SubMakk

Home
Archive
About
I Have Some Answers For You
all about feedback--from yourself and others and the world
 • 
Rebecca Makkai
6
I Will Solve All* of Your* Problems!*
*some *writing-related *maybe
 • 
Rebecca Makkai
16
My Computer Broke!
and other stuff I've been up to
 • 
Rebecca Makkai
2
Most Popular
View all
Voice Lessons
 • Rebecca Makkai
11
You Lost Me, Part 2
 • Rebecca Makkai
8
Let's End Things (part 1)
 • Rebecca Makkai
8
Actual Literary Etiquette
 • Rebecca Makkai
18
You Lost Me
 • Rebecca Makkai
19
New
Top
Community
You Lost Me, Part 2
When orientation goes overboard
 • 
Rebecca Makkai
8
You Lost Me
(and how not to)
 • 
Rebecca Makkai
19
A Questionable Vermont House Tour
Man, I love Zillow
 • 
Rebecca Makkai
14
A New Novel Class!
Plus, I'm in bed with Chester Cheetah
 • 
Rebecca Makkai
5
Voice Lessons
Why not all characters sound alike (or at least why they shouldn't)
 • 
Rebecca Makkai
11
Six Ways to Name Your Characters
(some of them chaotic)
 • 
Rebecca Makkai
5
The Palestinian Novella Making Me Rethink Length
(105 perfectly harrowing pages)
 • 
Rebecca Makkai
10
SubMakk
SubMakk
Rebecca Makkai's Substack: mostly writing and books! but also Zillow, true crime, etymology, food, general inanity
Recommendations
View all 10
Men Yell at Me
Men Yell at Me
lyz
Jane’s Calamity
Jane’s Calamity
Jane Roper
Before and After the Book Deal
Before and After the Book Deal
Courtney Maum
Burnt Toast by Virginia Sole-Smith
Burnt Toast by Virginia Sole-Smith
Virginia Sole-Smith
Evil Witches Newsletter
Evil Witches Newsletter
Claire Zulkey
Learn more
My actual, official website
Full calendar of my upcoming events!
(Winter and spring tour events will be added in January.)
My "Around the World in 84 Books" Project
(I'm reading 84 books in translation. Join me!)
Preorder my new novel, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU
(Ideally from your favorite indie bookstore...)
© 2023 Rebecca Makkai
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start WritingGet the app
Substack is the home for great writing