Ford Knows Books
Mr. Troy Ford, Meg Oolders, Julie Gabrielli, J. B. Velasquez, Jerry Portwood, Michael HorvichEssays, stories & curiosities | Home of the novel "Lamb" - "The Books We ❤️ Club" - and "The Road to Published" - the choose-your-own-adventure approach to writing and publishing books
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 169 | Subscribers | Read | troyford.substack.com |
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Award-disdaining Author, Exile & Kook \ud83d\udc9c\ud83c\udfa9\ud83d\udc08⬛ Self-publishing chaos, sobriety, anxiety, and life’s weird little moments (FKB) | Shining a light on the amazing queer writers of Substack (Qstack) | Lamb: A novel in snapshots available now
Early midlifer, swooning seventeen-again, writing books about YAs falling in ❤️. Author of SEE DOT SMILE, a 2023 Watty Award winner officially debuting from Empress Editions, October 2026, and host of the TALK FICTION podcast.
In awe of nature’s design brilliance. I teach architecture and write stories and essays to cultivate hope in the face of climate crisis. Born at 318 ppm.
J. B. Velasquez is the author of the metaphysical portal fantasy Tourist Trapped, the dystopian adventure novel Every Last One: The Rise of Sylvia Boone, and a whole mess of nonsense here on Substack.
Jerry Portwood is the founder of The Queer Love Project, which explores LGBTQ+ stories about relationships. He was a top editor at Rolling Stone, Out magazine, and New York Press. He's a longtime instructor at the New School's writing program.
I write about experiences, insights, philosophies, QUEERness, Alzheimer’s. Honest in my writing, I disclose that I am white, cis, gay, male, retired, elder, widow, Jewish, Buddhist, financially comfortable, & privileged. www.horvich.com
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