Substacks recommended by Ian Gouge | Writing until the light goes out

Recommended by Ian Gouge

Echoes of the Earth

By Sam Aureli

Where poetry walks in bare feet on sacred ground, speaks to the heart, and leaves echoes in the land.

The 2hour Creator Stack

By Benjamin Antoine

Allergic to hustle culture. Tools & strategies to escape the performance economy and create on your own terms

Fish Sticks

By Rickie Lee Jones

A journal of my far away heart...

Somehow thrilled to find Rickie Lee Jones on Substack. Her brilliant debut album was one of my favourites when I was at University. I must buy it again..!

- Ian Gouge

Shaw and Moore

By Kim Moore and Clare Shaw

Although we may sound like 19th century bodysnatchers, we are in fact poets, essayists and friends. Together we'll be sharing poetry, essays, writing tips and exercises, and very selective gossip and banter.

This Itch of Writing with Emma Darwin

All about fiction and creative non-fiction: writing it, reading it, teaching it and occasionally hating it

Class Notes by Jon McGregor

Class Notes from the creative writing classes I teach at the University of Nottingham, available to everyone who couldn't make it.

I submitted a short piece to Jon in response to an offer from him to provide feedback. What I got back as prompt, generous (in terms of time and comment), and really useful. Top marks, Jon!

- Ian Gouge

Unmapped Storylands with Elif Shafak

Stories, anecdotes, wise proverbs and foolish thoughts, literary musings, insights and conversations centred around my personal, unpublished notebooks

Always really thoughtful writing

- Ian Gouge

FictionLand

By Julie Owen Moylan

Talking about all things writing and living an authentic life.

Julie offers a mature view on both 'finding' her writing mojo and the processes that come with it.

- Ian Gouge

Creative Work (is Real Work)

By Sara Read

Adventures in the creative process and the wilds of publishing. Opinion, commiseration, tools, tips, and community.

Katie Scribbles

By Katie Hale

A cosy space for clued-up writers, aspiring scribblers, and anyone with the itch to get words on the page. Open & honest insights into the writing life. There’s always coffee in the pot.

By the Book: Jamie McGarry at Valley Press

By Jamie McGarry

or "Zen and the Art of Small Press Publishing". Additional words from your favourite independent publisher – bringing you fiction, non-fiction and poetry on the Yorkshire coast since 2009.

Writing Talk

By Ken Elkes

Like a meal of small plates, Writing Talk ranges across the good, the bad, and the funny of the writing life. Writing craft insights, ideas on creativity, prompts and exercises, thoughts, opinions, and witterings.

Talebones ✨

By S.E. Reid

Home of the Ferris Island Tales! Short and serialized fiction from S.E. Reid: speculative stories with a spiritual, supernatural, or uncanny twist.

Auraist: picking the best-written books

By Sean

Trusted by 40K+ readers, we pick the best-written books from US and UK recent releases and prize shortlists, and publish in-depth articles by their authors on prose style. Plus the satirical series The Demon Inside David Lynch.