This Is Not What I Expected

Join me as I share a drawing a week to rekindle the joy of creating. Includes random musings on inspiration, motivation and how to keep pouring from your creative cup even when it feels like there's a hole in it.

Comics about gender, justice, aging, and life as a woman in America.

She’s made all the mistakes, so you don’t have to… Ask Erin is a weekly advice column, in which Erin answers your burning questions about anything at all.

Writing, life, and writing life

raising my two sons and my inner child at the same time

cool but rude

we're here to watch movies and talk about butts, and we have a lot of both, don't even worry about running out AT ALL

Writing that boldly disregards normal restraints.

emotional messes & intimate conversations

A critical review of the beauty industry prioritizing people, not products.

No algorithms, no outrage. Just an essential newsletter trusted by about 170,000 smart people who want to understand the world. (I also write the free, daily newsletter you'll find at BigOptimism.com!)

Curating fee-free (AND paying) calls and competitions—plus other resources—for writers of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.