Substacks recommended by Shell Norman

Recommended by Shell Norman

Own Your Story is my resilience manifesto. It is a unique combination of personal stories, coaching questions, and business inspiration from a wheelchair fempreneur.

Fair Wind, Sailing West

By Keb Burns

We're all sailing "into the West." Meditation, contemplation, inspiration, Scripture, catechesis, and a solidarity of mutual prayer for the journey.

Beautiful, contemplative writing here to sit and mull over.

- Shell Norman

Reflection & Growth

By Hamza Gujjar

Stories and Essays to Inspire Your Journey of Personal Growth and Self-Discovery

Heritage Hunters

By Barbara Jean May

Heritage Hunters Genealogy Podcast and Blog

Write • Build • Scale

By Sinem Günel

Learn how to write online, build your audience, and scale your income.

Get inspired to tell your story, share your message, authentically connect with an audience.

- Shell Norman

Writing Wednesdays

By Matt Lillywhite

Writing Wednesdays is a weekly newsletter designed to help you make $1,000+ a month from writing.

Matt shares valuable & practical advice to elevate your writing. Looking for better exposure on Substack, read his Writing Wednesdays.

- Shell Norman

Mission: Genealogy

By MissionGenealogy News

Building a warm and generous community on Substack for genealogists and family historians. We are free of fees and platform-independent. Join us for our good company, podcasts, roundtables, and office hours.

Love to read family stories like the ones featured here.

- Shell Norman

Wander Wealth

By Claudia Faith

Helping you get paid for your words. Receive personalized tips on writing, community building, and building a profitable online business. Delivered every Tuesday and Thursday. Top 100 Substack Publication in Education 🚀

This is a generous Stack that offers help & encouragement for growth. You will find a wealth of knowledge at Wander Wealth.

- Shell Norman

The Lost & Found Story Box

By Lori

Uncovering forgotten historical events, untold family narratives, and rediscovered tales of resilience and legacy, this weekly newsletter brings unique, engaging, and historically relevant stories to life—connecting the past to today's world.

Family history with quality storytelling.

- Shell Norman

Substack Type Club

By Kate Darracott

Building a community of like-minded Substackers who all want to grow their own following, and help each other do the same.

The challenges to connect with other writers are practical & fun!

- Shell Norman

50+ Is Prime Of Life

By Sally Doran

Find out how I'm living in my prime past age 50, how others our age are living prime, plus new views and insight so you can live in your prime, too!

Pitch Your Novel

By Karin Gillespie

Learn the art of novel pitching, which includes not just the elevator pitch but the title, first pages, blurb and tagline. Also publishing news and trends.

Karin Gillespie is generous with her experienced writing advice. Great points to digest.

- Shell Norman

And a Dog

By Dr Lily Dunn

I am an incurable memoir addict. I love reading it, teaching it, and writing it. Here you will find stories from a life, but you will also learn how to write it, and how memoir can be transformative beyond the page.

Kate Susong

writes comedic essays of personal foibles, Jane Austen fan fiction, and travelogues that will surprise you with Hope. DEUS EX LIBRIS!

This is the kind of writing I search for--beautiful turns of phrases, smart & funny too. And from a genuinely kind person.

- Shell Norman

Your Grandma's Substack

By Andrew Beebe

No politics. No drama. Just some good old fashioned stories, like grandma used to make.

Projectkin Community Forum

By Projectkin Post

We invent and refine creative ways to capture, preserve, and share our family stories. Won't you join us in FREE events, shared resources, and online conversations?

This is just the type of Substack you may be looking for--stories of family, the past & the connections. I know I am.

- Shell Norman

Stronger Girl

By Stacy Smith Rogers

Stronger Girl is an ongoing discovery of relationships and circumstances that invite us to grow together. Essays, poems, recipes and inspired content remind us there are times we need to be lifted up, and there are times when we need to lift others.

Love the vibe on "Stronger Girl"

- Shell Norman

Genealogy Matters

By Robin Stewart

Shining a light on the best online genealogy blogs and newsletters. If you're looking for great writing, meaningful presentations and podcasts that are all about genealogy, family history and memoirs, GenStack brings it all right to your inbox.

Quality posts about family history and how it matters.

- Shell Norman

The Orange & Bee

Magical stories for enchanted readers

Highlighting the work of various writers to build a community, not just a publication.

- Shell Norman

Writerly Things with Brooke Warner

I am an author advocate, publisher of She Writes Press and SparkPress, book industry insider, and champion to writers who show up to the page because they must.

How to Write for a Living

By David McIlroy

Writers should get paid for doing what they love. Let's talk about how to make that happen.

David's advice is generously shared and I find myself reading & liking his notes often.

- Shell Norman

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.

Highlighting what's "beautifully written."

- Shell Norman

Unfixed

By Kimberly Warner

When broken is the fix.

A beautiful way of writing--and an apt title of "Unfixed."

- Shell Norman

Lighthouse

By Alexander Semenyuk

Here you will find articles about faith, spirituality, family, psychology, as well as writing prompts, podcasts and videos. Come and engage in meaningful conversations dealing with our world and wellbeing.

CREATIVE. INSPIRED. HAPPY with Evelyn Skye

Join our warm community of writers & curious readers to get the resources and education you need to turn your hobby into a fulfilling career or to simply add a little creativity to your life! Led by New York Times Bestselling author Evelyn Skye.

Exciting work here with very practical advice.

- Shell Norman

Genealogy Storytelling

By Cynthia Boatright Raleigh

Family history is rich with stories. I tell genealogy stories to highlight the importance of bringing family history alive.

Stories With Shell

Recommended by Shell Norman