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Recommended by Debs Stott

Master Substack, write, build your DREAM business with joy! Top 12 Publication. Twice monthly space holding (co-working, workshops, teaching). Weekly chats, podcasts. A bespoke membership to help you stay creative on Substack! 💫

Even though this is new stack from Claire, I love the fact that she has moved all her How to Use Substack advice here. I'm looking forward to digesting it all slowly! It will be an invaluable resource!

- Debs Stott

Just Write, Right

By Feasts and Fables

A public provocation to compel me to write more

Get cosy and settle down to read a range of stories from 100 words through to art-inspired tales, which flow effortlessly from Barrie's pen

- Debs Stott

Creative Fuel with Anna Brones

A newsletter and community dedicated to exploring the intersection of creativity and everyday life with Anna Brones. For the creative energy that resides in all of us.

A hill and I

By Susie Mawhinney

Lover of words and blurry photography - writing from a hill in SW France - self sufficient chaos, memoir, field conversations and obscurities

If you want to immerse yourself in delightful stories (and stunning photographs) of living on A Hill in France, then this is your go to place!

- Debs Stott

A LOVE AFFAIR WITH LIGHT

By In a Love Affair with Light

'Life is art', life is a love affair. It's deep, complicated & ever changing. Photography is my life & my love affair. Here you'll find musings, lessons & my process. By author of 'For the Love of the Photograph' @chloelodgephotographer. Join me x

Letters From Love with Elizabeth Gilbert

This is heart work

I'm a long time Liz Gilbert fan, so you can imagine my delight when she started sharing this Letters from Love publication!

- Debs Stott

Spaces with Morgan Harper Nichols

An ongoing series by artist and writer Morgan Harper Nichols exploring journaling, notebook keeping, and the various designated spaces we create and keep for thinking and discovery, reflection and imagination.

Morgan writes about "The small things that help you process the big things" and her writing is accompanied by gorgeous artwork - a feast for the eyes and the soul!

- Debs Stott

Encourage Meant

By 'Encourage Meant'

A regular burst of positivity inspired by The Encouragement Manifesto

We all need a little encouragement from time to time - head to this stack for your top up!

- Debs Stott

Kat River

Substack bestseller, writer, mother, & creative. Kat River is a thriving symposium for the Mothers, The Makers and the Mystics. Designed to be an honest exploration of the dance between Motherhood, Creativity, and self inquiry into optimism. Come play

Even though I am not in the same motherhood stage as Kat, I find her writing deeply immersive, and there are other nuggets to be found that are not related to motherhood.

- Debs Stott

Entre Nous

By Sara Tasker

Slow living, online business and personal growth - for creative souls and dreamers.

A champion of 100 word stories, Erica also hosts Free Writing Fridays which are always an engaging and fun way to write those 100 words!

- Debs Stott

The Tortoise by Brooke McAlary

In a world made for hares, spend time feeding your inner tortoise. Created by author Brooke McAlary (Slow, Care and Destination Simple) The Tortoise is an online community where we explore and experiment with all things slow.

Brooke writes with absolute clarity about living in a slow way, and generously shares a wealth of slow living resources, including links to the many slow living substacks on here.

- Debs Stott

Erica Drayton Writes

Where storytelling happens.

Champion of 100 word stories and host of Free Writing Fridays. I love participating in her Free Writing Fridays and finding out just what I can say in 100 words.

- Debs Stott

Austin Kleon

Weekly art, writing, and creative inspiration from the author of Steal Like an Artist and other bestsellers.

Love Austin's books and his regular, honest updates about living a creative life

- Debs Stott

The Art of Noticing

By Rob Walker Art of Noticing

Ideas, inspiration, and provocations for creativity, work, and staying human. From author Rob Walker.

It truly is an art of noticing! Rob has a knack of finding ways to keep life interesting. I have been reading these emails for years and there is always something in them that resonates.

- Debs Stott

#The100DayProject Newsletter

By Lindsay Jean Thomson

#The100DayProject is a free, global art project that takes place online. Every year, thousands of people all around the world commit to 100 days of creating. Anyone can participate (yes, that means you!).

Everything you need to know and more if you are wanting to do a 100-day creative project. A fabulous resource. The current project starts toady 22nd Feb 2023!

- Debs Stott

The Crow's Nest

By Alexander M Crow

The notebook of a globally feral author finding balance through connection with nature, ancestral skills, and different cultures. Words and kindness.

So much fabulous writing to explore here, from fictional series to Alexander's experiences with living in the woods. Grab a cuppa and settle down on whichever journey takes your fancy.

- Debs Stott