Substacks recommended by Gifted Underachievers

Recommended by Gifted Underachievers

ANBIP’s Substack

By Authors of Nonfiction Books

A free, virtual, monthly meetup group for professionals writing nonfiction, non-memoir, highly researched books.

Nebula Notebook

By Heidi Fiedler

Celebrating creativity, motherhood, and children's books ✨ ✏️ 🪩⏳ 🍵 💕 📒 ✨

Heidi Fiedler interviews creative people from all disciplines. I love her questions. Short, real, and often very funny.

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Like a Normal Person

By Julie Fontes

I write very normal essays about my addiction hypochondria, my teeth falling out, being poor, waiting tables, gardening, also parenting both my adult child and myself. "Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion" -Dolly Parton as Truvy

Fun or harrowing, you decide.

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Amber’s Newsletter

By Amber Petty

Subtitle One paragraph description.

Best writing teacher on the internet, besides me.

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The Bird's Eye

By Sarah Cypher

A longtime writer and indie book editor shares notes on debuting with a Big Five publisher.

Behind the scenes of a book launch.

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The Creative Shift by Dan Blank

Helping writers and creators share their work and connect with readers in meaningful ways. Digging deep into marketing, book launches, and platform development. Get my weekly newsletter every Friday.

Solid, friendly advice from a creative midwife with balls.

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The Unspeakeasy with Meghan Daum

By The Unspeakable with Meghan Daum

Home of The Unspeakeasy Podcast and The Unspeakeasy Live, a weekly livestream on Thursday at 3 pm ET featuring nuanced AF conversations with guests, friends and audience members. Plus new writing and updates from Meghan Daum.

Like watching a train wreck.

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Grants For Creators

By Danielle Desir Corbett

sharing grants and funding opportunities for U.S. creatives, entrepreneurs, and small business owners.

Informative, targeted, well-researched grant opportunities.

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Escaping Flatland

By Henrik Karlsson

I write essays about relationships, thought, and agency. I hang with our kids. We live on a pine covered island in the Baltic Sea. That's about it.

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.

Mason Currey's subtle advice for creatives.

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SHuSH, by Kenneth Whyte

By ken whyte

The world of non-fiction from Sutherland House (and beyond)

Insightful newsletter on publishing.

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Both Are True

By Alex Dobrenko

Funny, deep, relatable stories from a dad to two, husband to one, friend to all (free for all) + BATCAVE (workshops, cowriting, "community") for paid subscribers.

I'm a loyal BAThead who likes Dobrenko's humor.

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