Joanna’s Substack

A misheard lyric, a very strange art project, and the one person who loved it

Growing up in rural Indiana, things were a little murky

How to stop turning small problems into big ones

This one's for you, Lee

What I assumed, what I got wrong, and why we should care more about the person than the performance.

For Monday, March 30…we're going "across the pond"

And accidentally made it better by fixing it

Because apparently, this is how my writing life works now

Y'All had a lot to say! And I loved every minute of reading your responses.

A small church in Shere, an anchoress’s cell, and the origins of DEATH OF A SAINT

After writing more than 80 books, here are the three filters I use to decide which criticism matters—and which to ignore.

And why etiquette has nothing to do with knowing which fork to use