💡 Welcome to Sutoscience by Amy Suto
Hello!!! 👋 You’re reading 💡 Sutoscience and I’m Amy Suto.
I’m a bestselling author and freelance writer, and I came up as a TV writer in Hollywood before traveling the world for 5 years as a digital nomad, and recently settled down in San Francisco.
🧘 I also teach yoga here for fun and for the zen vibes.
Anyways, welcome to my creative laboratory — where I combine random ingredients and blow stuff up for your reading pleasure. 🔬🧪
📚 You may know me from my most recent nonfiction book Write for Money and Power or my romantasy novel The Ash Trials, and you can find all of my books here.
💌 You also might know me from my other Substack community, ✍️ Make Writing Your Job where I do interviews with authors and host a writing job board to help writers ahem make writing their job. ✨
Regardless of how you found me, I’m glad you’re here!
✍️ What You Get as a Free Subscriber to 💡 Sutoscience
Just by signing up, you can expect to see these things in your inbox!
Occasional free articles about my life as a writer
like this one about what a podcast tour is really like for a book launch!
Occasional free videos + video interviews
like the 12-hour book launch livestream/interview marathon I did for the launch of my most recent book!
The first 4 chapters of my serialized novel, let me be your ghost
👩💻 Consider Upgrading to Paid ($9/Month)
By upgrading to paid, you support the work I’m doing here to help you along your creative journey while pulling back the curtain on what life is really like as a full-time author and Substacker.
Here are some of the benefits you get of going paid:
Access to my weekly 🍵 Sunday Tea series where I share my favorite articles, books, product recommendations, and of course — tea. :)
Most of my paid-only articles, like How I’d Turn a Brand-New Newsletter Into $100,000 in 12 Months
Or this one about how to get paid to write fiction on substack
All chapters of my serialized novel, let me be your ghost, and all of the stats and behind-the-scenes data behind it!
✨ An Invitation to Go Deeper as a Founding Member
If you find yourself wanting to go deeper with the resources I have available for you, you may want to consider upgrading to the Founding Members ($550/year) tier.
Totally optional, and this tier is essentially a closed knit community tier.
Founding Members get access to…
Everything in the paid tier, plus…
The 6 Week Substack Sprint — over 6+ hours of recorded classes about how to grow on Substack based on lessons I’ve learned consulting for clients + growing my own Substack to over $230,000+ in ARR
Plus: the 6 Week Substack Sprint Companion Workbook — 50+ pages of exercises from the sprint in a printable workbook, for Founding Members only!
Our monthly Substack Lab Group Workshop that operates like a writers’ group for your Substack!
Free e-book copies of my books Write for Money and Power and Six-Figure Freelance Writer
Plus: the Write for Money and Power Companion Workbook, for Founding Members only!
A special Founding Members-only discount of over $1,000 off the power plan of my jobs platform + AI autoapply tool CozyJobs
That’s nearly $2,000+ of value — yours for $550/year.
Still unsure? Here’s what writers in our community say about the 6 Week Substack Sprint:
“Just when I think I couldn’t learn more from Amy Suto, she does it again. The 6-week Substack Sprint was the best way to start 2026 on a high note. I’ve doubled my subscriber count in a month, converted free subscribers to paid (without feeling gross or salesy), and provided content I believe in with a newfound confidence and purpose. I didn’t think there could be a more helpful Substack than ✍️ Make Writing Your Job… until I committed to 💡 Sutoscience. If Amy tells me to jump off a bridge, I’ll have already jumped: that’s how powerful her advice and insights are.”
- Alison Lau, writer of the Monkey Girl Substack
“Amy’s 6-Week SubStack Sprint was beyond helpful, and I would highly recommend it to anyone who has a SubStack or is interested in starting one. Each of the six classes focused on a specific element of successfully launching, running, and scaling a SubStack that is not only fulfilling for the creator but also actually gives readers something they want. All of Amy’s ideas and advice come from her own journey of building a successful publication, and she so generously shares all of the secrets she’s uncovered from years of trial and error. Without her 6-week SubStack Sprint, I don’t think I’d have the confidence or understanding to take the leap and launch my own publication-- I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to participate.”
