Substacks recommended by Terry Freedman | Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life

Recommended by Terry Freedman

Flash Fiction, Stories, Novellas, Novels, and Math

Humor essays, interviews with Funny AF Women and comedy videos from an empty nester mom still waiting for her kids to text her back.

haver & sparrow

By Charlene Storey

Letters from my island home in Shetland: creativity, photography, and slow-ish living with a punk rock heart. Forever obsessed with storytelling and capturing the life's littlest joys in words, photos & art. And dogs. There are also dogs.

All Day Long

By Jim Cummings

Short fiction from a seasoned observer of humans.

Very simple stories that are immeasurably poignant.

- Terry Freedman

10 DOLLARS

By Ted Levi Toldman

What happens if you invest $10 daily? Every day I invest $10 in stocks and cryptocurrencies to show you how fast you can earn $1 million by investing.

Very doable investment advice

- Terry Freedman

June's Writing

By June Girvin

Welcome to the conversations. I talk about lots of things. Life, books, nature, knitting, or what's happening in the garden, sometimes memoir from 47 years of nursing. Wide-ranging ruminations. I usually post at the weekend, sometimes on Wednesday too.

Ford Knows Books

By FORD KNOWS

Essays, stories & curiosities | Home of the novel "Lamb" - "The Books We ❤️ Club" - and "The Road to Published" - the choose-your-own-adventure approach to writing and publishing books

Rafa Martin’s Notes

Crossing Through the Looking-Glass

SLAKE

By Nathan Slake

Fiction, mostly.

Marple’s Substack

A crime writer's corner

RenoQueen

Be smarter and informed about architecture, design and renovation.

Don’t Look Down

By Corey

disordered prose, personal essays, and short stories

Very honest and raw, and damn fine writing

- Terry Freedman

Becoming A Household Name

By Jody J. Sperling

This is my documented process of becoming a household name, no matter how long it takes—all of the failures and successes along the path.

Curmudgucation

By Peter Greene

What's going on in the world of education

A Narrative Of Their Own

By Kate Jones

Essays on the lives and literature of women.

Comic Fiction

By John Bluff

Comic fiction to make you laugh, forget your troubles, or just put a smile on your face

Noted

By Jillian Hess

Tips from the world's best note takers

The Splendid Mess

By Amanda Clark

Finding the funny, absurd, and insightful moments in the messy, crazy, sometimes mundane day-to-day.

PubStack Success

By Karen Cherry

A weekly newsletter for new Substack creators: how to start, how to grow, and how to monetize by a $24K+ Substacker

PubStack Success publishes advice that is both clear and doable.

- Terry Freedman

Everybody Talks

By Rebecca

On language and the rich linguistic world all around us.

Thrivin', not Drivin'

By Mary B

Riding my bike instead of driving my car, during historically high gas prices and inflation

Dear Reader, I'm lost

By Rebecca Holden

Letters from a writer navigating the world with absolutely no sense of direction.

Beautiful writing, engaging stories

- Terry Freedman

Campfire Notebook

By Bryn Robinson

Come gather around the campfire for weekly words and art, heavily spiced with science.

Always interesting, nice writing style (friendly), covering a wide variety of topics.

- Terry Freedman

Writing + Art

By Matthew Murray

Real stories from my life, creative fiction, and explore my paintings from my art life.

Lit Think Podcast

Reclaiming literacy through pop culture. Two English teachers utilize literary analysis to talk about pop culture and media.

Very thought-provoking

- Terry Freedman

Fictitious

By Oleg

A weekly newsletter dedicated to fiction of all shapes, creativity, language learning, linguistics, rhetoric and much more

Soaring Twenties

By Thomas J Bevan

A triweekly newsletter and monthly magazine run by a collective of creatives, collaborating to make the internet human again.

The Matterhorn: truth in fiction

By Kathleen Clare Waller

fiction • word sketches • The Brunch

Release and Gather

By Holly Rabalais

Letting go of what was to make room for what’s to come.

Shimmering Fractals by Katie Anderson-Morrison

Notes on stories, writing and all the little ways that inspiration strikes.

