A 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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It Took Me Six Years to Figure Out What My Book Was About
I spent more than six years writing The Mother Code. Knowing what I know now, here’s what I’d do if I were starting a book today:
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1. Figure out what your book is about, not just what happens in it.
When I started...
What’s So Scary About the Middle?
For as long as I can remember, I’ve lived in the gray. Did I want to become a mother? Settle down in New York or backpack around the world? Who did I want to marry, and why? What did I want to be when I finally grew up? I never knew. I blam...
Every Memoirist Is an Unreliable Narrator
Here’s a confession for spooky season: I’m not a reliable narrator of my own life. And neither are you.
It’s because so much of what we “know” about our own lives was handed to us. We repeat the stories we were told.
My memoir, The Mot...
What Happens After the Big Lie Cracks
We all have a story we’ve told so many times we no longer think about it as the words leave our lips. There’s the dinner-party version, the version for a first date and the version for our therapist. We know where the laugh comes and where...
Confessions of a Merch Girlie
I’m a merch girlie. At a museum, I skip the exhibits and go straight to the gift shop. I’ll see the Rothko eventually. First I need to know if there’s a tote.
I used to be a little embarrassed about this. Then I realized what I’m actually...
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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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