Free Happiness

a newsletter for people seeking refuge from the news, not from the moral moment

Five award-winning authors go obsessively deep on movies, TV, and culture. Saved a seat on the couch for you.

Welcome to your new favorite writing community! Discuss & demystify publishing with candid interviews, fresh writing tips, & publishing intel from a NYT bestselling thriller author. (Public posts = book news and occasional literary satire). Join us!

honest advice about making a career as an author today

A LaineyGossip community for discerning gossips to squawk together and discuss all things pop culture.

What are we watching now? A newsletter on culture, comedy, and more from the author of KIND OF A BIG DEAL and GENERATION FRIENDS.

Better living through pop culture. A newsletter from NYT bestselling author Jennifer Keishin Armstrong.

My personal Substack

A Pop Culture Cocktail Served by the Fug Girls

My personal watching, reading, and micro-joys recommendations with a side of great links and rabbit holes.

high-stakes info, casual feels

slightly chaotic essays on writing, craft, art, books, movies, and other nonsense.

A newsletter about pop culture and film history from the National Bestselling author of "No Crying in Baseball," "I'll Have What She's Having" and "Queen Meryl."

Nisha Sharma writes YA and adult contemporary romance. She likes to tell stories about messy brown girls with complicated feelings. This is her open newsletter that she's often put together in her Notes App on her phone at 3AM.

notes on books, articles, and media from @baskinsuns

On writing, craft, worry & joy.

Food, History, Chicago, New York and Beyond.

Craft essays and criticism on writing, books, and fat liberation from the author of Housemates, Fat Swim, and The Third Rainbow Girl.

Distraction can be helpful. Ease into your Sunday with recommendations and fun to entertain and enlighten

essays, art, and inspiration from an American writer in Paris

Where book lovers find their next great read.

Movies, tv, the celebrity industrial complex, and personal pop culture obsessions. Delivered twice a week to your inbox, written by Hunter Harris.

Book publishing advice and community for authors of fiction and nonfiction, written by the agents at Neon Literary.