-Lizabeth Yandel, writer of the Songs to Save Your Day Substack
“The 6 Week Sprint with Amy was a game-changer. My mind is still swirling from all of the goodness I learned, and I’m starting to apply to my newsletter. I was nervous at first since I was rebranding and bringing over my subscribers from my previous try on Substack. With Amy’s generous sharing of her wise tricks and tips, I’ve gained 20 more subs in the month of January since I posted my first piece. I feel focused, energized, and excited to have a plan for this year. I also have new writer friends who were also in the Sprint with me. We are so supportive of each other! Amy genuinely wants writers to succeed, and that vibe was felt throughout! Best thing I’ve signed up for in a really long time!”
- Kathleen Majorsky, writer of the Love and Lit Substack
“The 6 Week Sprint exceeded my expectations by far because I not only learned how to start and grow my Substack but I so appreciate the community that was also formed with the other members of the Sprint.”
- Amy Benavides, writer of the Red Purse of Justice Substack
Sign up as a Founding Member today to get access to everything I have for you:
No matter what you choose, I’m just glad you found my corner of the internet.
🎥 Watch My Start Here Video for a Full Walkthrough
Want to get a full introduction to 💡 Sutoscience and your subscription benefits? Watch this video:
I truly appreciate your support! ❤️ It’s because of paid subscribers that I’m able to set aside so much time to develop cool resources for writers, creatives, and people who want to grow on Substack or as an author. It’s an honor to make things for you!
See you in the creative lab,
-Amy
📚 My Books
Want to see some finished experiments that (mostly) didn’t explode?
Write for Money and Power
“I’ve read all the writing books, and I honestly didn’t expect to be so moved and informed by this — the author is a bolt of lightning that will help propel any writer to greater heights. Thoroughly enjoyed!” —USA Today Bestselling Author Rachael Herron
“The writing is so welcoming, funny and informative.” —Sunday Times Bestselling Author Emma Gannon
AMAZON BESTSELLING AUTHOR, TOP-25 BESTSELLING SUBSTACK NEWSLETTER CREATOR, AND 7-FIGURE WRITER AMY SUTO SPILLS HER SECRETS
Still buying the starving artist myth? Burn it — and get paid.
The gatekeepers told you poverty was noble so that you’d shut up and stay cheap. Ready to write your way out of the lie designed to keep you small, obedient, and broke?
If you’ve ever felt trapped in a writing career that pays in “exposure” or pocket change, this is your permission slip to demand more. Much more.
Amy Suto went from broke in the Hollywood trenches to becoming booked out as a seven-figure writer, bestselling author, and creator of a top-25 Substack newsletter. In Write for Money and Power, she shows you exactly how she did it — and how you can too, even if you’ve never made a dollar from your writing before.
Whether you’re a freelancer, a ghostwriter, a novelist, or any kind of writer with bills to pay and a vision to realize, this isn’t another “believe in yourself” pep talk. It’s a real, grown-up plan to make money and grow your personal power with your writing.
If you’d rather make history than excuses — keep reading.
The Ash Trials
The deadliest game is remembering who you are.
The Ash Trials is a fast-paced fantasy romance novel following Saffron Vale, a human who wakes up in a magical prison for spellcasters with no memory of who she is. She must compete in the Ash Trials to win her freedom — and must decide who to trust.
The Nomad Detective: Volume I
Crime crosses borders, but so does this detective.
After Violet Chase's sister goes missing in Guatemala, Violet becomes The Nomad Detective: a globetrotting private eye who solves cases around the world while hunting down clues that might reunite her with her lost twin.
Six-Figure Freelance Writer
Toxic hustle culture is coming for us all, and successful freelance writers learn how to work smarter, not harder.
In Six-Figure Freelance Writer, I share all of my tips and tricks from my journey going from $17/hour to $1,000/hour as a freelance writer.
Learn how to make writing your job — without the burnout!
📧 Why Subscribe?
Because you want more than the finished product.
You want the scribbled formulas.
The half-baked theories.
The unfiltered notes from someone who’s made writing her job — and her playground.
💡 Sutoscience is my invitation to you to step into the lab.
No schedule. No rules. Just honest dispatches whenever there’s something worth sharing.
Hit subscribe. Let’s see what we can cook up.
