The Spark ✨
Ruthie Ackerman, Olivia MuenterA weekly newsletter from a big city girl with big bylines (Vogue, Glamour, NYT) about the craft of writing, building a supportive literary community, plus reading, design, and lifestyle recommendations for creatives of all kinds.
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The Four Books I'm Bringing With Me to Italy
By the time you’re reading this, I will (hopefully) be lounging by the pool in the rolling hills of Tuscany–wine in hand, sun on my cheeks, book not far behind. I’m heading to Italy for a week to teach at a women-only memoir masterclass ret...
5 Common Hurdles Standing in the Way of Your Book Dream
As I’ve talked about before, writing a book entails much more than the actual process of writing the book. Sure you need a solid idea and a strong foundation of writing, but when it comes to the publishing process, there is A LOT to think a...
What I Learned From 365 Days in the Publishing Trenches
Clementine and I in early December 2025 with The Mother Code galleys <3
Before The Mother Code was published on May 6, 2025, I scrawled a wish list of my hopes and dreams for the memoir I’d spent five years of my life writing, not to menti...
When Desires and Expectations Collide
The engine of any story you write is conflict. And there’s no conflict that’s juicier than when a person’s desires collide with expectations. You desire freedom, but you’re trapped in a marriage. You desire to remain child-free, but society...
Everything I’m Doing That’s Not AI
With all the talk about AI I would have thought that much of my daily life would have been usurped by the robots already. So I sat down to make a list of all the things that didn’t use AI. And you know what I discovered? That the best, most...
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Ruthie is a writer and developmental editor who has been published in Vogue, Glamour, O Magazine, The New York Times, The Atlantic, and more. Her debut memoir, The Mother Code, was published this year (Random House, 2025)
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