I'm Amy. I wrote a book once. I make video games now. Sometimes, I write newsletters

Second Chapter is an interview series focused on sharing how writers went from their first career to being a published author.

Words. Words about words. Words about copyediting. The occasional cultural observation.

A weekly selection of links to keep you interested and inspired while you're eating lunch. Expect articles, books, podcasts, TV shows and more.

I pitched it, they rejected it, I wrote it anyway.

An email newsletter investigating love, one conversation at a time

What's your favourite bit of a certain song? You know, that *bit*. That bit that three wines in, makes you want to lose your mind? Join us on a pop pilgrimage as we discover those special moments of songs that make life worth living.

Helping writers earn millions of pounds in commissions since 2018. Calls for pitches, creative submissions, freelance and part-time writing jobs. All UK-based. Compiled by Sian Meades-Williams.

Writer in London working at a tiny indie London bookshop + latest news from my book - Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes

Whatever I've been obsessing over this week...

Hello and welcome! H&H is all about nurturing your home and your life through interior design, nature, the seasons, gardening and as many other dollops of joy and laughter as is humanly possible. Come and join us.

A show case for my work, I stream fiction before it goes to print, publish essays & interviews, and champion indie lit fiction by increasing visibility, challenging stigma, and proving quality.

Reflections on Writing and Walking

21st Century Pop

My weekly post - Receipt from the Bookshop - is written in real time from my award-winning independent bookshop in St. Annes-on-Sea, UK. Paid subscribers also get an additional weekly essay/book review and access to my book club.

I live a quiet life. Come sit with me for a while?

A community for writers at every stage of their journey

Some things that it might be useful to see written down.

Observations on love, culture, books, relationships and healing after a motorcycle accident–usually sent to you from the seat of a café

Personal essays on grief, love, friendships, young adulthood, and the small things in life.

A life raft for writers at sea

Podcasts, videos, internet culture, and links to the best stuff I've seen online this week

✨ a cosy online space for curious readers ✨ from Sunday Times Bestselling author Emma Gannon. On books, work, wellbeing & creativity. 5th literature Substack globally. "One of Britain’s most prominent Substack writers" —The Times

Your guide to great writing, podcasts, and shows happening on Substack

Random and sweary reviews of (pretty much) everything

Notes on food, books, careers, writing and breast cancer, from the author of Single Bald Female and host of Life in Food with Laura Price

The musings of an old-movie lover

A collection of the most interesting bits of the internet: the high and low, old and new - Journalism, Books, Art and Podcasts - brought to you on the last Friday of every month.

Wisdom for idiots

Sydney Urbanek’s research-based ruminations on mostly pop divas and their (visual) antics

Welcome to my small part of the internet, my one-person magazine. This is what we'd be chatting about if you came into my kitchen and I invited you to pull up a chair and have a coffee.

Interrogating sexual desire

It takes a lot of money to look this cheap. Welcome to your weekly round up of the best of the worst celebrity fashion annotated with my many, many opinions.

weekly essays on sex, history, memory and more, by Huw Lemmey

Honest media criticism from a complete arsehole.

Behold! I have had a thought.