Colin Meloy's Machine Shop

Writing prompts, creativity & productivity tips, and unflagging encouragement from a full-time working writer. You want to write? I want you to write, too.

Nine Circles +

Personal musings and thoughtful teachings from My Brightest Diamond's Shara Nova.

Arts & Entertainment from illustrator Carson Ellis

A place to explore the way the short story works.

Bestselling novelist and bookstore owner Emma Straub has a lot to say, and this is where to read it.

Opening the future by understanding the past.

That was tough. Let's go for a walk.

Drawing explorations, lessons, and weekly art assignments from New York Times-bestselling artist Wendy MacNaughton. Paying subscribers get full access to the DrawTogether Grown-Ups Table creative community and the 30-Day Drawing Habit.

A weekly selection of drawings by New Yorker cartoonist and matador Liana Finck, sent out on Wednesdays. Paid subscribers will also get a Sunday email of autobiographical comics, process drawings, and other behind-the-scenes things.