HELLO. IT’S ME 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
Excited to have @mindahoney.bsky.social back this week at @niemanstoryboard.org, in conversation with the reporting team behind the serialized podcast "American Shrapnel." Thanks @johnhammontree.bsky.social @kbeccaandrews.bsky.social @johnarchibald.bsky.social
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How the team behind the ‘American Shrapnel’ podcast helped their sources feel safe - Nieman Storyboard
As a reporting team revisited a series of bombings across the South in the 1990s, fears of political backlash remained prevalent
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November 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
HELLO. IT’S ME 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
One week left of our 4 week sprint through “The Artist’s Way.” This go round, Julia went hard on some parties I wasn’t certain deserved it — academics, perfectionists — and got at how our fear flings out excuses for why we can’t be the creative we want to be. open.substack.com/pub/mindahon...
4-Week Guide to "The Artist's Way": Week 3
Connection! Strength! Compassion!
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November 19, 2025 at 10:34 PM
One week left of our 4 week sprint through “The Artist’s Way.” This go round, Julia went hard on some parties I wasn’t certain deserved it — academics, perfectionists — and got at how our fear flings out excuses for why we can’t be the creative we want to be. open.substack.com/pub/mindahon...
How’s that creative recovery going? Here’s the week 2 drop of the sped up guide to “The Artist’s Way.” open.substack.com/pub/mindahon...
Are You Feeling More Creative Yet?
Week 2: Integrity, Possibility & Abundance
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November 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
How’s that creative recovery going? Here’s the week 2 drop of the sped up guide to “The Artist’s Way.” open.substack.com/pub/mindahon...
It’s so nice when people appreciate what you do 😭 Read the first installment of the guide on my Substack and the next one drops Wednesday — open.substack.com/pub/mindahon...
November 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It’s so nice when people appreciate what you do 😭 Read the first installment of the guide on my Substack and the next one drops Wednesday — open.substack.com/pub/mindahon...
Most people don’t finish “The Artist’s Way” because 12 weeks is a lot! So let’s speed it up! Starting next week, I’m dropping my 4-week guide to “The Artist’s Way.” Finally finish it faster, with friends 🫱🏽🫲🏿 Get all the details here — open.substack.com/pub/mindahon...
The 4-Week Guide to "The Artist's Way"
Let's get this wrapped up by Thanksgiving!
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October 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Most people don’t finish “The Artist’s Way” because 12 weeks is a lot! So let’s speed it up! Starting next week, I’m dropping my 4-week guide to “The Artist’s Way.” Finally finish it faster, with friends 🫱🏽🫲🏿 Get all the details here — open.substack.com/pub/mindahon...
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✨Zine artist reveal!✨ Minda Honey is the author of The Heartbreak Years. She writes a newsletter about being mid(life) on Substack. Follow her at @mindahoney.bsky.social and don’t miss her zine, “Thoughts Liberated from My Notes* App,” in the Summer ‘25 Edit, dropping this week!
September 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
✨Zine artist reveal!✨ Minda Honey is the author of The Heartbreak Years. She writes a newsletter about being mid(life) on Substack. Follow her at @mindahoney.bsky.social and don’t miss her zine, “Thoughts Liberated from My Notes* App,” in the Summer ‘25 Edit, dropping this week!
The return of skinny supremacy has me thinking a lot about the summer after high school I spent as a weight loss counselor. Obvs allll the warnings for diet culture, eating disorders and fatphobia — because how else do you describe a workplace that weighed you twice a week? Mindahoney.substack.com.
September 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The return of skinny supremacy has me thinking a lot about the summer after high school I spent as a weight loss counselor. Obvs allll the warnings for diet culture, eating disorders and fatphobia — because how else do you describe a workplace that weighed you twice a week? Mindahoney.substack.com.
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New Craft of Memoir at @niemanstoryboard.org: @mindahoney.bsky.social in conversation with Irvin Weathersby Jr. about truth-telling in a travelogue.
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The Craft of Memoir: Irvin Weathersby Jr. on truth-telling in a travelogue - Nieman Storyboard
‘The goal of art is to seek out something pure and true and to convey it.’ The author of ‘In Open Contempt’ on making sense of history and his own story.
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July 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
New Craft of Memoir at @niemanstoryboard.org: @mindahoney.bsky.social in conversation with Irvin Weathersby Jr. about truth-telling in a travelogue.
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#longreads #booksky #writing #storytelling
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"That's what the book’s about in general. How can I situate myself within these current moments but also within the timeline of history?" Irvin Weathersby Jr., in conversation with @mindahoney.bsky.social
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The Craft of Memoir: Irvin Weathersby Jr. on truth-telling in a travelogue - Nieman Storyboard
‘The goal of art is to seek out something pure and true and to convey it.’ The author of ‘In Open Contempt’ on making sense of history and his own story.
