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App with care, clarity, and sustainability.

Welcome to Authortunities!

I’m Angela Yuriko Smith, a writer, editor, publisher, and longtime advocate for sustainable creative practices. I’ve spent decades working with writers and building publishing projects rooted in care, curiosity, and long-term thinking rather than urgency or hype.

Authortunities is where much of that work now converges.

If you’re new here, welcome.
If you’ve been around for a while, welcome back.

This is a home for writers, creators, and curious minds who want to engage with publishing, creativity, and opportunity in a way that’s intentional, humane, and sustainable.

1. This is not a hustle space.

2. It’s not a “write faster, do more” space.

3. It’s a place for thoughtful work, clear choices, and long creative lives.

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What You’ll Find Here

This Substack serves as the central hub for everything Authortunities-related.

Here, I share:

• New! Monthly live workshop to help turn each month’s posts into practical, personal revisions. Included for paid subscribers. Replay included.

• Writing and publishing insights grounded in real editorial and publishing experience

• Opportunities, deadlines, and calls relevant to writers

• Reflections on sustainability, creative practice, and long-term thinking

• Updates on projects such as Space & Time magazine and Authortunities Press

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Start Wherever Feels Right

You don’t need to read everything. This isn’t a syllabus. Here are a few natural entry points:

For Writers & Creators

Posts about publishing paths, editorial realities, and making choices that align with your goals whether that’s craft, credibility, reach, or sustainability.

For Opportunity-Seekers

A weekly calendar of curated listings, deadlines, and notes on submissions, grants, and calls shared with clarity rather than overwhelm.

For Long-Term Thinkers

Essays on creative identity, sustainability, and building a writing life that can actually be lived.

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The Authortunities Ecosystem

Authortunities isn’t just a newsletter. It’s an ecosystem.

Depending on what you’re looking for, you may also want to explore:

• The Authortunities Community
  A space for deeper conversation, classes, and shared learning.

• Authortunities Press & Bookshop
  Where books and publishing projects are produced with intention and care.

• Space & Time Magazine
  Since 1966, a long-running speculative magazine now entering a new, more sustainable publishing chapter.

You’ll always find updates about these projects here first.

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A Note on Subscribing

You’re welcome to read without subscribing. You’re welcome to subscribe and lurk. You’re welcome to engage at your own pace and comfort level.

Subscribing simply means you’ll receive new posts by email.
No pressure. No tricks. No artificial urgency.

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One Last Thing

This space is designed to be useful, not noisy. If something resonates, keep it. If something doesn’t, skip it. You don’t have to keep up to belong here. I’m glad you found your way in.

If you’re looking specifically to hire me for a publishing consult, find my books, editorial work, or other writing projects, you can find that here.