Introduce Yourself To Our Midstack Community — and Share Your Writing

Our weekly share thread includes introductions

Happy Friday, Midstackers!

First I’d like to welcome every single one of our many new Midstack members. We are a community for midlife women who are building their Substacks with intention, support, and collaboration, and I look forward to getting to know you and your writing and to helping you grow and find your people authentically.

You’ll hear more from me in the coming days about new opportunities and offerings.

One of the regular features of this community is a semi-weekly Friday share thread. This is a place where we share what we’ve written this week and then support each other by commenting on each other’s posts, restacking them, and sharing with the writer how we personally connected with the essay. I’ve watched friendships blossom and collaborations begin in these threads.

This week — again, because we have so many new members here — I’d like you to tell us a little bit about you, in addition to sharing a recent piece of writing.

Tell us (in the comments):

• a general category or theme that your writing fits into. This might be Substack’s own categories — Literature, Health and Wellness, Culture — or it might be something else that you feel better describes your writing (Poetry, Reinvention, Perimenopause, Grief, Feminism,…). If you could choose your own category or theme on Substack, what would it be? If you’re not sure or are overwhelmed by the idea of choosing one theme or category, feel free to leave it out.

• a short description of you and your Substack

• a short description of a recent post or note

• a link to the post or note

Here’s my own example using Midstack’s sister publication, Midstory:

PERSONAL ESSAY — Hi! I’m Jessica from upstate New York and an editor, writer, teacher, and mom to two middle school kids. My Substack Midstory Magazine publishes personal essays, interviews, and other writing by midlife women about loss, love, and transition. Our most recent post is about what a mom’s teenage son taught her about career reinvention at midlife. [POST LINK]

After you post your short introduction and your recent post link, please make sure to comment on, like, restack, share in a Note at least a few other writers’ posts.

Have a wonderful weekend! Keep coming back to this thread during the week and supporting each other.

Also, don’t be shy! If you find another writer in the comments that you connect with, reach out to her (in the comments, in a DM) and propose a collaboration (a cross-post, an interview, a guest post, etc) or tell her that you’d like to add her to your recommendations.