Archive - The Spark ✨

December 2024

⭐️ Only the Best! ⭐️

Looking back at The Spark's best of 2024.

Dec 30, 2024

This Book Changed My Life: 'Ghana Must Go' by Taiye Selasi

With special guest, Denne Michele Norris.

Dec 26, 2024 •

Ruthie Ackerman

The 10 Best Books I Read In 2024

And I read A LOT!

Dec 19, 2024 •

Ruthie Ackerman

ANNOUNCEMENT! Introducing Spark Studio

A new way to flex your creativity.

Dec 12, 2024 •

Ruthie Ackerman

COVER REVEAL! My Memoir, The Mother Code

Pre-order and learn all about how a book cover happens.

Dec 4, 2024 •

Ruthie Ackerman

November 2024

4 Gift Guides, 13+ Women-Owned Brands

Shopping and supporting women at the same time? Let's go!

Nov 26, 2024 •

Ruthie Ackerman

I REALLY Didn’t Think I Could Sell My Book

Some words on pushing through self-doubt.

Nov 21, 2024 •

Ruthie Ackerman

High Five With Chelsea Bieker

The author of Madwoman on five (or six!) of her current obsessions.

Nov 14, 2024 •

Ruthie Ackerman

Not the Newsletter I Wanted to Send This Week

Taking a moment to sit with these feelings.

Nov 7, 2024 •

Ruthie Ackerman

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