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July 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"That's what the book’s about in general. How can I situate myself within these current moments but also within the timeline of history?" Irvin Weathersby Jr., in conversation with @mindahoney.bsky.social
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#booksky #writing #memoir
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My Friday newsletter for @niemanstoryboard.org: Featuring @nadiareiman.bsky.social on reporting for @thisamericanlife.org, @mindahoney.bsky.social in conversation with Irvin Weathersby Jr., plus @leahsottile.bsky.social, @hoinski.bsky.social, and more...
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Different ways of seeking truth - Nieman Storyboard
Nadia Reiman on the process behind "This American Life," and Irvin Weathersby Jr.'s deeply personal approach to confronting history.
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July 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
My Friday newsletter for @niemanstoryboard.org: Featuring @nadiareiman.bsky.social on reporting for @thisamericanlife.org, @mindahoney.bsky.social in conversation with Irvin Weathersby Jr., plus @leahsottile.bsky.social, @hoinski.bsky.social, and more...
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I think at this point, nearly three decades in, that we’ve established that the mission is entirely possible.
May 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think at this point, nearly three decades in, that we’ve established that the mission is entirely possible.
In honor of the news that the medical field will be finally recognizing it hurts when jam things into and snip of pieces of our cervixes — an IUD tale 🩸 open.substack.com/pub/mindahon...
The Error of My of Anatomy
IUDon't: IUD insertions now featuring pain management!
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May 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
In honor of the news that the medical field will be finally recognizing it hurts when jam things into and snip of pieces of our cervixes — an IUD tale 🩸 open.substack.com/pub/mindahon...
Seems a like a good time to re-share this piece from 2018 that I wrote after discovering there would be a “soul cleanse” yoga festival at a local plantation — www.leoweekly.com/news/the-pla...
The Plantation In Your Town: How We Handle The Vestiges Of Our Past
I wasn’t happy when an ad for the “Soul Cleanse Yoga Festival” popped up in my Facebook feed and I saw several of my friends...
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May 17, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Seems a like a good time to re-share this piece from 2018 that I wrote after discovering there would be a “soul cleanse” yoga festival at a local plantation — www.leoweekly.com/news/the-pla...
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My mind was happily blown by the amazing panels of writers + editors at #OpenSecretsLive. I wanted to buy EVERYONE’S book - I got Minda Honey’s “The Heartbreak Years” + Kari Ferrell’s “You’ll Never Believe Me” 🤩 Rachel Kramer Bussel created a lovely, impactful event! @opensecretsmag.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
My mind was happily blown by the amazing panels of writers + editors at #OpenSecretsLive. I wanted to buy EVERYONE’S book - I got Minda Honey’s “The Heartbreak Years” + Kari Ferrell’s “You’ll Never Believe Me” 🤩 Rachel Kramer Bussel created a lovely, impactful event! @opensecretsmag.bsky.social
It’s spring, so the sidewalk pests are out! Here’s a little drag for the men who disrupt my peace and the alarming belief that women should tolerate a man’s disrespect if he makes enough money.
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Men think we care about money and women are worried about their lives.
Just a little screed about the dudes who interrupt my peace
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May 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It’s spring, so the sidewalk pests are out! Here’s a little drag for the men who disrupt my peace and the alarming belief that women should tolerate a man’s disrespect if he makes enough money.
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The same day I dropped a newsletter about my first mammogram (and subsequent follow up for what were ultimately, thankfully benign issues) I got hit with the $1,000 bill. Yay, America!! open.substack.com/pub/mindahon...
Minda Gets a Mammogram
Lefty gave 'em the run around
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May 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The same day I dropped a newsletter about my first mammogram (and subsequent follow up for what were ultimately, thankfully benign issues) I got hit with the $1,000 bill. Yay, America!! open.substack.com/pub/mindahon...
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Our Open Secrets Live May 3 closing conversation will be between @mindahoney.bsky.social and @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social on Relinquishing Your Secret Desires to the Page. opensecretsmagazine.com/p/open-secre... @amazonpublishing.bsky.social @wvupress.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Our Open Secrets Live May 3 closing conversation will be between @mindahoney.bsky.social and @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social on Relinquishing Your Secret Desires to the Page. opensecretsmagazine.com/p/open-secre... @amazonpublishing.bsky.social @wvupress.bsky.social
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My Friday newsletter for @niemanstoryboard.org — great advice from @mindahoney.bsky.social for journalists experimenting with memoir. Plus links from @clairewillett.bsky.social, @mallarytenore.bsky.social, @propublica.org and @joepompeo.bsky.social.
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Minda Honey's lessons from writing a memoir, and advice for journalists finding their voice - Nieman Storyboard
The author of "The Heartbreak Years" embraced being "shameless" in telling her own story.
