Essays

Six recent essays by midlife women on Substack

Jul 4, 2025 • Jessica Smock

Odd Jobs: A Writing Prompt

A guest writing prompt from Jena Schwartz

May 7, 2025 • Jessica Smock

Neurodivergence and Writing

A Q&A with writer and writing coach Dr. Bailey Lang

Apr 24, 2025 • Jessica Smock

Write for the Next Generation

Join a workshop with Jo-Ann Finkelstein, PhD, on Thursday

Apr 1, 2025 • Steph Sprenger and Jessica Smock

Writing Through Loss and Grief

A guest post by Anne Pinkerton

Mar 12, 2025 • Anne Pinkerton and Jessica Smock

Why We Need to Write Together, Right Now.

What I learned from a month-long writing intensive with midlife women.

Feb 27, 2025 • Steph Sprenger

10 Books By Midlife Women To Understand This Moment

And tell us what you are reading

Feb 18, 2025 • Jessica Smock

Words Are the Weapons of Autocracy

On the flu, fever dreams, and freedom

Feb 12, 2025 • Jessica Smock

A Bishop, A Rioter, And An Invitation

Storytelling and hope when our world is broken

Jan 23, 2025 • Jessica Smock

Favorite Books of 2024: A Year of Discontented Reading

Tell us your favorites of the year and learn about our Project Incubator

Dec 30, 2024 • Jessica Smock

A guest essay by Deborah Siegel-Acevedo about the morning after

Nov 11, 2024 • Deborah Siegel-Acevedo and Deborah Siegel-Acevedo

I Lied To My Daughter

Thoughts on the morning after

Nov 6, 2024 • Jessica Smock

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