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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| Issues | 122 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | 9 days ago |
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The Hardest Part About Writing My Next Book
I’ve heard many authors, even those you’d think have some kind of magical connection to the writing muse (Cheryl Strayed, for example!), say that every book is like starting from ground zero all over again. Writing one book doesn’t give you...
Homework for Him
Father’s Day is coming, which means it’s time to celebrate the men in our lives by giving them something they didn’t know they needed: a reading list.
Look, we love them. We really do. But if the men in your life are anything like the men...
Seven Questions About Writing with NYT Bestselling Author, Sara Nović
Each month, I ask an author I love to answer questions about what it means to be a writer and this month I reached out to Sara Nović, author of the instant NYT Bestseller True Biz, as well as the books Girl at War and America is Immigrants....
The One Thing That Separates Memoir from a Journal Entry or Therapy Session
Most writers I work with come to me with the same problem. Their pages feel flat. You can follow the logic of it, but you can’t feel it. The culprit is almost always the same: they’re summarizing instead of scene-making.
I want to show you...
We Were Never Meant to Do This Alone
When I think about maternal mental health my great-grandmother, my grandmother and my own mother come to mind. All three women struggled with their roles as mothers. All three fought demons I can’t pretend to understand. I wrote a lot about...
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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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