Hi, it's Whitney

News and updates about my novel and comic book-writing work, plus reading recommendations!

Neuron misfire and unabashed hype.

On wriggling through a creative life—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.

The story is not about what happened, it's about what the narrator makes of what happened.

Self awareness through looking at the evidence.

Sean Murphy, a cultural critic and rebel advocate covering the world, one story at a time.

A newsletter that's pro-Big-Life-Changes. Creating a new life after 50, after marriage, after kids, after publishing, and after moving 11,000 times. So sick of learning and growing I could barf. Making you think, laugh, and feel. Sorry.

It's a wonderful world—meet the inhabitants!

Style advice, shopping picks, pop culture, and opinion for over-40 women and the over-40-curious, from former Sassy staffer and Lucky Magazine founding editor in chief Kim France.

We're going around the world, one great read at a time. We host a podcast, a website, an Instagram, and this Substack.

The reader is my notebook

Like Batman's Butler but for pop culture: My Pal Sammy newsletter is your e-Alfred. Sammy Younan is the affable host of My Summer Lair podcast: think NPR’s Fresh Air meets Kevin Smith: interviews & impressions on Pop Culture.

A newsletter about the daily whatever, including art, tarot, movies, the occult, literature, gossip, food, queerness, sex, diary and the rest.

poetry | mixtapes | stories

slips slips is a print-only literary publication featuring fiction, non-fiction, poetry, humor, illustration, and cartoons. blips blips is our online component featuring behind-the-scenes material, creator interviews, and more.

The Largehearted Boy weekly newsletter: books, music, & more

The past, present and future comics work of writer Brian K. Vaughan & artist Niko Henrichon