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February 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
My Friday newsletter for @niemanstoryboard.org — great advice from @mindahoney.bsky.social for journalists experimenting with memoir. Plus links from @clairewillett.bsky.social, @mallarytenore.bsky.social, @propublica.org and @joepompeo.bsky.social.
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"To be shameless is to reject the standards set for you by others and live by your own measure."
— @mindahoney.bsky.social
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#booksky
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Minda Honey's lessons from writing a memoir, and advice for journalists finding their voice - Nieman Storyboard
The author of "The Heartbreak Years" embraced being "shameless" in telling her own story.
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February 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"To be shameless is to reject the standards set for you by others and live by your own measure."
— @mindahoney.bsky.social
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#booksky
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"Revise where you're hiding." @mindahoney.bsky.social's advice for journalists experimenting with memoir.
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#longreads #booksky
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#longreads #booksky
Minda Honey's lessons from writing a memoir, and advice for journalists finding their voice - Nieman Storyboard
The author of "The Heartbreak Years" embraced being "shameless" in telling her own story.
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March 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"Revise where you're hiding." @mindahoney.bsky.social's advice for journalists experimenting with memoir.
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#longreads #booksky
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baby’s first #awp reading: you KNOW it’s at a tattoo shop, with some of my all-time favorite CNF baddies, and will involve death + sex + being put in my place in the funniest way possible. 💘 @natalielima09.bsky.social @mindahoney.bsky.social @lillydancyger.bsky.social @otroedgargomez.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
baby’s first #awp reading: you KNOW it’s at a tattoo shop, with some of my all-time favorite CNF baddies, and will involve death + sex + being put in my place in the funniest way possible. 💘 @natalielima09.bsky.social @mindahoney.bsky.social @lillydancyger.bsky.social @otroedgargomez.bsky.social
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If you've read Alligator Tears, I spoke to icon and legend @mindahoney.bsky.social about the turtle passage in the Pulse essay for Harvard's @niemanstoryboard.org. Check it out if you wanna read about what went into writing that one low-key bittersweet scene from the book 🐊🥲🐢
Thrilled to welcome @mindahoney.bsky.social to @niemanstoryboard.org!
Here's her first contribution, on @otroedgargomez.bsky.social's new memoir-in-essays, ALLIGATOR TEARS.
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Here's her first contribution, on @otroedgargomez.bsky.social's new memoir-in-essays, ALLIGATOR TEARS.
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#longreads #booksky
The craft of memoir: queer joy, turtles, and caring for the reader in Edgar Gomez's 'Alligator Tears' - Nieman Storyboard
"You can take the reader out of that present moment and plop them somewhere else, and it can be meaningful, it can be strategic."
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February 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
If you've read Alligator Tears, I spoke to icon and legend @mindahoney.bsky.social about the turtle passage in the Pulse essay for Harvard's @niemanstoryboard.org. Check it out if you wanna read about what went into writing that one low-key bittersweet scene from the book 🐊🥲🐢
Is this how beauty queens feel when they get crowned for the first time? 🥲 Thank you for the warmed welcome, Mark and for letting me nerd out on craft ❤️🔥
Thrilled to welcome @mindahoney.bsky.social to @niemanstoryboard.org!
Here's her first contribution, on @otroedgargomez.bsky.social's new memoir-in-essays, ALLIGATOR TEARS.
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#longreads #booksky
Here's her first contribution, on @otroedgargomez.bsky.social's new memoir-in-essays, ALLIGATOR TEARS.
niemanstoryboard.org/2025/02/27/c...
#longreads #booksky
The craft of memoir: queer joy, turtles, and caring for the reader in Edgar Gomez's 'Alligator Tears' - Nieman Storyboard
"You can take the reader out of that present moment and plop them somewhere else, and it can be meaningful, it can be strategic."
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February 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Is this how beauty queens feel when they get crowned for the first time? 🥲 Thank you for the warmed welcome, Mark and for letting me nerd out on craft ❤️🔥
BIG NEWS! THE BIGGEST!! And you know that convo between me and Deesha is gonna be JUICCCCY 🍑
BIG NEWS: @mindahoney.bsky.social and @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social will be our closing keynote speakers Saturday, May 3 at personal storytelling summit Open Secrets Live! Plus Jane Pratt, memoir authors, magazine & book editors! 12 tickets left! Agenda & discount: www.eventbrite.com/e/1140713949...
February 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
BIG NEWS! THE BIGGEST!! And you know that convo between me and Deesha is gonna be JUICCCCY 🍑
Wrote about Irvin Weathersby’s new book, “In Open Contempt,” becoming an art lover and the Peter Pan tale (or should I say Wendy’s story?) open.substack.com/pub/mindahon...
All the Men are Peter Pan, All the Women Wendy
On leaving Neverland
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February 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Wrote about Irvin Weathersby’s new book, “In Open Contempt,” becoming an art lover and the Peter Pan tale (or should I say Wendy’s story?) open.substack.com/pub/mindahon...