Substacks recommended by Bob Eckstein

Recommended by Bob Eckstein

River Zombies

By Bear Savo

This is River Zombies, a serial survival tale steeped in comedy, horror, and misery.

Thoughtful, skilled writer who I've been friends with for years, now has a newsletter.

- Bob Eckstein

Literary Ladies Guide

By Nava

Literary Ladies Guide presents the lives and works of women writers and writer-adjacent creatives who are no longer with us. The mission is to present fascinating content to elevate women's voices.

Always delightful and insightful. I have been reading LLG for years.

- Bob Eckstein

The Vegan Atlas

By Nava

Hello, I'm Nava Atlas. TheVeganAtlas.com is a resource for easy vegan recipes and helpful tips. As a longtime vegan, I’d like to encourage others to create a better planet by voting with your fork, one delicious dish at a time!

Not So Secret Agent

By Sally Ekus

One heaping scoop insider info on the nuances of publishing. A dash of mom life. Seasoned generously with industry resources from a cookbook agent. Stir to subscribe and enjoy!

Just discovered this newsletter and it’s been both enjoyable and helpful.

- Bob Eckstein

Attention Economy

By Leigh Stein

honest advice about making a career as an author today

Late Boomer--Born After 1956

By Amy Abbott

We were too young for the Beatles, but we loved Bobby Sherman. We missed Woodstock, but Watergate haunted us. This Substack is about things important to late Baby Boomers, those born after 1956.

Create Me Free

By Kathryn Vercillo

Where Art Meets Psychology. We are not all "tortured geniuses" and art isn't always therapy but there is so much richness and connection and magic in the in between. Let's play, communicate, and learn there.

Auraist: picking the best-written books of the month

By Sean

32K+ readers. Followers, please note that only free or paid subscribers receive our picks of the best-written books from US & UK prize shortlists & major reviews, & masterclasses by their (sometimes world-renowned) authors on prose style.

Very comprehensive review for serious book lovers. ******

- Bob Eckstein

Paul’s Substack

By Paul Lander

My personal Substack

Steinbergdrawscartoons’s Substack

Cartoons, thoughts, more cartoons, worries, and more!

Truth and Consequences

By Richard Orlin

Handcrafted Humor - Est. 1947 Saving the world one laugh at a time

Doin' It with Mike Sacks

Comedy, gags, curiosities, bloopers, and medical oddities.

I go way back with Mike, when he did one of the first podcasts and selling lemonade to me on the stoop.

- Bob Eckstein

The Awesome Shannon Wheeler Newsletter

By Shannon Wheeler

Cartoons, cartooning, comics... the work and projects of Shannon Wheeler plus other stuff

Shannon is one of our generation’s best and most beloved gag cartoonists and is an institution. And has a cool newsletter.

- Bob Eckstein

No Dikkering Around

By Scott Dikkers

The no-nonsense daily jolt for the writer, performer, and raconteur who wants to get things done. (May contain some nonsense.)

Signal Flare

By Adrasteia

Warnings and offramps on the road to serfdom

Noted

By Jillian Hess

Tips from the world's best note takers

Humor Me

By Julie Vick

Funny stuff and writing tips from humorist, author, and professional snack-getter Julie Vick.

Life Since the Baby Boom

By Albert Cory

Amusing stuff from a Boomer Flâneur in high tech

The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor

A celebration of poetry and historical interest pieces

Exploding Unicorn by James Breakwell

Family comedy one disaster at a time.

James not only makes me laugh but has personally helped with my newsletter.

- Bob Eckstein

Pine State Publicity

By Cassie Mannes Murray

Pine State is a newsletter that offers chatter on publishing, DIY publicity advice, and as much fun as the Hokey Pokey for writers & readers by Cassie Mannes Murray of Pine State Publicity

The Habit of Art by Kelcey Ervick

An illustrated newsletter about the ups, downs, loop-de-loops, and life-changing power of making art and telling stories. From a writer who draws.

Joyce Carol Oates: A Writer's Journal

On writing, living with cats, being a widow, movies, running, my current workshops & what we are reading, books, art, comedy, nature, gardening, friendship, more.

CAFÉ ANNE

By Anne Kadet

It's a wonderful world—meet the inhabitants!

The Literature Archive

By Rishabh Chaddha

I write about Indie- Bookstores Resurgence, Illustrators, Eng. Literature /Creative Writing Professionals , Author's Biography by doing interviews with them.

Cartoons by Hilary

By Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell

Weekly cartoons from the sketchbook of New Yorker cartoonist Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell

Funny, open diary. I'm enjoying her new book, too.

- Bob Eckstein

This Is a Newsletter!

By Sam Colt

Where flash fiction meets memes and observational humor about pop culture, current events, and urban millennial life.

Ethel Rohan's Newsletter

Me being me. For now.

ToonStack

Weekly Cartoons, Jokes, Musings

Wrote Hard, Put Away Wet

By John Branning

Occasionally successful attempts at self-deprecating humor and politically-themed light verse.

More humor with a political slant. Who doesn't need that?

- Bob Eckstein

Garrison Keillor and Friends

This newsletter will include observational humor, gratitude, small doses of advice, memories of heroic persons I knew up close, reminiscence about ordinary life back before Twitter and thoughts about American life and other pleasures.

The Bleicher & Newton Newsletter

By Bleicher & Newton

Updates, reflections, and funny bits from authors and humorists Michael Bleicher and Andy Newton

Andy is a great comedy writer...

- Bob Eckstein

Arty Har-Hars

By Myq Kaplan

favorite writings, jokes, words, thoughts, poetry, ideas, and fun units of the day, week, and/or all time

Liana’s Newsletter

By Liana Finck

A weekly selection of drawings by New Yorker cartoonist and matador Liana Finck, sent out on Wednesdays. Paid subscribers will also get a Sunday email of autobiographical comics, process drawings, and other behind-the-scenes things. www.lianafinck.com

Liana's unique take on the world and humor––*****

- Bob Eckstein