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HOUSE OF HER đź©·

For the women that were told they were too much but kept going anyway...🩷✨ Essays + ramblings on womanhood, creativity, and self-possession from a New York author.

Newsletter · By Cara Alwill · English · US · Paid tier available · Official site

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  1. Issue · Sep 30, 2026

    You Don’t Have to Be Carrie Bradshaw to Build a Big Substack (opens the original)

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    Every time I tell a woman that she needs to be on Substack, I hear some version of the same song:But my life isn’t interesting! What would I even write about? I’m boring and married. I don’t do anything. I have nothing fun to say.Listen. I will defend the personal essay till the day I die. I have been writing them for nearly two decades. I wrote a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Do-Anything-Would-Delusions-ebook/dp/B0F195BPLX/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Z

  2. Issue · Sep 18, 2026

    PRIVATE AUDIO DROP: Read Wisely. How Your Literary Diet Shapes Your Mind. (opens the original)

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  3. Issue · Sep 17, 2026

    The Next Era of Publishing Belongs to the Author-Entrepreneur (opens the original)

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    This morning I read an essay by about how publishers are becoming increasingly interested in Substack writers. Emma has been invited to speak at the London Book Fair for the past two years, but she wasn’t asked to speak about her experience with traditional publishing, although she’s published quite a few books with “the big five.” Instead, they wanted to hear her talk about Substack, self-publishing, and owning and monetizing your own IP. Essentially the entrepreneurial world of being an author

  4. Issue · Sep 15, 2026

    I Bought Myself a Billboard in Times Square. Here’s Why You Should Too. (opens the original)

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    On a chilly Friday afternoon in October of 2022 (the 7th, to be exact), my nephew was one day old and my face was seven stories high in the middle of Times Square.My nephew had just entered the world, this tiny, perfect new human being who had no idea what Times Square was or what a podcast was or that his aunt was about to put on a Party City tiara, crack open a bottle of Veuve Clicquot, and stand beneath a gigantic LED photograph of herself.I had bought myself a billboard.But not just any bill

  5. Issue · Sep 7, 2026

    It’s Time to Stop Romanticizing a Small Audience (opens the original)

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    There is this strange virtue attached to not publicly desiring a big career.You’ve probably also seen the Substack notes declaring it’s kinda chic to pour your heart out for your three subscribers. Or I’m just here to write, I don’t care if anyone reads my work. You may have even found yourself spouting off some version of the same sentiment. I’d do this work even if nobody ever paid me! I only need my four readers including my mom and my husband. I’m happy with my three clients.And you know wha

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