Diary Of Amy Rigby

Stories, observations, and obsessions from me, New York Times-bestselling author and pie baker, Joyce Maynard

My way of writing, explained

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.

A deep dive into New York City's music history

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The journal of an English woman in the French countryside. Creating a garden and rescuing a forgotten petit château, hidden amongst woodland and flower meadows.

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

Welcome to my newsletter. This is where I share stories from my seaside village in the South West of France, my trips to the market, weekly recipes, and updates on our house renovation. Most of it’s free, and will always be free.

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.

Conversation/Culture/Current Affairs

Real talk about the writing + publishing industry from an author who doesn’t want you to feel confused, bewildered, or alone. Plus: craft tips, reading recommendations, writing support + solidarity (unless you are a jerk to people in the comments).

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.

Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life.

The Autotelic is where I put it all – writing, singing, anything I dream up — to chronicle and share about this wild, beautiful, and imperfect journey.

An incomplete encyclopedia of my thoughts about music, the media and the 20th century. Mostly in alphabetical order - except when it's not. Enjoy!

A wildly eclectic weekly newsletter on music and culture and connections from Lo Carmen, singer-songwriter, host of Death Is Not the End & author of 'Lovers Dreamers Fighters’.

Drawing explorations, lessons, and weekly art assignments from New York Times-bestselling artist Wendy MacNaughton. Paying subscribers get full access to the DrawTogether Grown-Ups Table creative community and drawing assignments.

Songs, poems, sentences, the odd paragraph.

Celebrating Literary Pittsburgh since 2015!

CRAFT TALK is a weekly newsletter about writing, creativity and productivity from author Jami Attenberg. This is also the home of #1000wordsofsummer, where, once a year, we write 1000 words a day together for two weeks straight. (In 2025 it begins 5/31!)

Highlights and lowlights* (*mostly lowlights) from one Gen X lady writer's rather circuitous career path.

For concert performers who tour widely in the U.S., or aspire to. Covering intimate venues, concert series and house concerts that host ticketed, listening, original music shows. Paid subscribers get the Directory for getting gigs at hundreds of places.

Every weekday, two hours of music that's perfect for working (no vocals).