Hey Writers!
There’s no one right way to share your words to others. As I’ve written about here before, at Foster we care more about expression versus publishing. And that expression can be something as simple as a text or letter to a friend, or even a single-sentence tweet.
That being said, I want to take a moment to highlight a handful of Foster writers who have been steadily publishing long-form serialized books. Writing a book is a daunting task, one I’ve started and stopped often, so their dedication to seeing the process through should be celebrated.
I encourage you to check out one or more of the serialized works below and give the authors some love! In each case, I’ve linked to the first part of their books.
Rainwood House Sings by Juliana Barnet
Fighting for Utopia by Daniel Sisson
A Family Spy Story by Alicia Bonner
A Slice of Orange, A Pinch of Sky by Ariane Goodwin
Enjoy!
Lyle
📅 Events
Writing @ Work Circle with Dylan Tweney
Tuesday, October 8th at 11am ET
Stillness is the Move with Sara Campbell
Tuesday, October 8th at 4pm ET
Playing with Truth with Steph Soussloff
Friday, October 11th at 12pm ET
Simple + Consistent with Joel Christiansen
Friday, October 11th at 5:30pm ET
Morning Page Momentum with Amanda Sue Azadian
Monday, October 14th at 8am ET
Signature Writing Circle with Dan Hunt
Thursday, October 17th at 2:30pm ET
Building Bridges to Better American Health Care with Amanda Sue Azadian
Friday, October 18th at 12pm ET
Simple + Consistent with Joel Christiansen
Friday, October 18th at 5:30pm ET
⚡️ Published
all of it is myself by mel
Finding Certainty in Uncertainty by Jen Vermet
The green vine gently snaking up the rust-colored bricks. by Syd
I'd Never Seen My Mother so Enraged by Rick Lewis
The Blasphemy of Hope by Sara El-Sayeh
There Is No Wildness In "The Wild Robot" by Joshua Doležal
A Conversation with Publishing Maverick Ellen Fishbein by Russell Smith
All Day I Dream About Substack (ADIDAS) by Alex Dobrenko`
On Surrender, Sacred Emptiness, and Love: A Birthday Reflection by Irene K
🔥 Inspiration
Glad to see longform work celebrated. I have not written an essay over 4,000 words since I started my Substack, even though my initial goal was for the weekly output to seed my "real" writing. I'm starting to think that I need to wrestle those priorities back into alignment, to think of a larger container for the weekly writing, so that it adds up to something more coherent.
Serialization is an interesting paradox, because it tries to leverage the fragment in service of the whole. I like a print book because I can read longer chunks of it than I'm able to manage at a screen. But perhaps serialization is just the early stage of that more permanent form.
Ooooh, some others to read! Thanks for the mention!