She Does Profess

By S.W.N.

A Collection of Philosophical Ruminations on the Etiology of Human Confinements

Really nice articles with a human touch. I find Salma's posts very thought-provoking and honest.

- Terry Freedman

Charlie Becker

By Charlie D. Becker

Essays, fiction, and field notes from the frontlines of chasing curiosity, making meaning, and getting things done.

Interesting and honest writing

- Terry Freedman

Dear Reader

By Gwenda Bond

Author Gwenda Bond's newsletter with all the skinny on new and upcoming books, plus reading, life and writing life updates. I want to connect with you, dear readers, on all the things we've thinking about on this here rock.

I really enjoying reading these articles from a published author. The really nice thing is that Gwenda always responds to comments.

- Terry Freedman

Catalectic

By Alicia Kenworthy

Like "The New Yorker," but written by a lone 30-something trying to make her rent

Knots in the String

By prue batten

the observations of an introvert...

The Recovering Academic

By Joshua Doležal

Rebuilding a life and a writing practice after leaving academe.

The Bus

By Bryan Padrick

Learning is a journey. Enjoy the stops along the way.

I like the insights and detail, and the biographies of writers -- especially David Foster Wallace (one of my heroes)

- Terry Freedman

Record—Reflect

By Brandon Merrill

A newsletter (from a teacher/human) so that I reflect on my living. Usual content: photography, education, music, spirituality, literature.

Interesting and incisive articles by a soon-to-be teacher

- Terry Freedman

LEAVES

By Sharron Bassano

Short character-driven fiction, evocative travel tales, memoirs and a lot of laughs. Always free. 🌿LEAVES are proven to be better for your mental health than the daily newspaper or social media.

About Those Commas (and some other stuff)

By N. M. Scuri

About This Commas is about writing, reading, and getting your academic/composition questions answered. And stories (I write horror. It'll be fun!).

Technocomplex

By Mark R DeLong

Notes, links, and experiments on our complex relationships with technology. Gleanings, too, from recent reading and thinking.

Writers' Haven by Christine Wolf

By Christine Wolf_The Latest

Writing and memoir coach exploring life through essays, interviews, tips, and raw vulnerability.

The Serene City

By Susan Cooke

I write to understand and combat stress in cities, and to help improve public mental and physical health, slow climate change, protect nature, promote empathy, and produce stories about great teachers and other memorable people, and about music.

The Creator's Compass

By Renee Faber

Creating a community of people taking on the challenge of navigating and creating a life rooted in compassion.

MILLER’S BOOK REVIEW 📚

By Miller’s Book Review 📚

Celebrating All Things Literary

Great reviews: in depth, considered, well written.

- Terry Freedman

A Pisgah Site

By Ehud Neor

Writing from Israel about Israel, Judaism, and Antisemitism, and sometimes the Vineyard, and drawing closer to the Creator. And coming to terms with unrealized dreams.

Critical Consent by Robert Urbaschek

Learning more about the societal and philosophical questions of our time. Find truthful, nuanced, and well-researched reporting & creative writing about the state of the world. Goal: stimulate independent and critical thought in each of us.

Even though I don't always comment on Robert's posts, I always enjoy them. They are incisive, intellectually challenging and well-written.

- Terry Freedman

Roger's Writings

By Roger Clapper

A Sarcastic Look at Current Events - with a Hint of History.

Thoughtful, thought-provoking and always well researched

- Terry Freedman

Front Row & Backstage

By Brad Kyle FRONT ROW & BACKSTAGE

"The best music history writing online!" says Mike Degen of "Deeg's Poems" on Substack. It's rock, records, and radio, as we go behind the scenes of my years in FM rock radio and the record biz in the '70s & '80s!

Some great music playlists by a chap who knows his stuff, has good taste, and a good sense of humour.

- Terry Freedman

J. M. Elliott

Straight talk about indie fiction and publishing, pro tips for fellow writers on editing and design, and some stuff about ancient history and mythology—including my debut novel, Of Wind and Wolves, set among the ancient Scythian horsemen of the steppes.