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A community for midlife women who want to write, connect, and grow on Substack, from the editors of Midstory Magazine.

Newsletter · By Jessica Smock · Official site

Indexed issues, last 90 days
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Sep 25, 2026
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Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 25, 2026

    Weekly Share Thread: September 25 (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone

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    It’s autumn!Welcome to fall. Finally. I love the fresh feeling of autumn. And welcome to our Midstack weekly share thread, a chance for you to share your writing and connect with other midlife women writing on Substack.But first I’d love to hear, in these final months of 2026, what your experience on Substack is like for you right now.Please take a minute or two to answer these five brief questions. I’d appreciate it!Take the September Midstack Survey<p

  2. Issue · Sep 18, 2026

    Weekly Share Thread: September 18 (opens the original)

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    Happy Friday!It’s that time again. Tell us about what you wrote this week. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="720" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9qws!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-po

  3. Issue · Sep 4, 2026

    Weekly Share Thread: September 4 (opens the original)

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    It’s Friday — the first Friday of September. To me the start of September will always feel like new beginnings, even more so than January’s New Year.A read for the weekend: Over on our sister publication, Midstory Magazine, What If You’re Wrong About Yourself published this Wednesday. Linda K. Sienkiewicz writes about a single comment from her mother that steered her away from a writing career for decades… and then how she eventually found her way back to it, MFA acceptance letters and all. It’s

  4. Issue · Aug 28, 2026

    Midstack Weekly Share Thread (opens the original)

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    It’s almost September!I look forward to September and fall because to me, it’ll always feel like “back to school” season — a time to enjoy a clean slate and a moment to refresh goals. I’m planning on a fall cohort for Midstack, a group of Midstackers learning and growing together over 2-3 weeks. I asked our community in this week’s chat thread about what would serve them best at this point in their Substack journeys and have been poring over my recent surveys and your latest comments. <p clas

  5. Issue · Aug 21, 2026

    Our Midstack Friday Share Thread (opens the original)

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    Happy Friday, Midstackers!I’m back from a vacation in Banff, Alberta. What a spectacularly beautiful place. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="640" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QYoL!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive

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