Substacks recommended by LaDonna Witmer

Recommended by LaDonna Witmer

A little newsletter about aging and being a 52-year-old woman and being alive on this planet earth, right now. For 52 weeks straight.

Jami Attenberg is a bestselling author of fiction, and also created the #1000wordsofsummer writing phenomenon. But this blog she's started on middle age is my favorite of her works.

- LaDonna Witmer

Creative Grieving

By Katie Riegel

on loss and losing your own way

Katie Riegel is a poet and creative non-fiction writer exploring the mysteries of grief.

- LaDonna Witmer

Subject to Change with Emily McDowell

Cautionary tales, unsolicited advice, and notes on being alive, from a writer/illustrator and recovering company founder.

Emily McDowell is a writer and illustrator I've long admired. She writes on substack about "navigating the process of being a person" and it's always worth a read.

- LaDonna Witmer

SWWIM Every Day

SWWIM Every Day publishes a poem a day by women writers (she/they).

A poem a day? Excellent. Said poem is written by a woman? Perfection.

- LaDonna Witmer

Unfit to Print

By Melissa Fondakowski

Stay open. Be surprised.

Melissa Fondakowski is a poet and fiction writer and a truly brilliant human being.

- LaDonna Witmer

The Long Scrawl

Recommended by LaDonna Witmer