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writing in the dark with jeannine ouellette substack subscribe sign in home notes chat essays lit salon story challenge the letter reimagined jeannine ouellette gift a subscription writing lab exercises threads voice memos strange containers joy sorrow archive about threads latest top discussions thursday thread share your work if you have a substack drop a link or drop links to any other work you re are proud of and want to share if you aren t publishing yet or currently then tell us what you re working on or may 7 jeannine ouellette 76 203 4 falling in love real or the best story we tell ourselves we re writers right apr 24 jeannine ouellette 41 35 i did an annual inventory how about you let s say we use this thread to take stock what s on the shelf of your life now that wasn t there a year ago and what s been discontinued apr 9 jeannine ouellette 42 40 1 france is coming up help please tell me where to go what to see and do and eat etc plus several fun announcements of what s upcoming here at writing in the dark apr 2 jeannine ouellette 25 67 1 thursday thread let s talk about tv share your favorites please hi let s talk about shows we re watching right now or shows we ve watched recently or want to watch soon or think everyone should binge mar 5 jeannine ouellette 30 130 1 thursday thread let s talk about dreams reality and the gap between we ll only know that whatever that sister life was it was important and beautiful and not ours cheryl strayed feb 26 jeannine ouellette 56 67 4 thursday thread publishing is in trouble what does this mean for writers when a pulitzer prize winning fiction writer can t get a meeting with an agent instead receiving a form rejection from awp we know something is off the feb 19 jeannine ouellette 56 60 4 thursday thread book thread what books or stories essays etc have you read recently or are reading now or want to read next and if you especially loved something please feb 12 jeannine ouellette 36 106 1 thursday thread share your work if you have a substack drop a link or drop links to any other work you re are proud of and want to share if you aren t publishing yet or currently then tell us what you re working on or jan 29 jeannine ouellette 79 195 5 thursday thread what ordinary things feel holy to you lately not capital h holy just tender charged luminous let s dig deep and make a big beautiful collage of human noticings jan 22 jeannine ouellette 63 87 1 thursday thread books poems essays stories albums songs movies tv shows it s time for a giant round up of everything keeping us saner right now let s share our riches as if our lives depend on it because they might jan 15 jeannine ouellette 53 91 3 thursday thread what now beyond vote write letters join demonstrations donate support mutual aid support independent journalism and boycott what can we do to stop the jan 8 jeannine ouellette 77 56 4 2026 jeannine ouellette privacy terms collection notice start your substack get the app substack is the home for great culture this site requires javascript to run correctly please turn on javascript or unblock scripts