Substacks recommended by Sheila Moeschen

Recommended by Sheila Moeschen

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.

Absolutely exquisite writing and thought-provoking insights on living and creating in deliberate practices. This newsletter is your weekly exhale

- Sheila Moeschen

All the Fanfare

By Eric Pierce

At the intersection of pop culture and life. Always irreverent and sometimes personal. Publishes twice a week.

That's Marvelous!

By Josh Gondelman

A newsletter for pep talks and general enthusiasm.

Josh Gondelman is goddamn sunlight in a bottle, but not in a goopy, culty, Stepford Wives kind of way. Heartfelt, smahhhht, and wicked funny (#Boston). 10/10; highly recommend.

- Sheila Moeschen

Boy Movies

By allison picurro

Girl talk, boy movies

Books + Bits

By Pandora Sykes

A Pandora's Box of books and culture recs

Subject to Change with Emily McDowell

Cautionary tales, unsolicited advice, and notes on living in liminal space, evolution, and returning to yourself.

Noted

By Jillian Hess

Tips from the world's best note takers

Jillian curates a rich offering of creativity, inspiration, art, and historical context to the powerful practice of notation in all its varied forms. I look forward to these posts every week and often take a ton of notes--delightfully meta! Thanks Jillian! Keep up the beautiful work!

- Sheila Moeschen

The Loaf, with Tim Kreider

What you think about when you don't have to think about anything else

Input/Output

By Caitlin Kunkel

filling up our creative wells so we can draw from them

Smart, insightful, grounded conversations about creativity, writing, humor, and so much more

- Sheila Moeschen

It's Good to Be Here

By Amy Stewart

Be the artist in residence of your world. A weekly dose of wonder from artist and bestselling author Amy Stewart. Supporters get art tutorials and a deeper dive.

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

Wising Up Together- Karen Cricket Harris

By Karen Harris

Figuring Sh*t Out- One Poem at a Time

SOCIAL MEDIA ESCAPE CLUB

By Social Media Escape Club

Quit social media and build community without algorithms. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Obvious State

By Evan Robertson

In pursuit of wisdom and beauty. A graphic artist's take on classic literature and modern culture.

Science of Creativity

By Annie Murphy Paul

Scientific research on creativity, delivered twice a week

Our Reality Show

By Glenn Cook

Essays, visual stories, and interviews about parenting, music, education, history, and culture from a freelance journalist and photographer.

The Screen

By Akos Peterbencze

Highlighting the low-key, forgotten, and overlooked pieces of television and cinema — and sometimes the popular, too.

High-quality thinking and writing on pop media and culture.

- Sheila Moeschen

Austin Kleon

Weekly art, writing, and creative inspiration from the author of Steal Like an Artist and other bestsellers.

Beth's TV & Film Recommendations

By Beth Lisogorsky

I find the good stuff for you. So you don't have to.

Situation Normal

By Michael Estrin

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

The SneakyArt Post

By Nishant Jain

Secretly drawn art of the world, delivered to your inbox.

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.

Letters from an American

By Heather Cox Richardson

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

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.