Substacks recommended by Chris Daley

Recommended by Chris Daley

Amateur historian, politics nerd. Welcome to the Pettysburg Address.

We mean to look out expansively from this place rather than to gaze narrowly back at it, to express a West Coast aesthetic, a West Coast sensibility, and direct that lens onto the world.

The best new(ish) literary journal in the U.S.

- Chris Daley

SubMakk

By Rebecca Makkai

Rebecca Makkai's Substack: mostly writing and books! but also Zillow, true crime, etymology, food, general inanity

Top-notch craft essays!

- Chris Daley

Chapter Break

By Alyssa Matesic

Writing advice and book publishing insights from industry leaders and established authors put together by your friendly neighborhood book editor!

The description above says it all!

- Chris Daley

Writer Therapy

By Sonal Champsee

Like Dear Abby, but for writers

An advice column for writers addressing topics like "How to be publishable when no one gets your writing"

- Chris Daley

Before and After the Book Deal

By Courtney Maum

Real talk about the writing + publishing industry from an author who doesn’t want you to feel confused, bewildered, or alone. Plus: craft tips, reading recommendations, writing support + solidarity (unless you are a jerk to people in the comments).

Highly recommended book and newsletter for writers at any stage of the process

- Chris Daley

Italics Mine

By Edan Lepucki

The life a novelist/mother in Los Angeles.

The unique worldview of iconoclast and novelist Edan Lepucki

- Chris Daley

Counter Craft

By Lincoln Michel

fiction craft, publishing demystification, weird books, other things

All kinds of craft talk from original angles

- Chris Daley

Astro Poets

poetry | astrology | mystery

If you don't know, now you know

- Chris Daley

Subtle Maneuvers

By Mason Currey

A twice-monthly newsletter on the creative process, with lessons and insights from novelists, painters, poets, filmmakers, and musicians delivered to your inbox every other Tuesday. From the author of Daily Rituals: How Artists Work.

Many ways to think about how to overcome the blocks that keep you from creating and submitting your work

- Chris Daley

Tiny Revolutions

By Sara Campbell

A monthly-ish dispatch of candid writing and links about becoming who you are. Always: inspiration, encouragement, possibility. Never: bullshit.

So much wisdom, so much good writing from Sara Campbell

- Chris Daley