter is filled with ideas based on my experiences as an older adult.

Everything Is Amazing

By Mike Sowden

A newsletter about seeing more, feeling more, and asking better questions. Curiosity makes everything better - but can it be *learned*? Let's find out.

Situation Normal

By Michael Estrin

Stories for people who enjoy humor with a side of humanity and a dash of insight

Aging for Rebels

We examine life's questions through the lens of what we are reading and writing. You'll find essays, stories, book recs, interviews, and resources for readers and writers. Let's talk!

Maybe Baby

By Haley Nahman

Chipping away at the inscrutability of modern life, popular culture, and how we feel about both.

Letters from an American

By Heather Cox Richardson

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

Combines my love for history, commitment to keeping informed, and my desire to find signs of positive progress where ever I can.

- M. Louisa Locke

Adventures In "Journalism" by Sari Botton

Highlights and lowlights* (*mostly lowlights) from one Gen X lady writer's rather circuitous career path.

Simon Owens's Media Newsletter

By Simon Owens's Tech and Media Newsletter

A newsletter about how publishers create, distribute, and monetize their digital content. This newsletter is free to subscribe to.

Both Are True

By Alex Dobrenko

Absurd, honest comedy delivered twice a weekish through the vulnerable personal essays of Alex Dobrenko: tv actor+writer to some, father to o̶n̶e̶ two, and friend to all.

Get Wit Quick

By Benjamin Errett

The Wit's Guide to Life, steered by loyal readers and served in weekly dollops. Now with the option to upgrade from email to actual mail in the form of Riposte Cards!

Always lightens my mood for the day!

- M. Louisa Locke