Substacks recommended by Rebecca Gummere | Mystery, Memoir, and Meaning

Recommended by Rebecca Gummere

I write personal essays about family dynamics and reflections on being a flawed human.

Your Integrative Physician | Tanmeet Sethi, MD

The doctor's visit you wished for: vital weekly doses of science-backed wisdom and practical strategies on optimal mental/physical health and cultivating Joy from an integrative physician, author, and TEDx speaker with 26 yrs in the trenches.

Don't Make Me Stop This Car!

By Chris J. Rice

I grew up in a car. On the road with Mama and her carload of kids. It took everything I had to leave. Leaving made me who I am.

Chris's incredible writing beautifully imparts her incredible and harrowing story. Definitely, read this newsletter.

- Rebecca Gummere

The Keepthings

By Deborah Way

What memento would you keep after the death of someone you love? These are the stories of lost loved ones, inspired by the things they left behind. A new story of love + grief every week, plus occasional subscriber bonus content.

ridges + roads

By Xenia Grace

a weekly newsletter on seeking the spiritual-creative life in the Jiu Valley, Romania

Jenna Griffin's gorgeous prose and beautiful insights are worth joining her on her journey of living and working in the mountains of Romania.

- Rebecca Gummere

The Extant Storytech R&D Report

By Mickey Fisher

The Extant Storytech R&D Report is a weekly newsletter about creativity, innovation, inspiration, and writing from Mickey Fisher, creator of the TV series EXTANT (CBS), REVERIE (NBC).

Mickey Fisher is so generous with what he's learned about writing and with sharing a creative spark or two - or three. I've gotten some great ideas from so much of what he shares. Whatever you are writing (CNF, novel, essays, short stories, TV, film), his insights will be helpful. Plus, he is a very nice human being.

- Rebecca Gummere

reluctant sleuth

By Darrow Woods

living in a not always so cozy mystery

Memoir Junkie Wannabe Author

By Claire

I'm writing my first book—it's a memoir. I'm using this Substack to share my experience and sometimes, life stuff. I write stories, tips, and review my favorite memoirs.

Keen insights as you get to look over a shoulder and watch a writer at work. I love how honest she is with the challenges all creators face as we grapple with how best to write the stories wanting to be told.

- Rebecca Gummere

Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette

For people who do language. Writing saved my life—so I teach writing as if it might save yours.

Post-Mortem by Emi Nietfeld

Emi Nietfeld, former software engineer turned writer, dissects her successes, failures, and shenanigans for your learning and entertainment.

cedric’s Newsletter

By cedric johnson

How to be spiritual and not religious plus how to become an inspirational leader

Cedric's thoughtful reflections on things that matter.

- Rebecca Gummere

PINTAIL POETRY

By Kristen Lenea Ryberg

Come in for a crafted weekly poetry intermission, an offered sensory walk and possible recognition of something inside you... don't mind my screen door, sometimes it bangs!

Poetry! Brilliance! Fresh perspectives!

- Rebecca Gummere

Oh Zone!

By Anne I Page

LGBTQIA

Zoenelle, on the road to find herself. Moody and smart.

- Rebecca Gummere

Media War & Peace

By Evan Shapiro

Reports from the War for Our Attention from Media Cartographer Evan Shapiro.

Georgia Writers

Thoughts on writing & the writing life from Georgia Writers' writers-in-residence.

The Isolation Journals with Suleika Jaouad

A newsletter for people seeking to transform life's interruptions into creative grist

Thinking about...

By Timothy Snyder

Opening the future by understanding the past.

The Elysian

By Elle Griffin

Writing about the future of nation-states, companies, and humanity. Researching a utopian novel.

GODDAMN BUFFALO

By John Hamilton Farr

PERSONAL ESSAYS & PHOTOGRAPHS BY writer, artist, photographer, musician based in northern New Mexico, U.S.A.

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.