Midwest Magpie

I write about a smorgasbord of subjects, always with a dash of hope. if you love reading about humanity, literature, writing, cinema, video games, and other related and unrelated stuff, let's connect.

All things writing, meditation, philosophy and leadership

Screenwriting, Acting, StoryTelling

Letting go of what was to make room for what’s to come.

An illustrated list of places I’ve never lived - by Michael Rostig.

Musician and writer Hal Walker weaves stories, music and community from his bed as he survives moderately severe ME/CFS.

A collaborative community for fiction writers on Substack

A place to explore the way the short story works.

A newsletter for people seeking to transform life's interruptions into creative grist

fiction craft, publishing demystification, weird books

Monthly Flash Fiction Craft Articles & Prompts by Writer & Teacher, Kathy Fish

Meg's upcoming workshops posted here. Paid subscribers will be sent a curated micro story model/prompt per week with exercise, and can post their stories for the community to read (optional). Subscribers receive $10 off of all Meg's solo-taught workshops.

Substack's biggest and brightest circus of single author short fiction from two-time Best of Detroit Best Author Nominee Jimmy Doom-- "One of this century's master storytellers"

Bidwell Hollow is no longer publishing. BUT you can get a list of new books and writers' birthdays each week by subscribing to Literairyland (https://literairyland.beehiiv.com/).