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Literary Ladies Guide celebrates the lives and works of women writers and writer-adjacent creatives, preserving and elevating women's voices.
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A September review — a cover reveal (mine!), introverts, cat dads & more (opens the original)
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As I mentioned in my other Substack, The Vegan Atlas, which just went out, I always enjoy month-end roundups from other Substackers I subscribe to. Quoting myself:“There are so many days when I get a Substack that looks fascinating, promise myself I’ll read it that night (one has to work, after all). Before I know it, it’s the next day and the same thing happens over again. So when Substacks I subscribe to do a monthly roundup, I really appreciate it.”In short, monthly roundups
It’s the age of the cozy yet manly “Cat Dad” (according to the NY Times) (opens the original)
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We’ve all heard that “dogs are a man’s best friend.” That’s old news: more recently, the concept of “cat dad” has caught on in a big way.“It’s a great time to be a guy who loves his cat” read the headline of the lead story in this past Sunday’s New York Times Style section (sorry, paywall, but if you go to <a href="https://x.com/benryanwriter/status/21020345712
Tales of Two Introverts (Emily Brontë and Octavia E. Butler) (opens the original)
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I’m a classic introvert — the type who gets energy from within. I’ve always felt shy on the inside, but that doesn’t manifest so much outwardly. At least I don’t think so. Work-wise, I’ve always been self-employed. I can’t imagine having humans in my face all day. I don’t like parties, gallery openings, or any other types of gatherings where there’s a lot of what I call “thinking of things to say to people I don’t know.” Standing at little more than 5 feet in an average pair of shoes (I recently
Go ahead, judge my book by its cover (opens the original)
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For writers, the cover reveal of a forthcoming book is an exciting milestone. That’s especially true if the book is one that a writer (in this case, me) is excited about, and if the cover represents its contents thoughtfully and aesthetically.All of the above is true in the case of Women Writing Dangerously: An Illustrated History of Banned, Censored, and Silenced Books by WomenWriters, from 19th-Century Scandals to Contemporary Clashes (February 16, 2027; Clarkson Potter, a division of Penguin
A pair of impactful literary anniversaries (opens the original)
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Even as she struggled to find publishers for her works (now acknowledged as visionary), Octavia E. Butler aimed to be a bestseller. She was a dedicated affirmation writer, a favorite being “I shall be a bestselling writer. I will find the way to do this. So be it! See to it!”Her dream came true on September 2, 2020, as a new (Grand Central Publishing) edition of Parable of the Sower hit the NY Times bestseller list. It was originally published in 1993, twenty-seven years
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